Activating Unified Gospel Initiatives
It was with excitement for me that I got to begin a role in this ministry that is now called The ACTS Group. I was asked to lead something that had found its roots in the Luis Palau Sacramento Festival and the coming together of churches, nonprofits, and businesses on June 8, 2012. Many of […]
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Our society is in trouble. We see the pressures all around us and fear that creeps in. As far as Christianity, it has come to a point in our culture where it is as if the word Christian is like cussing, associated with the negative. It feels a lot of days like we are losing. […]
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convergence Conversations: Jeff Kreiser from ACTS Group on Vimeo. A GOSPEL MOVEMENT AFFIRMATION Just like light emits from the sun in an array, in today’s world there is a spectrum on which people believe in God. We have the legalistic church, the liberal church, agnostics, and those who believe in many gods. But at the […]
Read MoreMeet a Movement Leader: Francis Anfuso from ACTS Group on Vimeo.
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Chasing Vapor A few days ago a strong wind blew through town. You can feel wind, but you can’t see it. You can chase it, but you can’t catch it. Ecclesiastics 2:10 says, “I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure… Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I […]
Read MorePick Me Do you remember how kids picked teams on the playground? Two of the more confident kids would agree to be the captains. Everyone else would line up along the fence as these two called out names and pointed to those they chose. Someone had to be picked last. There was no glory in […]
Read MoreMeet a Movement Leader: Jeremiah Aja from ACTS Group on Vimeo.
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This week, we will be gathering for Leading in These Times. Our theme this year, “A City That Looks Like Heaven,” is meant to address the subject of unity, diversity and ending racism – themes that God has put on the hearts and minds of many faith leaders in our region. With such weighty subject […]
Read MoreHere are a couple of important questions… · Should I have a sense of urgency as it relates to sharing the most important thing I could ever communicate to someone? · If a blind man is walking towards a cliff should I try to develop a relationship with him first before I tell him about the danger […]
Read MoreThe person I mentioned in the first part of this blog told me that a direct and immediate approach “gives Christians a bad name” and is arrogant and damaging.” I assured him that I wasn’t talking about a confrontational, condemning, argumentative approach to engaging people or going around holding signs that say “The End is […]
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