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NETWORKING - BEING CHURCH - OUT - WHAT IS OUT?

 
outhouse - outlet - outlaw - outlook - outmanoevre - outnumber - outpost
Out looks at loving society so much that you are practically on your knees.
Out looks at how we communicate a relevant message.
Out looks at what you do when the frontline is in your backyard.
outpouring - outrage - outreach - outshine - outside - outspoken - outwork
Out gets your ideas, questions, thoughts, stories out there.

Well its all a bit emabarassing really. It's the sort of thing you know you should do, know is right to do, sometimes really want to do, but just can't do.

Unless of course, you are one of those special people who really can do it. Then it seems you just don't understand what all the fuss is about.

But what it is you see, is that it seems - that you've either got it or you haven't. Yet we're all supposed to do it. In fact, the future depends on it. No pressure.

 

Are you an 'IT' girl? An 'IT' boy? What is the 'IT' word...

Evangelism - that well known Christian word that has the ability to make you get really excited, or make your heart sink with guilt. And yes we'd all love to be that sort of person who has masses of friends/family/complete strangers turn up at church with them and become Christians on the spot so we can 'humbly' say to one and all "It's not me, its all the Lord" whilst secretly feeling utterly smug and self satisfied.

But its not like that is it? Not always, sometimes not ever. At least not for us.
It doesn't seem to happen like this in the books we buy and the stories we hear. But hey - we're not all meant to be evangelists - we're all witnesses. And that would make us feel better if we knew what that meant and we didn't feel so bad.

Then again - maybe the word evangelism gets you buzzing and it totally where you're at and where you want to stay. It's a word that makes you feel so alive that you breathe the stuff, it occupies your ideas and dreams. Your conversations have an underlying declaration of intent and you like it that way. Aint no mountain high enough to stop you from reaching your goal. You want tell the entire world about the God you know.

Does either image relate to who you are? Maybe, maybe not... find out the challenge

 

Where to go...

the challenge - what does it mean for you?
the ology - some stuff from the word
the ideas - some stuff that looks at reaching OUT in the local community, inner city, workplace and club scene
the resources - get a free radical pursuits guide with loads of ideas
 
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relevant resources
>free guide & ideas
relevant links
>Servant Evangelism
>Tearfund

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