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Outward Focused Living
Learn to live your life with an outward focused mentality and to guide and teach others to do the same. Here is your field guide to not reaching, but letting God's love fill you with joy that flows from you to your family, friends, neighbors . . . world.
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Puppy Love
Ken Glassmeyer
Part of blending prayer with evangelism is listening to God and adapting outreach. To quote Shakespeare, "Release the Hounds!" . . .
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Empowering Shy People To Do Effective Outreach
Steve Sjogren
How you connect with shy people in doing evangelism is an important juncture to take with your church. Why? The majority of people who attend your church are categorically shy. It is vital that you and I learn to encourage shy people into an approach to outreach that is attainable. How do we encourage shy people to find their way forward in evangelism? . . .
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Avoid Burnout: Don't Make Growth Your Motivation for Serving
Steve Sjogren
Without all serving being translated into a lifestyle of generosity, kindness and service pretty quickly, the "program" of serving will annihilate your people's natural, God-given yearning to be outward. I can guarantee you the family farm on this one. Without that essential leap, the "program" will destroy the pure desire of your people. . . .
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Untangling Evangelism Assumptions
Steve Sjogren
Assumptions, missteps, and myths abound in the evangelism arena. Veteran evangelist, Steve Sjogren, attempts to untangle some of the most common assumptions that keep us from living an Outflow lifestyle. . . .
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The Balance of Serving and Speaking
Steve Sjogren
I recently had a pastor ask me "When is a person to speak when serving? Or is serving when doing serving projects an end in itself?" My answer to that question might surprise you. . . .
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Come Together - Let's Notice This Day
If you ask any woman on the planet, "What is the single most important day in February?" it is safe to assume she will say "Valentine's Day!" Those two words are not so much an answer as they are an expectation... There is an expectation in the hearts of not just women but all of humanity who hope to be touched, filled, transformed by a force beyond themselves. "This is a job for Big God!" . . .
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Love Is In The Air... Or Is It?
Love. It's a word that is hard to describe, really. Just today I've used it to tell my wife, kids and mother that I deeply care for them, and used it to explain my addiction to Chipotle. Here's the question I've had with the word love lately: How does a church communicate love? . . .
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How To Connect Without Being Weird
Steve Sjogren
I am often asked for advice on how a person determined to walk in the Outflow lifestyle can connect with strangers. How does one being to talk to someone they have never met? Do you just start talking, or what? . . .
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Needed: Translators of Simple Words
Steve Sjogren
"No way! That's is not in the Bible. I know the Bible - you are mistaken. Those words just aren't there." The man sitting next to me on this airplane was actually angry with me for simply explaining, "God is love!" . . .
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Christmas Outreach Ideas
If there is ever a season to seize the moments to show God's love to others it is during the Christmas season. It seems as though God just opens up the airwaves to his love and kindness during this time of year. . . .
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[VIDEO] The Time Is Now
Steve Sjogren
Steve recently spoke at Four Corners Church in Cincinnati, OH about moving forward in getting outside the four walls of the church to serve the community. This is a great video to download and share with your friends! . . .
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Wherever You Go, There You Are!
Steve Sjogren
If you have every traveled in the Eighth Dimension then you know that some truths are self-evident. Ask Buckaroo Bonzai, the iconic renaissance man of the cult film, The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai in the Eighth Dimension, who said, "Remember, wherever you go, there you are!" For the sake of this article I want to alter that phrase slightly and say, "Remember, whoever you meet is somewhere!" . . .
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Here's what people are saying...
ServeCoach has been indispensable in helping us lead the church to be more outward focused. The interviews, resources, ideas have all generated an excitement about "showing God's love in practical ways, no strings attached" by doing acts of kindness. Keep up the good work.
David F..
Georgia, USA
Here's the deal. I was really feeling defeated and bummed. I got connected to this website and I feel like I've been revived. I felt like there was only one other person in my entire church that really understood how I was feeling because he was feeling the same way. I watched an interview and am working on another one and boy was it just what I needed to see and hear. I had all but given up, but now I have renewed hope and I'm hanging in there! So thanks Serve Coach team!
Tamara B.
Missouri, USA
Whether you're just starting out or have been doing outreach for years, ServeCoach is a fantastic site. There are so many resources and ideas, I can barely keep up. I first joined thinking I would look through everything, get what I needed, and cancel after a month. But ServeCoach has proven to have much more than I thought, and very valuable to the ministry I serve in.
Theresa A.
Illinois, USA
Steve Sjogren has been coaching leaders for as long as I’ve known him over twenty-plus years. He’s a catalytic leader, challenging “status quo” views of everything from church growth to evangelism methodologies to leadership paradigms.
Steve’s hyper-creativity and genuine love for “not-yet-believers” provide the one-two punch for effective ministry. I’ll never forget the words of a churchplanter who once told me, “After spending time with Steve, I always feel more courageous!”
And who wouldn’t want to be mentored by The Father of Servant Evangelism?
Dave Workman
Vineyard Church
Cincinnati, Ohio
I first heard of Steve Sjogren when my wife read his first book, Conspiracy of Kindness and got fired up about water giveaways and it ignited us to find more ways to serve our community and the people around us. We just got our hands on anything that would be of a value to anyone else and gave it away - Just to show God's love in a practical way and told people, if there is anything you need let us know - no strings attached... and here we are, 14 years later! That is a timeless truth - Showing God's love in practical ways with no strings attached.
Steve has helped create this culture of serving - doing what it takes to show people God's love in practical ways. We have seen a lot of people come to Christ and made the decision to cross that line in faith... I think this is due to people getting outside the walls of the church and these creative serving ideas - a lot of them came right out of things that Steve has taught us. Just reaching into the community and making a difference. We get up in the morning thinking about who is hurting, who has loss, who is going through something and how can we figure out a way to let them know that they matter to God. That is what Servant Evangelism is all about!
Steve’s out-of-the-box thinking and decades of real-world practice makes him a Christian leader worth listening to. Pay attention to Steve; the church will never be the same.
Dino Rizzo
Healing Place Church
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
I’ve known Steve Sjogren for over two decades as a friend, a very successful church planter, and a massively influential leader not only among American churches, but across the world.
Steve’s passionate focus on moving the church outward into the community and his contagious enthusiasm for reaching lost people has influenced my life and the lives of thousands of other pastors and leaders.
Steve’s out-of-the-box thinking and decades of real-world practice makes him a Christian leader worth listening to. Pay attention to Steve; the church will never be the same.
Rich Nathan
Vineyard Church
Columbus, Ohio
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