The Man in the Window: Creating a Cultural Shift in Modern Day Evangelism

Imagine the dark room illuminated by lamplight only, some two-thousand years ago. The famed Apostle Paul is speaking, when all of a sudden there is a commotion. There was a young man, named Eutychus, who had fallen asleep in the window, he had suddenly fallen from the third story window to his death down below. Did anyone see him sleeping in the window? How did he end up there? What do we do next? “The Man in the Window” is a look at modern day evangelism, and the current shift in culture to move the church beyond the four walls that we have built around it. The church was not created to exist merely inside four walls that only meets a couple of times a week. It was meant to impact our cities, states, and ultimately the nations for the Kingdom of God. In a day and age, when we are grown comfortable, with our order of service, our modern worship, and continually playing it safe on Sunday Mornings, “The Man in the Window” offers an insightful look into the choice every believer has to make. Will we continue to be a society that merely looks out of the window and down at the problem, that until recently we had chosen to ignore? Will we be like the Apostle Paul, and make the decision to leave the four walls, and go into the streets, in order to truly love our neighbors? “The Man in the Window” speaks to every prodigal who has ever chosen to walk away from a relationship with God, while speaking to the offended brother who missed the celebration at his return. In the end, we owe the world an encounter with Jesus, and this is a detailed look at how we can truly be a steward over what the Holy Spirit has placed inside of us.

David Howell resides in Russellville, AR, where he is the Campus Pastor of City Church. With a passion for the prophetic and evangelism, he currently leads the prophetic team at the local church. While at City Church, he has overseen Small Group Ministries, Stewardship, Youth/College Ministry, Missions and many other aspects of the local church. He has traveled to the UK to be a part of and lead Mission teams to work with different local churches in the UK.

David graduated from Arkansas State University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts/Sciences, with a focus on Political Science. He received his Certificate of Biblical Studies from Christ For the Nations Institute in 2018. He spent 12 years in the financial services industry, before moving with his family to Russellville, to enter into full-time ministry.

David and his wife Stacy, have six wonderful children, so his days are spent fixing bicycle tires, playing with his youngest kids, attending school functions and everything else that comes with being a father.

In 2019, he was able to oversee a project that worked with a non-profit to help eliminate over 3 million dollars in bad medical debt for the entire county that Russellville is located. The elders felt what better way to be the church, and to mirror the Gospel then to pay off others debts that were undeserved.

He believes that God does still speak to us, and that we as believers have a need to share this and the Gospel with everyone that we encounter. Seeing time and time again, the impact that happens when we carry the Gospel outside the four walls and into our cities.