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September 30, 2008
Consider stewardship for your next evangelism emphasis
LifeWay News recently featured It's A New Day, the national stewardship inititative of the Southern Baptist Convention. At the head of this movement is Ashley Clayton.
Ashley, Phill Burgess with Holman Bible Outreach International (HBOI) and yours truly with LifeWay Envelope Service developed a set of resources that we believe will support a church's effort to address debt as systemic within our society and thinking.
Debt relief may be one of the most effective bridge-building opportunities the church has with a lost world. Our modern, western, super-sizing American culture is literally squeezing the life out of believers and non-believers alike. And people are looking for a way out. It's critical that the church respond with practical help that will lead to a larger dialog of spiritual as well as financial transformation.
Why not see this campaign as an evangelism opportunity? Crown logged more than 17k salvations in 2006 from people who completed their program.
Who would have ever thought that stewardship might very well be the theme of your next outreach strategy?
Posted by bstroup at September 30, 2008 1:05 AM
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