Current Issue

Briefing 362
November 2008
Briefing cover
View contents page
Buy this Briefing
Buy paper copy
Buy electronic copy

RSS Updates

Grab the feed below for the latest CHN, The Longing, and Briefing Issue updates.

RSS

If you prefer the full text of the article to be included use the following feed.

RSS

Advertisement for Hanging in There (Revised edition)

Couldn't Help Noticing

An online survey of issues, events and ideas

Ministry practice

Gordon Cheng / 16th September 2007 / Ministry

Sandy Grant is another man who appears on video talking about MTS (Ministry Training Strategy) training. Again, he says wonderful stuff. Like me, he believes that ministry training really is ministry. So when training ministry apprentices, one of the things he does is encourage them to speak to other people about the gospel. He suggests asking a non-church person if they would mind helping out with training the trainee who wants to learn how to communicate what Christians believe and wants to practise on a real live person. The other person is almost always happy to help out. And more often than not, lo and behold, a pretend conversation about Jesus turns into a real conversation about Jesus, with benefits flowing in both directions.

Next entry: Preaching application
Previous entry: A word of interpretation, please

Search CHN

Advanced Search

RSS

Latest Entries

CHN Archives