Helping bring outsiders in by getting church members out
The majority of America's churches face stagnant or declining membership numbers and are uncertain as to how to reverse that trend. Church Inside Out offers an approach to community evangelism that doesn't call for a compromise in terms of doctrine nor major investments in terms of staff or facilities. It is a how-to guide for the congregation that wants to increase its impact on the community around it.
This book can also be taught as a part of the church's small group ministry. A companion Church Inside Out Workbook is available for each group member.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1 — Church Inside Out
CHAPTER 2 — The Inward-Focused Church
CHAPTER 3 — Members Only
CHAPTER 4 — Accentuating the Negative
CHAPTER 5 — Diplomatic Mission
CHAPTER 6 — Who Is My Neighbor?
CHAPTER 7 — Eating with Sinners
CHAPTER 8 — A Life Like Lightning
CHAPTER 9 — Preparing for Harvest
CHAPTER 10 — A Son of Shalom
CHAPTER 11 — Good News Is for Sharing
CHAPTER 12 — Citizens of the Kingdom
CHAPTER 13 — Being the Church, Inside and Out
These song lyrics and art are tales, tides and twinkling lights - tunes telling stories of warmth and sun, city and sand, paths that lead, and the coins we can keep in the Karma Bank. Spirit's been bypassed for sorrow, dreaming of a better tomorrow .
