I make part of my job reading books on outreach and evangelism.  I don’t often find any I’d recommend.  But I have one for you this month.  The book is titled “I Once Was Lost” by Dan Evert and Doug Schaup.  

The book is built around what they call five thresholds of evangelism for post-moderns in their journey to conversion.  These thresholds are: 

1. Distrust to trust
2. Complacent to curious
3. Closed to change to open to change
4. Meandering to seeking
5. Crossing the threshold into the Kingdom

The authors included some great material on how to assist our friends at each stage.  I think the material is also valuable for pastoral church leadership to understand the different thresholds our listeners could be facing. 

Go buy the book, you’ll be glad you did.

Open doors are the stuff of walking with the Holy Spirit.  I have a couple of open doors I thought I’d include in the blog this month. 

1. I am working with the Virginia Southern Baptists on a plan to start 300 churches in six years.  We are looking for candidates for church planting.  If you have any interest in planting a church anywhere drop me and email at - dmurren@square1.org.

2.  I am the lead pastor at a church in Boise, Idaho (New Heights) and we are looking for a worship leader. We are seeking someone in their mid-twenties with musical training and gifting in the area of leadership.  Drop me an email or call me at 206-391-9814 if you fit the bill.  We are hoping to interview 20 people.