Rethinking Esther’s Leadership
…writes F. Douglas Powe, Jr., Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, and James C. Logan, Chair of Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship), at Wesley Theological Seminary. Imagine…
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Episode 54: “The Adept Church” featuring F. Douglas Powe Jr.
…is director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and holds the James C. Logan Chair in Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC….
Is Your Congregation a Swamp, a Reservoir, or a Canal?
…challenges and opportunities impacting your church’s vitality says F. Douglas Powe, Jr., Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, and James C. Logan, Chair of Evangelism (an E. Stanley…
Telling Your Faith Story
…Church Can Thrive: Making the Connections that Build Healthy Congregations (Abingdon Press, 2003) by Harold Percy. Available at Cokesbury and Amazon. Related Resources 5 Essential Qualities of Effective Evangelism by…
Top Lewis Center Resources of 2022
…Knowing God Tags Change | Community Outreach | Evangelism | Funding | Leadership | Leadership Best Practices | Leading Ideas Talks Podcast | Reach New Disciples | Stewardship | Worship…
Church on the Move
…in the exurbs, in the suburbs. Ann Michel: You present your vision of connecting with the community through the lenses of evangelism and community relations. But your ideas also have…
“Doing Justice Together” featuring Michael Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand
…Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand share with us a practical framework for doing justice together that reimagines discipleship, leadership, and evangelism as tools for change. Listen on Apple Podcasts…
Episode 40: “You’re Already Doing It” featuring Kevin Harney
How is your congregation practicing evangelism? In this episode we speak with Kevin Harney about ways to improve your church’s organic outreach to connect better with those outside of your…
Becoming a Future-Ready Church: An In-depth Interview with Adelle Banks
…need to do most spiritually to move to the next level. And it could be evangelism, serving in the community, or donating. And they figure that out, so that their…
Reimagining Discipleship at the Table of Grace
…lot of his time. He was a party animal. His mission strategy was a long meal that stretched into the evening. He did evangelism and disciples round a table with…
Top Leading Ideas Talks Podcast Episodes of 2024
…framework for doing justice together that reimagines discipleship, leadership, and evangelism as tools for change. Watch episode | Read in-depth interview | Listen to episode Negotiating the Coming Wave of…
Top Leading Ideas Articles of 2024
…How can congregations build meaningful connections with young adults? Brandi Nicole Williams, Director for the African American Church Evangelism Institute, offers eight practical strategies for bridging the generational gap and…
Engage Polarization with Kindness: An In-depth Interview with Cathy Bien
…others,” “Live the golden rule,” “Treat people with kindness.” This can in many ways be an evangelism tool because people want this message. They want to end some of the…
3 Touchstones of Welcoming Newcomers Today
…want to build long-term solid relationships and trust the Holy Spirit to work through those. 21st century evangelism is much more crockpot than microwave. We must have a long-term perspective….
8 Strategies for Reaching and Developing Gen Z
How can congregations build meaningful connections with young adults? Brandi Nicole Williams, Director for the African American Church Evangelism Institute, offers eight practical strategies for bridging the generational gap and…
Improving Worship Attendance in a Post-Pandemic World
…is director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) and Professor of Urban Ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary….
Preaching in the Wake of Mass Trauma: An In-Depth Interview with Kimberly Wagner
…evangelism. So, I’m wondering if there isn’t a much broader audience for preaching in the wake of traumatic events than the congregation typically gathered on a Sunday morning? And how…
4 Key Characteristics of Missional Congregations
…C. Logan Chair in Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) at Wesley Theological Seminary. Missional congregations must be connected to their context, bound as a community by a common story,…
How Can the Church Respond to the Rise of the Nones?
…and cannot change Let’s begin with the things that cannot be changed. I think that no matter how effective the church was at evangelism or missions or community service over…
Sustaining While Disrupting
…become an either/or situation. Presenters Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Powe Jr. is director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism (an E. Stanley…
Breakthrough: Trusting God for Big Change in Your Church — An In-Depth Interview with Dawn Weaks
…(which we get a lot of). Seeing them offer that welcome, invitation, and attention to evangelism did my heart good every Sunday. We had people who came and joined us…
Sustaining While Disrupting
…F. Douglas Powe Jr. is director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) and Professor of Urban Ministry…
5 Trends Impacting Church Leadership for 2023
…Amy Kubichek Relationships Are the Key Ingredient in Successful Outreach by Doug Powe “Bivocational by Choice,” a Leading Ideas Talks podcast episode featuring Ben Connelly Hybrid Evangelism: The New Reality…
Staying Connected in a Time of Social Distancing
…those who are isolated and maintain an ongoing spiritual presence says F. Douglas Powe Jr., Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, and James C. Logan, Chair of Evangelism…
Create New Entry Points
…through the front doors of the church on Sunday morning. Churches must break the traditional rules of evangelism and provide multiple, creative and easily-accessible entry points to faith communities. Missions…
A Simple Step-by-Step Process for Creating a Narrative Budget
Church finance expert Bonnie Ives Marden says presenting your budget in narrative form provides a powerful tool for stewardship, evangelism, and marketing. She outlines a step-by-step process for converting a…
Learning from the Mistakes of New Church Starts
…what the church’s vision should be Not having a critical mass before launching Vigorous evangelism ending after the early period No plan or people in place to work throughout the…
When is a Proposed Change a Deal Breaker?
…of the publisher. Not Safe for Church is available from Cokesbury and Amazon. Related Resources: Evangelism Today Requires New Wineskins by F. Douglas Powe, Jr. Moving Beyond Personal Preferences Into…
Helping the World See the Church in a Different Way
…We don’t have any evangelism programs in the church, but we work hard to make the church attractive to those outside the church. We have used the proceeds of the…
The Church of the Good Air
…Out to the community and world – Mission Accepting and Assimilating people into the life of the church – Evangelism Caring for the Congregation – Congregational Care Educating for Discipleship…
