Stirring up Mission Vision
By Jenifer Jones- Nearly 20 years ago, Jorge Acevedo had an epiphany. He’s the lead pastor at Grace Church, a multi-site United Methodist congregation in Southwest Florida. At the time, his church was one of the fastest growing United Methodist congregations in the...
Divinity Mixed with the Human Mess
By Courtney Lott - I spent a rainy January morning weeping into the pages of a children’s book. It’s called The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse. Though simple on the surface, the drawings and uplifting sayings from the pen of Charlie Mackesy struck me...
Archive: How Shall We Pray for Revival
Archive: How Shall We Pray for Revival By Nicky Gumbel January/February 2001 Good News “I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, They will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he...
Archive: Praise the Lord and Pass the Lasagna
Archive: Praise the Lord and Pass the Lasagna By Steve Beard September/October 2000 Good News In what must be one of the most audacious and ambitious plans ever hatched by a local congregation, the parishioners of Holy Trinity Brompton Anglican Church in London have...
Archive: The Power of Prayer
Archive: The Power of Prayer By Sundo Kim (1930-2022) Good News January/February 2000 While some may respond with skepticism and hesitation about church growth in the new millennium, I believe the potential for growth is tremendous. God will continue to bless churches...
Archive: Relocating the Church outside the Walls
Archive: Relocating the Church outside the Walls By John Smith (1942-2019) January/February 2000 Good News For 35 years, I have been discovering that the world isn’t nearly as hostile to the gospel as I thought it would be. It is not nearly as frightening as we have...
Archive: High Standing in Low Places: Rethinking evangelism
Archive: High Standing in Low Places: Rethinking evangelism By Maggie Taylor Schroeder January/February 2000 Good News If I weren’t feeling low already it might be difficult to ask for the lowest place. But recently I’ve been questioning my salvation and that’s a...
Archive: Mustard Seed Evangelism
Archive: Mustard Seed Evangelism By Rob Frost January/February 2000 Good News A new era has dawned, and a new landscape is emerging, and new challenges face us on every side. The great news about Jesus has shaped world history for 2,000 years, and we must find new...
