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Worse that rejection for many potential inviters is the thought of being ridiculed. Before David defeated the giant Goliath, David’s brother ridiculed his character, treated him as an embarrassment to his family. Saul lacked confidence in David’s ability as a warrior and then when David approached Goliath, David had to endure Goliath’s scathing remarks. In invitation we will […]
As a teacher in the area of invitation I have three tasks, to raise awareness, to enable and to empower. The first job is to help those who come to the seminars to be aware of the fact that we may “possibly be a welcoming church” but we are not invitational and to see the […]
As I try and encourage leaders to become invitational I find real opposition and I have observed a familiar obstacle which has multiple faces. Fear drives many church leaders. Fear of being disliked, fear of losing income, fear of failure, fear of conflict, these and a hundred other fears form a giant that calls the leader […]
Rates of serious mental illness among university students are drastically rising, and universities are struggling with how to respond to students who show symptoms. Potentially traumatic situations such as exams and dissertations, financial problems, family problems, intimate and other relationship issues, and career related issues are leaving some students overwhelmed, exhausted, sad, lonely, hopeless and depressed. […]
Jesus said don’t let not your hearts be troubled in answering a question from Thomas and then Philip. Jesus seems to suggest that the world does not give the same sort of peace that is available from a relationship with Christ. The world certainly has many, many troubled hearts and minds. For many of us, we […]
I meet churches around the world who have stopped communicating with people not in their group to avoid “outside” ideas and beliefs. It is a club mentality which excludes anything which isn’t part of the culture of the church. It can be very obvious when people of the same nation form a church, but it is also there […]
If you want to encourage invitation into the life of the church, the parable of the Sower and the different soils gives a clue about changing a culture. It is clear that the seed eventually falls on good soil and that some of the seed produces 30 fold, some 60 fold, and some 100 fold. That seed actually […]