What Type of Churches attract Catholics?

“People who identify as Roman Catholic make up 20% of the Australian population and 23.1% of Greater Sydney.

Whilst it is still difficult to get people from a Roman Catholic background to attend Protestant services because of their institutional understanding of church, there are many things we can do to make it easier for Catholics to hear the gospel. …

Understanding the Roman Catholic theological system better can help us shape our ministries to be more effective in communicating the gospel clearly and attractively.”

– Mark Gilbert shares some helpful ideas for loving our Catholic friends – at The Gospel Coalition.

Preaching’s Big Umbrella

“Apostle Paul unfolds a big umbrella over the work of the pastor/teacher in 1 Corinthians 1.23,24: ‘But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God’.

This begs the question for every preacher: Am I preaching Christ in all the fullness of His Person and Work to all-comers, sceptics and saved, sinners and saints, in the face of all opposition and all acceptation? …”

– The Expository Preaching Trust features this post from Bob Thomas, retired Presbyterian minister and, for many years, the Editor of New Life.

(Bob shared his experience of ‘church union’ in The Crisis of 77.)