Tag: ministry

• Who is my neighbor?

  

  On Saturday I experienced a foretaste of the heavenly banquet. After spending the morning doing various things to serve our downtown community, members of our church went out and invited everyone they met to have lunch with us. Many came.

  Jeff Gissing

  April 29, 2013

  Culture, Discipleship, Evangelicalism, Family, gospel & culture, Jesus, Justice, missional theology, Poverty, reformed spirituality, Science and Faith, Uncategorized

  church, civility, Culture, discipleship, evangelism, gospel, gospel and culture, Income inequality, ministry, mission, missional, pastor, reformed spirituality, theology

• What is real influence?

  It’s been a slow week here at jeffgissing.com. My family is in San Diego enjoying some vacation time and celebrating the wedding of my brother-in-law. It has been a fun week–Balboa Park, San Diego Zoo, the Science Museum! This week I’ve been reading Mel Lawrenz’s Spiritual Influence: The Hidden Power behind Leadership. It’s a great […]

  Jeff Gissing

  April 20, 2013

  Evangelicalism, Fellowship of Presbyterians, General, Leadership, missional theology, reformed spirituality, Uncategorized

  discipleship, God, influence, Leadership, ministry, theology

• What is a pastor (cont’d)?

  

  I’m on something of an intellectual journey to understand the essence of ordained ministry (the presbyterate and deaconate). I’m doing this for a couple of reasons. The first is that, by nature, I’m an inquisitive person and the challenge of exploring this sort of topic is really exciting to me. Second, there seem to be […]

  Jeff Gissing

  April 12, 2013

  Biography, Campus Ministry, Discipleship, Evangelicalism, Fellowship of Presbyterians, gospel & culture, missional theology, PCUSA, Practical Theology, reformed spirituality, Theology and Philosophy, Uncategorized, Worship

  gospel and culture, ministry, priesthood, theology