https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:17:35 +0000 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:26:55 +0000 Decoding Missionary Newsletters https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/decoding-missionary-newsletters Before moving overseas, I read newsletters of cross cultural workers and thought something along the lines of Well, that’s interesting. Now that I live overseas, I realize newsletters are filled with code words. Anisha Hopkinson https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/decoding-missionary-newsletters Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:26:55 +0000 90% Retention Rate or 90% Attrition Rate? Doctrine Matters https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/90-retention-rate-or-90-attrition-rate-doctrine-matters In this survey, lessons from the lives of Ray Comfort, Charles Finney, and Asahel Nettleton will be examined. John Span https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/90-retention-rate-or-90-attrition-rate-doctrine-matters Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:33:41 +0000 Thinking Theologically: Are People "All Around the World" Hungering for Jesus? https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/thinking-theologically-are-people-all-around-world I recently attended a church service and one of its elements communicated the following message: “People all over the world are hungry to hear about the saving grace of Jesus Christ.” Is that statement true, false, or something else? John Span https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/thinking-theologically-are-people-all-around-world Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:21:36 +0000 Sending Missionaries in Ways 'Worthy of God' https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/sending-missionaries-ways-worthy-god "You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God" (3 John 1:6). John Span https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/sending-missionaries-ways-worthy-god Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:54:33 +0000 A Matter of Life or Death: Theological Precision https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/matter-life-or-death-theological-precision At what might be one of the most ornate churches in London, England, with the tombs of many famous people including Isaac Newton, Queen Elizabeth the first, and William Wilberforce, there is a special memorial for the “Unknown Soldier.” It is surrounded by poppies and unlike any of the other John Span https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/evangelism/matter-life-or-death-theological-precision Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:26:26 +0000