{"id":39549,"date":"2021-11-16T12:09:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=39549"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T21:14:18","slug":"what-are-some-practical-ways-to-spread-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-are-some-practical-ways-to-spread-the-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"What are some practical ways to spread the gospel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Good morning Brother Hamilton,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to design a flyer to distribute in my hometown to inform people about our congregation. We live in a rural area that has numerous churches, and many of the churches of Christ are institutional. The few non-institutional congregations are small and shrinking. Your website&#8217;s home page is a good way to get people thinking about the true purpose of the Lord&#8217;s church, and I&#8217;d like to use it with your permission.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I saw an article on your site some time ago that was a long list of practical ways to spread the gospel, some large, some small. I cannot seem to locate it now. Can you help me find it?<\/p>\n<p>I really appreciate the work you do. I have benefited greatly from your website and have recommended it to many. Keep up the good work!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Everything on La Vista&#8217;s site is available to be reused, as the note at the bottom of each page states. We just ask that you give credit to the original creator of the material. The introduction page was written by me based on three fliers this congregation used in the past. I blended them together and added a few points as well. I&#8217;m glad you are finding the material here useful.<\/p>\n<p>I recall the list, but I can&#8217;t find it. It probably was in something dealing with another issue. It is annoying to me that I can&#8217;t find something on my own site. I&#8217;m sure I will eventually run across it as I continue to move the site from the old design to the new one. But meanwhile, here are things that will give you ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-church-aint-doing-nothing\/\">The Church Ain&#8217;t Doing Nothing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-it-works\/\">How It Works<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-teaching-of-gods-word\/\">The Teaching of God&#8217;s Word<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-my-parents-taught-me\/\">What My Parents Taught Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/keys-to-understanding\/persuading-others-of-the-truth\/\">Persuading Others of the Truth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>Response:<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks so much!<\/p>\n<p>I guess it would have helped if I had the title. It also would have been better if I had saved it when I saw it. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Someone else found the article!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/ways-to-find-the-lost\/\">Ways to Find the Lost<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h2>Response:<\/h2>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! Thanks!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Good morning Brother Hamilton, I&#8217;d like to design a flyer to distribute in my hometown to inform people about our congregation. We live in a rural area that has numerous churches, and many of the churches of Christ are institutional. The few non-institutional congregations are small and shrinking. Your website&#8217;s home page is a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[127,536,451],"class_list":["post-39549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-preaching","tag-teaching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6725,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/institutionalism-a-virulent-cancer\/","url_meta":{"origin":39549,"position":0},"title":"Institutionalism: A Virulent Cancer","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Harry W. 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