Posts tagged Evangelism
Christian Movies A Useful Tool When It Comes To Discipleship And Evangelism

Not only are churchgoers watching Christian movies, but some find them useful as an evangelistic and discipleship tool. A recent study asked churchgoers if they agree with the statement, “Christian movies are effective evangelism tools.” The study by Lifeway Research finds 68 percent of American Protestant churchgoers have watched a Christian movie in the last year. Around four in five say Christian movies are effective evangelism tools.

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Despite Early Onset Of Alzheimer’s, Former Soccer Star Still Preaches Repentance

The Great Supper is the name Christians in Brazil’s northeastern state of Paraiba give to their annual gathering. And this year, the 25th Great Supper brought 120 believers, representing 14 Churches of Christ, to the city of Cajazeiras. They shared more than a meal, said Mike Pruitt, a longtime missionary in Recife, a coastal city about 340 miles east of Cajazeiras.

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Brazilian Missionaries Bring The Gospel To Fellow Immigrants In Florida

The Borbas never expected to become missionaries to their people in a foreign land.  Yet three visas and almost 10 years later, Maikon Borba had graduated from Harding with a degree in Bible and missions and moved his family 36 miles north of Miami. 

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Historic Texas Church Experiences Growth Through Evangelism

Mulberry Springs Baptist Church, about 15 miles northeast of Longview, doesn’t see a lot of traffic on a typical day. Yet the rural congregation, founded in 1892, is building a new worship space to seat nearly 800 people. Nearly two decades ago, attendance was a little over 100 and the discouraged congregation had moved back to its older, smaller meeting space. These days, the place is packed.

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Former Iranian Revolutionary And Muslim Now Ministers To Americans

Mansour Khajehpour’s faith journey began in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad in a Presbyterian church. He was 13 years old when the Iranian revolution took place. As a young, eager Muslim, he wanted to do his part to aid the revolution.

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Haiti On The Brink: Did Evangelicals Break The Caribbean Nation?

(ANALYSIS) The news coming from Haiti is not good. It’s not been good for years, for decades, but today it’s even worse. Gangs now control much of the country. It is essentially a failed state, with the lowest per capita income of any country in the Western Hemisphere and among the lowest on the planet. These are hard realities, but evangelicals need to face a hard reality of our own when it comes to Haiti.

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Do Movies Like ‘Barbie’ and ‘Poor Things’ Encourage Toxic Masculinity?

(ANALYSIS) The two biggest feminist films of 2023, “Barbie” and “Poor Things,” are poised to be heavy hitters at this year’s Oscars. And yet, despite the fact that both films claim to be overt pro-feminist manifestos, what both also have most in common is that they actually encourage the very toxic masculinity that they claim to be deconstructing. evangelicalism may hold the true answer they’re looking for.

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Ministry Prints 55 Million Bibles In Over 5 Decades

On Sept. 21, 1968, a group of pastors and preachers gathered around a small 1250 multilith press in the Hemphill Baptist Temple’s former church property in Fort Worth, Texas, and asked for God’s blessing and direction to print his word. Since then, the Bible and Literature Missionary Foundation has printed over 55 million Bibles in 55 languages.

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Why Africa Needs Disciples, Not Just Converts

Churches of Christ in Accra, Ghana, are growing at such a rate that their members will account for 10% of the city’s population … in 1,273 years. That number may come as a shock to Western Christians who routinely hear reports of hundreds, even thousands of baptisms from evangelists in Africa — especially Ghana, considered to be an epicenter of Churches of Christ on the continent.

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Church Planting Sunday: A National Call To Action For The Church’s Future

With membership shrinking, churches closing and preachers in short supply, how do churches grow again? It’s not a new question, but Kairos’ answer is one it believes many Christians haven’t considered: Instead of focusing entirely on maintaining or revitalizing existing churches, put efforts into planting new ones.

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Lessons From The Old Jesus Revolution For The New Jesus Revolution

(OPINION) We cannot afford to repeat the errors of the Jesus revolution of the 1960s in the days ahead, as thousands (millions?) of young people (and others) from many different backgrounds begin to pour into our churches, looking for God, looking for hope, looking for meaning, looking for truth.

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Eastern European Mission Sees Growth Of Relief Work In Ukraine

Eastern European Mission, a ministry founded in 1961 by seven young couples from Abilene Christian University in Texas to distribute Bibles, is expanding its first-ever relief efforts, which were launched after Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago.

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Unheralded Voice of the Truth Celebrates Half Century of Arabic-Language Ministry

After a recent 50th anniversary dinner for about 250 workers, partners, friends and donors, the Voice of the Truth ministry offered to share some of its achievements

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Cost To Send Missionaries Overseas Varies Widely

How much does it cost to send a missionary overseas? How much revenue do missions-oriented nonprofits raise to this end? These are the questions MinistryWatch sought to answer when we asked more than 60 of the largest missions, Bible translation, and fellowship evangelism organizations how many full-time missionaries they have in the field.

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Third Millennium Ministries Reaching Church Leaders With Free Bible Education

Third Millennium Ministries has endeavored to do its part in growing the body of Christ by offering “biblical education for the world for free.” Its curriculum is currently being used in North and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia. It has so far been translated into 22 languages.

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Christ for All Peoples Pares Back Mission To ‘Bring The Gospel Of Christ To Every Door’

A newer web page says the Saturate campaign no longer seeks to reach every door in the country by 2020, instead seeking to reach fewer households over a longer time frame: “Christ For All Peoples and Saturate USA Is Dedicated To Reaching 120 Million Homes In The U.S. By 2027.”

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Churches Of Christ Are Rapidly Expanding In Ghana

A desire to fulfill the Great Commission drove a minister to West Africa’s fertile fields of souls. Three decades ago, the first Church of Christ opened its doors in this town of less than 20,000, a few hours northeast of Ghana’s coastal capital, Accra. Today, Greater Dzodze has expanded to more than 30 congregations with an estimated 5,000 members.

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Orthodox Alaska Part 5: From Alaska To Fiji — The Story Of One Family’s Spiritual Journey

From the beginning of their journey into the Orthodox faith, Meghan and Michael Jones were metaphysically connected to Alaska. But their sense of calling to spread the gospel, expand the church and launch socially redemptive initiatives eventually led the couple and their four children to Fiji.

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Ministries Focus On ‘Last Mile’ Efforts To Reach Unreached People With God’s Word

Estimates vary, but many agree that at least 30% of the world’s population has no access to the gospel, often because of the hostile environment in which they live. The goal of 2414, a coalition of church planting movements including Beyond, is to reach those people groups with a model that will have a lasting impact.

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