Witnessing Where You Live, Work, and Play: A Practical Guide to Help Every Christian Be the Witness God Has Called Them to Be Where They Live, Work, and Play
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Overview
The church in America is getting smaller and smaller. Each year, average church attendance decreases, while the number of Americans who identify as having no religious affiliation increases. Even traditionally Christian areas, such as the Bible Belt, are seeing the same trends as the rest of the nation.
America is not alone in experiencing these trends. Western Europe, once a strong Christian continent, is also going the same way. What is the cause of the decline of Christianity in America as well as Western Europe? Many have written on this topic, but I believe it is because of a lack of faithful witnessing by everyday Christians. In my twenty-eight plus years of ministry, I have found over and over again that faithful church members do not know how to share their faith, nor do they have any idea of where to begin having an impact for the Kingdom of God. Our culture has lost the practice of hospitality. Churches have become so programmatic that many Christians find all their social time and needs being met on the church campus. Even when Christians find themselves engaged within the community in different social activities, such as youth sports, they have no idea how to leverage those relationships for the Gospel."Witnessing Where You Live, Work, and Play" is a practical guide that does four things:
It will help you understand God’s calling on your life as a follower of Jesus to be a witness for Him.It will provide training in how to walk someone through the Gospel using both your personal testimony and the Word of God.
It will help you understand the different domains where you live your life.
It will help you develop strategies to begin having an impact with the Gospel in those different domains.
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- Identifies the lack of faithful witnessing by everyday Christians.
- Exposes how church programming and a loss of hospitality have isolated believers.
- Teaches readers how to leverage existing social relationships and community activities.
This book serves as a non formulaic, comprehensive, and highly approachable guide to help newcomers to Christianity as well as to mobilize long time Christians become more active and more effective in sharing their faith as a way of life. I appreciate that it is written out of Neal’s life time of experiences and is not simply theory or theology. As one who has worked among people from many countries. I would love to see it accessible to more people by translating it into other languages.
-- Linda Bergquist Church Planting Srategist and author of City Shaped Churches
Neal Creecy has created a practical and empowering guide for believers who want to live missionally in every area of life. With decades of experience and a heart for real, everyday discipleship, Neal helps you see your calling to witness where you live, work, and play. This book equips and inspires you to step boldly into your faith journey, impacting others with the transformative love of Jesus
-- Mac Lake, CEO Multiply Group