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Free Jesus

By Helen Mildenhall

quote I don't know if Jesus exists or whether the stories about him are true... I would love to talk about Jesus like he is a real human being, in a free, unconstrained manner. My experience of Christian conversations about Jesus is that Christians keep him in a glass case, locked with a gold key. People who share the 'correct' Christian beliefs get their own key. People who don't are relegated to asking questions which Christians answer. Handling Jesus is a privilege reserved for 'right-belief' Christians. Read more... quote

Send Phil to France

By Jim Henderson

quote Phil Wyman is one of the most courageous followers of Jesus I know. Phil led his church to connect with a group whose address, for Christians, seems to be 667 (neighbor of the beast).
I'm talking Witches, Neo Pagans and Wiccans. In fact Phil and his family moved from California to Salem, Massachusetts so he could get closer to them. Sounds suspiciously similar to God so loved the world kind of thinking to me - how about you? Apparently he got a little too close for his denomination's comfort - so they asked him to leave. Read more | Donate Now quote

Jim and Casper Get Ink

In past few months the Jim and Casper project/book has gotten a lot of press and response. There have even been copycat projects reported (that’s right… completely unauthorized churchratings).

Over 13,000 copies of Jim and Casper have sold in the first four months
Drew Marshall interviewed Jim and Casper and launched his own Church Rater Contest
MacLeans (Canada’s Time Magazine) featured an interesting review
Numerous bloggers have written about the book
Even some mega church pastors are using it as a sermon text - watch
Watch a short conversation between Jim and Casper about faith

Upcoming Doable Evangelism Training Events

August 25, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Family of Faith Community Church, Newark, Ohio
September 13th- Seattle – location TBD
October 6th – Spokane, WA – location TBD

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