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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
By Joe Mckeever on May 11, 2022
Churches do programs and ministries which no one will ever partake of except themselves.
Scripture: Acts 13:1, Acts 11:19-20, Acts 8:1, Mark 5:19, Romans 10:14, Luke 14:14 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Evangelism, Outreach, Persecution, church culture, evangelism (view more) (view less)
By Erik Raymond on Sep 30, 2021
"I have never met a preacher who did not want to increase the effectiveness of his sermon. The question is where to start?"
Scripture: Acts 1:1-21, Acts 15:6-19
Tags: Plan, Preaching, preparation, Engage, Outline, preaching (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on May 29, 2021
From preaching topics to outreach programs, how many great ideas have fallen into these potholes?
Tags: Idea, Plan, Kill, Improve, Church Practices (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Jan 9, 2023
Are high profile guest speakers worth the time and money? "Only if you value lost people," says Hal Seed.
Tags: Evangelism, Preaching, Christianity, Guest speaker, evangelism, preaching (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Jun 24, 2023
There are crowds gathered in every city, every day. The question is: how to reach them?
Tags: Evangelism, Outreach, Preaching, Correct, street, evangelism, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Greg Stier on Aug 14, 2023
In my interactions with pastors I’ve heard seven primary reasons for why some chose not to give the Gospel in every sermon.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-12, 1 Timothy 4:1-5
Tags: Evangelism, Gospel, Excuses, preaching Christ, evangelism, gospel (view more) (view less)
By Rick Warren on May 4, 2024
In terms of seeing radical life changes in individuals, nothing can take the place of Spirit-anointed preaching. The message is still the most important element of a worship service for the unchurched.
Tags: Evangelism, Outreach, Preaching, pastoral leadership, evangelism, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Ken Collins on Oct 19, 2019
You can learn how to preach a well-organized sermon off the cuff.
Tags: Plan, Preaching, Preaching Help, preach, extemporaneous, preaching (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Dec 8, 2021
In my experience, churches put on a stellar VBS and just hope that the fourth goal of retaining new families from the community will take care of itself.
Tags: Outreach, Unchurched, VBS, families, relational leaders (view more) (view less)
By Greg Stier on Mar 10, 2018
When it comes to evangelism, a mission statement can turn from big black letters on a church marquee to a little white lie that the church is telling the community.
Scripture: Acts 4:31
Tags: Evangelism, Church, Gospel, Honesty, Church General, Evangelism How To (view more) (view less)
By Lance Witt on Oct 23, 2023
Outside the walls of your church, there is a spiritual harvest waiting to be reaped. Like Jesus, we must be broken for the broken.
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:18-21
Tags: Evangelism, Reconciliation, pastoral leadership, Reaching out, To be disabled, evangelism (view more) (view less)
By Hal Seed on Mar 3, 2018
Hal Seed offers his experience and learnings from a very successful Sunday morning event in his church.
Tags: Evangelism, Church, Preaching, program, Invitation, Visitors, Evangelism How To, Market (view more) (view less)
By SermonCentral on Dec 16, 2021
Genuine friendships are becoming more rare – and thus, of greater perceived value – than any other aspect of modern church life.
Tags: relationships, Friendliness, Friendship New Friends, Equipping Disciples
By Derwin Gray on Feb 21, 2018
Evangelism Linebacker Derwin Gray talks about how he became a better preacher by admiring NFL record-holder Jerry Rice.
Scripture: Ephesians 3:16-19
Tags: Evangelism, Witness, Gospel, Sports, Preaching, football, Christian Witness, Evangelism The Lost (view more) (view less)
By Ed Stetzer on Jan 24, 2021
Pastors, do you know what an"evangelistic church" looks like? Are you even taking the time to share the gospel?
Scripture: Ephesians 4:10, 1 Corinthians 11:1
Tags: Evangelism, leadership, challenge, Sharing Your Faith, Setting an example, evangelism, Leadership (view more) (view less)