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Tag: Outreach

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, Epilogue

Because I’m the pastor of a mission congregation, I’m often asked about outreach and evangelism. I think some people assume that I must…

Posted On 3 Sep 201827 Jul 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 9. Good Works

Invitation happens most naturally in the realm of vocation, that is, in one’s stations in life. One need not expend great amounts of…

Posted On 27 Aug 201827 Jul 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 8. Invitation

We now move out one more ring, from the congregation, from the families of the congregation, from the straying members of the congregation,…

Posted On 20 Aug 201824 Jul 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 7. Straying

Outreach happens most simply through families when a husband and wife have children and bring them to church. I’ll be clear that families…

Posted On 13 Aug 201824 Jul 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 6. Catechesis

So young men and young women are getting married to faithful Lutherans and having children. Excellent! Now comes the lifelong duty of parents:…

Posted On 6 Aug 201824 Jul 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 5. Procreation

So, we’ve talked about why the Church need not fear for her survival. We’ve started the discussion of outreach with the importance of…

Posted On 30 Jul 201824 Jul 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 4. Hospitality

A congregation that believes, teaches, and confesses sound doctrine is a place of divine outreach. When people are brought to that place, God…

Posted On 23 Jul 201823 Jul 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 3. Beauty

No congregation can claim to be Christian without faithfulness to the Word of God, because it is the pure Word of God that…

Posted On 16 Jul 201811 Jul 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 2. Faithfulness

Steadfast Lutherans will soon be publishing a book titled “Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach.” The book will be available as…

Posted On 3 Jul 201826 Jun 2018

Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 1. Motives

Steadfast Lutherans will soon be publishing a book titled “Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach.” The book will be available as…

Posted On 21 Jun 201820 Jun 2018

Mission: Decline of the Church, Self-Esteem, and the Small Catechism

At the recent LCMS convention, a recurring topic was the decline of the church. President Harrison had written about it in his report….

Posted On 2 Aug 201631 Jan 2021

Mission: Inreach, Outreach, and the Small Catechism

President Matthew Harrison of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod speaks about 40 years of declining membership in the synod. In his President’s…

Posted On 11 Jun 20166 Jun 2016

Mission and Outreach: Mapping the Small Catechism against the Enemy’s Stock Lies

In its mission, the church always has run up against some recurring stock errors in the world’s thinking. These errors have a strong…

Posted On 28 May 201628 May 2016

Then You’ll Have a Clean Room

When I was a kid, my next door neighbor was my best friend. He was a good kid. He excelled at sports and…

Posted On 16 Oct 201429 Jan 2021

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