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By Beau Crosetto
Evangelists bring an un-quenching intensity to see people not following Jesus start following him. They want the community of faith the reach far and wide and if people that don’t know Jesus are not being reached, then the community is not in a healthy spot. Evangelists not only do evangelism themselves and lead others to faith, but at their best this person is creating vision for the community as a whole that is evangelistic where everyone is active in working to see people come to faith. Called evangelists are responsible to train the believers in witness, proclaim the gospel boldly and shape the community of faith to be a place where “sinners” draw near as it was said about Jesus in Luke 15:1
“Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.”
But every gift casts a shadow and the evangelist has two clear dimensions.
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Book Launch in 65 Days!I am really close to wrapping up my long-awaited book “Beyond Awkward”. I will be releasing it September 19th! But before I do, I have to ask you a couple of questions. Can you help me out?
I would love to know what you as APE’s are thinking about evangelism and would love to have some of your collaboration in this!
You can answer the questions here (and get a little more detail on the book) at this link:
http://beaucrosetto.com/?p=392
Thanks so much!
Beau
By Chris Nichols
2 Cor. 5 :11, 20
11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others…20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
2 Tim 4:2,5
2 proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching… 5 As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.
Planting new ministry is complex, exciting, and all consuming work. The apostolic leader and the community they develop must be able to communicate a kingdom mission, gather others around it, and keep an outward focus even as they are deepening community centered on Jesus.
Since we’re in the final four of World Cup I thought I’d share a story.
Did you know that on penalty kicks the shooter has a 7% greater chance of making a goal if they shoot right up the middle than anywhere else?
The goalie will jump left 51% of the time and right 41%.
But only 17% of shooters kick it up the middle. Why?
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This is a great video of a son who sets up a secret camera to capture his dad’s reaction to his C grade in math.
The he kid has been working hard, hasn’t been able to pass and now finally he makes it over the hump.
Shawn Young shared with us a great word about the joy of the Father in planting and he uncontrollably celebrates our success (even a C) in planting. For some of us planting is so hard and we feel like we’re working so hard to pass.
How does the fathers reaction help you glimpse The Father in Heaven’s reaction towards you?
“People are going to judge you by your weakest areas, not your strongest.”
I was having a great conversation with my father in law and brother in law yesterday and this is one golden nugget was shared with me by my father in law. He just retired as the President of AT& T in the South East and he has led thousands of people.
He went on to inform me that once you start to rise in leadership, people are going to judge you by what you are weak in.
*Photo Credit: Conversacion, Creative Commons
By Beau Crosetto
My online friend Miguel raised an interesting question on FB:
And it got me thinking (as he usually does) about the tensions that this questions raises.
