Rev. Michael Ives on Parish Evangelism

I wanted to recommend an article by Rev. Michael Ives.  The article is called "Parish Evangelism: Rediscovering Focus in Evangelistic and Pastoral Effort."  It is a very interesting call to return to a more parish-focused model of church ministry.  I think his thoughts warrant careful consideration.  There is definitely something to be said for re-implementing, to some degree, a more region-based, local concept of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, both in terms of the church's ministry to members as well as to non-members and non-Christians.  He's also written about this here (starting on p. 9).

Rev. Ives is minister of the Presbyterian Reformed Church in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.