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Evangelism and Social Involvement: The Power of the Christian Community

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EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: THE POWER OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY [Editors Note: This is the fifth installment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social Involvement.  This has been adapted from his book Good News to the Poor...

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Evangelism and Social Involvement: Text and Context

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EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: TEXT AND CONTEXT [Editors Note: This is the fourth installment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social Involvement.  This has been adapted from his book Good News to the Poor, IVP, 2004. ...

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Evangelism and Social Involvement: The Relationship Between Evangelism and Social Action

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EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: The relationship between evangelism and social action  [Editors Note: This is the third installment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social Involvement.  This has been adapted from his book...

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Evangelism and Social Involvement: The Case for Social Action

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EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: THE CASE FOR SOCIAL ACTION [Editors Note: This is the second installment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social Involvement.  This has been adapted from his book Good News to the Poor, IVP...

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Evangelism and Social Involvement: Introduction

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Evangelism and Social Involvement Adapted from Tim Chester, Good News to the Poor, IVP, 2004. EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: INTRODUCTION [Editors Note: This is the first instalment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social...

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A Meal With Jesus

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An introduction to my new book, A Meal With Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community and Mission Around the Table. A Meal with Jesus is already available in the US from Crossway and will be published in the UK by IVP in the autumn of 2011. For more information go to timchester.co.uk.  

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Introducing the Porterbrook Institute

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The Porterbrook Institute provides training for church leadership with a strong missional edge. It's the sister of the acclaimed Porterbrook Learning programme and forms a natural next step for those who have completed Porterbrook Learning. The programme Director is GCM co-founder, Tim...

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Tags: porterbrook institute, porterbrook, training, leadership training, theology, theological training, church planting, church planting training, missional leadership, missional training

The goal of teaching and preaching

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Here's the final post in our series expanding the GCM distinctives. 7. The goal of teaching and preaching is gospel transformation that equips for ministry Gospel teaching and preaching are not ends in themselves. Our goal is not simply to have good Bible teaching, but for the Bible to shape...

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Tags: preaching, teaching, gospel transformation, leadership

Discipleship, shepherding and leadership in community

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Here's the latest in our series on the GCM distinctives: 6. Discipleship, shepherding and leadership development happen primarily in community on mission  The Christian community is the God-given context for pastoral care and leadership development. In the Christian community the gospel...

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Tags: discipleship, shepherding, leadership, training, community, mission

Everyone exercising gospel ministry

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The GCM Collective has identified some of our key distinctives and are working an explanatory paragraph for each one. Here's the fifth ... 5. Everyone exercising gospel ministry  Mission is communal. Gospel ministry is not the preserve of a professional elite or people in full-time...

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Tags: mission, community, ministry, priesthood of all believers, gifts, leadership

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