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dateJune 10, 2015

New Channels to Share the Gospel

So many communications channels are available today, and they all can be used to share the Gospel. And therein lies the challenge for the church, says the Rev. Keith Anderson of Upper Dublin Lutheran Church, author of The Digital Cathedral. Introducing the Communicating component of Forward Together in Faith, Anderson noted that fewer people know what...

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dateJune 8, 2015

Communicating in Digital and Physical Neighborhoods

“Fewer people (today) know what being a Lutheran is about, what God is about,” so the church must use new social media channels and devices and “figure out how to use them to share the gospel,” said the Rev. Keith Anderson of Upper Dublin Lutheran Church, said at the campaign launch. The author of The...

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dateJune 8, 2015

Networking Forges New Connections

Equipping leaders, innovative ministries and communicating the gospel are woven together through networks, said Pastor Jim Goodyear from Gloria Dei, Huntingdon Valley, introducing networks at the campaign launch. “Networking is a bunch of holy threads together. Often times it looks kind of messy,” he said, but “when you put it all together there is a...

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dateJune 8, 2015

Innovating: Taking Risks for God’s People

“Innovators are willing to risk. Innovators have an innate ability to create something out of nothing,” said the Rev. Patricia Davenport, director for evangelical mission, at the campaign launch. “We are relentlessly focused on meeting the needs of people” through new Synod missions, like Living Gospel Ministries, a spiritual and helping community for formerly incarcerated...

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dateJune 8, 2015

Equipping Requires Imagination, Knowledge

The Synod’s vision reflects the development of the 1st Century church, yet requires 21st Century creativity and imagination, especially in the area of equipping leaders, Jeff Kjellberg, owner of Kairos and Associates, said at the campaign launch at the 2015 Assembly. He described the process experienced by more than two dozen congregations so far taking...

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