Are Revelation Seminars outdated? Do we need to totally change our worship styles? What does it really mean to be a disciple? Must we use traditional forms of evangelism to be effective? Some 160 pastors recently gathered at the Transformational Evangelism conference to tackle these questions.
People love Jesus because Jesus loved people," said José Cortes Jr. at the Columbia Union Conference's Transformational Evangelism event. "Our problem isn’t with our message… But we need members who are filled with the love of God and the compassion of Jesus."
"You have people coming each week and sharing their most precious non-renewable resource each week--Time.. Everything [in the church service] should be done with planning and purpose," says Emil Peeler, senior pastor at the Capitol Hill church in Washington, D.C.
Talking to pastors at the Columbia Union Conference's Transformational Evangelism event, Bill McClendon said, "You aren’t the one to do all the work of ministry, you’re called to lead an organization of believers and charge them to do ministry for the Lord."
"We are living in a post-modern post Christian society," said Carlton Byrd at the Columbia Union Conference's Transformational Evangelism event. "The trends are going to continue downward even though we can make statistics look however we want to look."
Please don’t let a whole group leave the church because you don’t accommodate how they worship. It is a principle, not a preference, said Elizabeth Talbot the Columbia Union Conference's Transformational Evangelism event.
"It is God who works, who transforms the heart," said Pastor Tim Madding at Columbia Union Conference's Transformational Evangelism Conference. "We just want to not make it difficult and help them make their next step."
What does it take to transform a church in the community into a community church, asked Edwin DePaula in his presentation at Columbia Union Conference's Transformational Evangelism.
Everything you ought to be must be intentional. Answer the "why" before the "how," says Mike Speegle, senior pastor of Chesapeake Conference's New Hope church in Fulton, Md., during the Columbia Union Conference's Transforational Evangelism conference.
