Here is a helpful video with RHM Mike Diercks interviewing Matthew Patton, one of the pastors at Covenant in Vandalia, OH. They are talking about church planting in general, but also the specifics of mother-daughter church plants that they have done in Ohio. Below the video, we have supplied a few questions for thought or […]
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Open My Lips – The Final Word With Eric Hausler
Our final post in this series is a short bonus. In a Q&A, Eric was asked how to go from making all these connections with people (about everyday life) to getting to the gospel. Eric gave a thoughtful and helpful answer in just a couple minutes. Again, thanks to the Presbytery of Ohio for holding […]
Open My Lips – Part 3 Everyday Examples
As we wind down in this whole series, today is a unique opportunity. In his conference, Eric Hausler took some extended time to give examples from his own life and church about how being intentional with people has led to open doors that God has blessed dramatically at times. Eric is a bit of a […]
Open My Lips – Part 2 With Eric Hausler
Continuing with highlights from Eric Hausler’s conference with the Presbytery of Ohio, this short video is very interesting. We started this series talking about how Eric has a view about people as “landscape” that has stuck with a number of people. In our last series on Outward, two of the writers–one from Ohio–mentioned Eric’s illustration. […]
Open My Lips – Part 1 With Eric Hausler
This week, we begin the final section of this series where we are highlighting parts of a conference Eric Hausler did for the Presbytery of Ohio. We are thankful for the Presbytery of Ohio having this conference and allowing and encouraging us to use these shorter clips for this series. Past installments can be found […]
How Do You View The Landscape? – Part 5 (Engaging Normally)
We are continuing our series of posts containing excerpts from a conference, put on by the Presbytery of Ohio, where Eric Hausler taught on evangelism–particularly God’s sovereignty in our everyday encounters with people. You can view previous posts from the series here: Series Posts In a Q&A session, Eric was asked about the difficulty of […]
How Do You View the Landscape? – Part 4 Examples & Application
We are continuing our series of posts containing excerpts from a conference, put on by the Presbytery of Ohio, where Eric Hausler taught on evangelism–particularly God’s sovereignty in our everyday encounters with people. You can view previous posts from the series here: (Series Posts) During the conference, Eric spent some time on application…what does this […]
How Do You View The Landscape? – Part 3 With Eric Hausler
We are continuing our series of posts containing excerpts from a conference, put on by the Presbytery of Ohio, where Eric Hausler taught on evangelism. Eric particularly discussed God’s sovereignty in our everyday encounters with people. You can view previous posts from the series here: (Series Posts) Having laid out how the gospel shapes our […]
How Do You View The Landscape? – Part 2 With Eric Hausler
We are continuing our series of posts containing excerpts from a conference, put on by the Presbytery of Ohio, where Eric Hausler taught on evangelism–particularly God’s sovereignty in our everyday encounters with people. You can view the first post here: Part 1 In the first post, Eric laid out how we are to view people. […]
How Do You View the Landscape? -With Eric Hausler
Eric Hausler is the pastor of Christ the King, an OPC Church in Naples, FL. A couple of years ago we had a great interview with him on Outward OPC. Many in the OPC appreciate Eric’s labors for the church in general and also in particular for his labors in outreach and evangelism to the […]
On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 9
In this final installment in the series, Brad Peppo talks about preaching and how being an outward-focused church plant affects preaching. (You can find this whole series with Brad here: Brad Peppo Series) Questions for Discussion or Thought: 1. Brad essentially says that after his first book focused on the core group (Ephesians), he then […]
On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 8
Brad Peppo continues to talk about various circumstances that lead to more “outwardness” in the life of a church or in the life of an individual Christian. Here, Brad talks about people in crisis and how that may open doors for gospel witness. Questions for Discussion or Thought: 1. Who in your life is “in […]
On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 7
Being a “church that plants churches” sounds like a great desire to have, but can be challenging to implement. Being a “church plant that plants churches” may sound even more challenging. But what does this mentality look like in practice? The Presbytery of Ohio is doing some concerted work in this area. Brad Peppo has […]
On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 6
In Part 6, Brad talks about how to open doors for discussion with people, how to use “cheats” to start and further discussions, and how to be more proactive, even if you aren’t the world’s greatest extrovert. (These are all stand alone videos, but if you’ve missed the previous installments you can find them here: […]
On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 5
In Part 5, Brad talks about cultivating an outreach mindset among the congregation and how to implement it in church life. He also talks about having this mentality in the core group of a church plant. (These are all stand alone videos, but if you’ve missed the previous installments you can find them here: Peppo Series) […]
On The Frontlines: Brad Peppo – Part 4
It’s been a little while since we started this series with Brad Peppo, church planter in Dayton, Ohio. As we resume, each video is stand alone, but if you want to refresh or review, earlier installments are here: Peppo Series In Part 4, Brad talks about how a church and a session can more effectively make […]
Small Efforts Can Make Huge Kingdom Impact
John Shaw talks about a couple of examples of how small, faithful efforts with people can grow into eternal fruit. It’s often not the big, extravagant plans but rather the small, simple acts of faithfulness that change peoples’ lives. These are the kinds of opportunities we may notice in particular during this time of restricted […]
Difficult Times: Fruitfulness In Your Neighborhood
We’ve been sharing excerpts from a video series by John Shaw on “Evangelism in Difficult Times.” This is the final installment and we want to share the whole video. It is worth your time. We’d encourage you to watch or bookmark it and watch on a Sunday…maybe as a household. It is filled with useful, […]
Difficult Times: Expectation in Prayer
In a time when we are trying to figure out what we should do about this, that, and 100 things on our minds, we should pray. We are prone to think–of course we should pray, but what should we do?! Another excerpt from John Shaw on the role of prayer in evangelism and loving our […]
Difficult Times: Gospel Fruitfulness At Home
Continuing from last week, John Shaw talks about how the gospel in our homes during this time of isolation fosters and fuels evangelism of the future. This is an excerpt from a longer video. John had a conference scheduled on evangelism for his home church that got canceled. They created a series of videos […]