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Vol 4: Principle Two In Action: Take Your Ticket For Your Health

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It's me Pastor Ant Hi fellow travelers, It’s your boy Pastor Ant reporting from the trail. In my last communication we discovered three more principles for Evangelizing the African American community: 3.We must acknowledge our fear as evangelists. 4.We must trust the image of God in Black men. 5.We must acknowledge the ways we distrust the image of God in Black Men. This brought our total principles for evangelizing the African American Community to five.  Image by rawpixel The first two principles were: 1.Unchurched African Americans are around us all the time: See Them!!! 2.Our passions and interests tend to be an inexpensive ticket into relationships with unchurched people. Image by wirestock   We mined these principles by answering these four questions: Where do unchurched African Americans hang out in my community? Why don't I hang out with unchurched African Americans? What are the tattoos that I am noticing on the African American canvas? What are the shoes that I am ...

Adventures of a Clueless Evangelist: "Vol. 3: Fear Keeps Me From Evangelizing in the African American Community "

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  Hello fellow travelers,  It's me Pastor Ant  It's your boy Pastor Ant. Sorry it’s been a while since my last letter. In our last communication, we discovered two principles for evangelizing the African American community:  1. Unchurched African Americans are around us all the time: See Them!!! 2. Our passions and interests tend to be an inexpensive ticket into relationships with unchurched  people. Discovery is how we gain principles. Image by drobotdean on Freepik We discovered these two principles by answering the 1st of our  four questions:  Where do unchurched African Americans hang out in my community?  Why don't I hang out with unchurched African Americans?  What are the tattoos that I am noticing on the African American canvas?  What are the shoes that I am noticing in unchurched spaces?  In this volume we will see what discoveries arise out of answering our second question “Why don’t I hang out with unchurched African Am...

Adventures of a Clueless Evangelist Vol 2: Where Are The Unchurched?

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Hi fellow travelers,  It's Your Boy Pastor Ant      Greetings from the trail. It's your boy, Rev. Anthony M.A. Johnson, but you can call me Pastor  "Ant". I am continuing my residency with Evangelize Today . I am sorry I have not written in a while. Life has been busy on the trail. I left us with a few questions the last time I wrote y'all. They are as follows:  Where do unchurched African Americans hangout in my community?  Why don't I hang out with unchurched African Americans?  What are the tattoos I am noticing on the African American canvas?  What are the shoes that I am noticing in unchurched spaces?  Photo by  JD Mason  on  Unsplash Today  I wanted to take a little time to share my findings in unchurched territory. So in this letter, I will share two principles I learned in answering our first question: "Where Do Unchurched African Americans Hangout in My Community?" Photo by  LT Ngema  on  Unspl...