Articles for Outreach & Missions

Our team at Cooke Media Group hears is that a major reason people decided to join a church was because they were so moved by the welcome on their first visit. But beware of the over welcome as well.

In his letter to Titus, Paul writes of people who “profess to know God, but they deny him by their works” (Titus 1:16). What does that mean? How can we deny God by our works?

I believe with all my heart that faith (only) comes from hearing and hearing from the word of God. (Rom. 10:17) But over the years I have found myself using "The Pilgrim’s Progress" at some point during an evangelistic encounter.

In practical terms what does strike while the iron is hot mean -- because the fact of the matter is most days the iron isn't hot.

Due to a subtle, yet profound, shift in decision-making, missions activities in U.S. congregations are less impactful because they are designed to satisfy members’ needs rather than make a difference in the world. 

I love seeing people changed by the love God. But regardless of how much God decides to use me, I alone cannot change people. This is God’s job, not mine.

Whether or not we touch physically sharing the Peace with each other is to, through prayer, cultivate a greater awareness of our deep unity with and connection to each other as the Body of Christ.

There is a lot of faultfinding in the world these days. The problem with the world, it seems, is other people. Many have given up loving one another for the sake of “othering” one another instead.