Outreach & Evangelism

Your church is meant to be a conduit of hope and healing, redemption and renewal for your neighborhood. Is your church equipped and ready for this important work? In Building an Outreach Ministry to Your Community, Pastor Tyrone Barnette uses the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand to explore how Jesus himself ministered to people. Then Barnette shows how he applied those principles to outreach ministry in his own church. Filled with interviews with other ministry leaders who are tackling the challenges of reaching their communities, this book is packed with practical advice on how to

• establish ministry outreach initiatives in your church,
• identify needs in your community,
• encourage a whatever-it-takes mindset,
• equip young people to serve,
• serve with limited resources, and much more.

This book is your blueprint to grow your church by helping your members turn outward. God intends for the church to be his open hand extended to the people in your community.

Bestselling author and pastor Timothy Keller offers a timely analysis of the difference between a "gospel-centered" congregation and a ministry that's fully shaped by, centered on, and empowered through the good news of Christ. Gospel-centered ministry is more theologically driven than program driven. To pursue it, we must spend time reflecting on the essence, the truths, and the very patterns of the gospel itself. The gospel is neither religion nor irreligion, but something else entirely—a third way of relating to God through grace. Discover ways that doctrinal truths must be actively worked into the fabric of a church—resulting in individual and corporate renewal, as well as theologically driven rather than program-oriented outreach.