Eric Hoey is the Director of Evangelism and Church Growth for the General Assembly Mission Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He hopes to build a culture of faith sharing among individuals in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who have a passion for church growth. This blog considers what the gospel asks of the church in the 21st century.
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. (Mark 8:34) Jesus had followers. He had thousands of them....
IT. Some ministries have IT. Some don’t. Most churches want IT. Few have IT. When a church has IT, everyone can tell. And when a church doesn’t…everyone can tell. (It: How Church Leaders Can Get It and Keep It, Craig...
As was reading about The Church’s Calling from G-3.0300, I marveled how much I had forgotten how explicit our constitution is on the role of the church in the world: To tell the good news of salvation by the grace...
Sometimes when I am brave enough to face the cold dark weather in the early mornings of KY, I will walk the streets of my subdivision with my headlamp. I noticed that when I walk with the light pointing down...
I often receive letters of concern about what the Evangelism and Church Growth ministry area going to do about the decline of the denomination. There are some things we can do, but in reality, the bulk of the responsibility of...