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Evangelism news from the Mission America Coalition (U.S. Lausanne Committee)
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Project Backyard Shows Jesus' Love to Neighbors
Project Backyard is a monthly service project initiative started by Inside Out Nation in Thomasville, Ga., to provide consistent opportunities for Christian believers to unite together through serving those in need in their own backyard. The project encourages Christians of all denominations, races, and ages to join together in a united effort to serve those who are in need in the community where they live.
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God is Moving at Ivy League Schools
In just 10 years, Christian Union's ministry at Princeton has grown from three students to more than 400, which is eight percent of the undergraduate population. It is now the largest student group, religious or secular, on campus. Using a similar model, Christian Union is growing ministries at Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Cornell, at an even faster rate...
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Other Headlines
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Churchless in America Since 1990, the percentage of unchurched adults in America has risen from 30% to 43%...
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Spiritual activity and church attendance have increased in New York City even as the rest of the nation is decreasing
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Taxes Driving Germans from Church An increasing number of Germans are leaving their churches...
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Hispanic Millennials - are the 2nd-largest group of Spanish-speaking Americans...
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85% of the world's evangelicals are outside the U.S.
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27,000 U.S. churches participated in National Back to Church Sunday on 9/21/14.
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Millennials currently make up 27% of the U.S. population and account for $1.3 trillion in consumer spending.
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20.4% of people in the U.S. (63 million) attend church each Sunday.
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The median U.S. congregation has just 75 regular participants and an annual budget of $90,000.
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Thankful Hearts Enjoy Life
Paul Cedar, Chairman, Mission America Coalition
Living with an attitude of thanksgiving is a wonderful and blessed way to live. Complaining and criticizing are such natural human expressions. But an attitude of gratitude needs to be cultivated. Only when we have truly thankful hearts can we enjoy life at its best.
We can enjoy thankful hearts even when everything is not going our way. As followers of Jesus, we can express our thanks to Him within every circumstance of life. It is not natural, but it is possible. It is the very spirit of Jesus.
I would encourage all of us be involved this Thanksgiving season with a focused cultivation of an attitude of thanksgiving. While we are doing that, we can be giving our Lord special thanks for all He is doing through your life and ministry, the Mission America Coalition and LOVE2020. It is good for us to give thanks!
We give the Lord thanks for you!
Paul and the MAC Team
I Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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The Role of Artists in Evangelism
Evangelism strategies must also include "creating contexts for relationships, encounter, and illumination. And those contexts too must be effective, beautiful, and dynamic and need artistic specialists to imagine, curate, and lead them," says Byron Spradlin, President of Artists in Christian Testimony. Spradlin is a LOVE2020 convener for the Arts & Entertainment affinity sphere.
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Other Commentary
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The Next Step for New Believers
What happens after someone comes to Christ? The New Life:The Start of Something Wonderful by Dave Williams is a handbook and how-to guide that will help new believers grow in their faith. Until November 30, the eBook is free for download...
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Other Tools
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Collaboration Calendar
Accelerate: A National Leadership Summit - Nov. 12-13 Bimonthly City Vision Coaching Call - Nov. 13 Connect Your Local Church with God's Global Mission - Nov. 16 LJ Live Redeeming Work - Nov. 17 Three Streams - One Dream - Nov. 19-20 Loving Our Communities to Christ Call - Nov. 20
Submit your events and activities that are open for participation from the whole Church by email to
[email protected]
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If you would like to support the Mission America Coalition,
including initiatives like LOVE2020 and Loving Our Communities to Christ,
donate online
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