Is it telling people how to go to heaven? Did Jesus preach "the gospel" that Paul preached? What does it mean to preach and embody "the gospel" today? This workshop will suggest answers to these types of questions, focusing primarily on passages from the Gospels.
The challenge for many congregations is reaching new generations. What do they want, and how can we more effectively connect with them?
The Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Powe, Jr. is an ordained elder in the Baltimore/Washington Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. This presentation was give...
The Wesleyan way of doing evangelism focuses on transforming the community. Dr. Powe reviews practical characteristics of how to engage your community in a more effective manner. This was presented as part of the Whipple Lunn Lectures on Evangelism at the M19 conference in Kansas City in 2019.
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Dr. Jesse Middendorf talks about how the sociological aspects of a church can have a greater impact than formal ecclesiological structures (and more) which are imposed on it from the outside. Dr. Middendorf is a former District Superintendent and General Superintendent for the Church of the Nazar...