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Evangelism

Evangelism is the spiritual practice of seeking, naming, and celebrating Jesus' loving presence in the stories of all people -- and sharing that practice with others. Evangelism is not a burden or a chore. It is the great gift of being able to give and receive grace and hope and truth from everyone we meet. It is God reaching right down into our lives to find us and help us find each other.

Evangelism Matters 2021:
The Discipline of Hope

Bishop Deon Johnson is one of the many presenters at this annual conference hosted by The Episcopal Church.

Join us for this free, innovative, digital experience for those seeking to share, learn, and grow their own and the Church’s capacity and passion for evangelism.

This spring’s Evangelism Matters conference invites you to turn off your computer screen and “tune in” for an audioconference, featuring podcast-style talks on the opportunities and challenges of evangelism today.

Podcast episodes will feature speakers including Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Bishop Robert Wright of Atlanta, Dr. Lisa Kimball of Virginia Theological Seminary, the Rev. Bao Moua of Holy Apostles Church in St. Paul, Minn., Miriam McKenney and Scott Gunn of Forward Movement, and many more. Learn more about our speakers.

Starting April 12, all sessions of Evangelism Matters 2021: The Discipline of Hope, will be live and available for listening.

Register

Upon registration, you will receive a link to subscribe to our podcast feed and an invitation to six Zoom coffee hours in April and May, featuring Evangelism Matters 2021 presenters. To listen to each session, you will need to have access to a podcasting app like Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts.

Registration Deadline: May 20, 2021


Community Listening

The goal of community listening is to create a mutual community ministry. The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice led a workshop on this topic (February, 2021) and is available to lead similar workshops to help you develop community listening strategies for your congregation.

  • Download highlighted information about community listening.
  • Watch a recording of the Feb. '21 community listening workshop.

Evangelism with Integrity

How do we practice evangelism with spiritual integrity, out of our values and identity? We build spiritual intimacy with one another. We go to the deep places of life and explore how we find and struggle to find God there.

The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice leads our evangelism and discipleship development initiatives for the diocese. Canon Whitney offers educational and spiritual programs throughout the year and has authored the curriculum "Evangelism with Integrity," which is available to download:

  • Evangelism with Integrity - Teaching Guide
  • Evangelism with Integrity - video 1
  • Evangelism with Integrity - video 2
  • Evangelism with Integrity - video 3
  • Evangelism with Integrity - video 4
  • Evangelism with Integrity - video 5
  • Evangelism with Integrity - video 6
  • Evangelism with Integrity - video 7

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For more info, contact:

The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice
Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development
314-231-1220, ext. 1383 

    The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice

    Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development
    314-231-1220, ext. 1383 |

    The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice is an Episcopal priest who serves as the Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development for the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. She is a graduate of Yale Divinity School where she won the Yale University Charles S. Mersick Prize for Public Address and Preaching and the Yale University E. William Muehl Award for Excellence in Preaching. She has taught undergraduate courses at the University of Indianapolis and has contributed to Lectionary Homiletics, the Young Clergy Women’s Project journal Fidelia’s Sisters, and other publications. She has served as a researcher and community ministry grant consultant for the Indianapolis Center for Congregations, is currently a staff writer for the Episcopal Digital Network’s Sermons That Work, and is an active participant in the activist clergy community for racial and economic justice in St. Louis. A communicator of the gospel at heart, she writes and teaches at Episcopal, United Methodist, and ELCA churches on a wide variety of topics including rethinking evangelism, stewardship, leadership, women’s theology of the body, mysticism, and spiritual development. When she’s not thinking about theology, particularly the intersection of evangelism and justice work (which is all the time, seriously), you’ll find her swing dancing. Find more of her work at her website Roof Crashers & Hem Grabbers (www.roofcrashersandhemgrabbers.com).

    Her ministries include:

    1. Evangelism
    2. Discipleship Development
    3. Children & Youth
    4. Experimental Ministries/Missional Communities
    5. Fresh Start
    6. Ordination Process
    7. Ordination Redesign
    8. Re-Imagining Task Force
    9. Requiem or Renaissance
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