The Name Says It All: New Hope Church
Tim Liston: “We just try to grow the people. A life turned around, a saved marriage, a better dad, better people. And the result is that they invite friends and family to attend.”
Tag: Offer
Try This: Hold a Cake-Decorating Class
Idea Starter: Ask a pro cake decorator to teach you the basics, then share the sweet results with others.
Idea Starter: Establish a Lifetree Café
Set up a Lifetree Café, a less intimidating, off-campus form of a Bible study that puts Christianity into a real-world perspective
Try This: Speak a Common Language
Your website should be written in language even non-Christians can understand.
Try This: Support Military Families
Idea Starter: Offer support groups for service members and their families, and celebrate their service on Memorial and Veteran’s days
Evangelism and Apologetics
Inside the Nov/Dec issue: James Choung on Evangelism, Mary Jo Sharp and Lee Strobel on Apologetics, How to Teach Evangelism, Thoughts on Local and Global Compassion, and the Outreach Interview with Ravi Zacharias
Idea Starter: Bring Your Church to the Gym
Stream your services live to reach those who spend Sunday mornings pumping iron
Ray Johnston: Faithful in the Tough Times
“The only way to experience God’s blessings over a long period of time is to stay faithful during tough times.”
A New Growth Model: South Hills Church
Chris Sonksen: “Our objective is to come alongside [small] churches that have potential to go to 200 or 300, but they just don’t have the networking or the understanding or the systems.”
3 Perspectives on Innovation
Charles Lee: "It’s far easier to throw around creative ideas during a meeting than it is to do the actual work of innovation."
