Pastors Alan and Debbie Kemp recently led their church into a Faith in Action Sunday, following a program that has been developed by World Vision.
They chose to take their regular Sunday service and move it to the front lawn of the their church — going to the streets, so to speak.

Their church has done several [...]

One way that you can discover your community need is through setting up prayer stations at your outreach events.
For example, we did one at a dental fair where we partnered with the local dental school to give free cleanings to kids (Photos below).
Making this prayer station service available allows people who want prayer to sit [...]

In doing personal evangelism coaching with some pastors these last few days, I found myself recommending one thing very often.
Make a prayer list of friends whom you’d like to see following Jesus.
We might mentally agree to the the idea, but to actually make the list and use it may still be a challenge.
So let me [...]

Dr. Kevin Yoho,General Presbyter Newark Presbytery has put together a presentation called The Reciprocal Church.
I like what he’s done in calling “the church” back into the nieghborhood, using the idea of reciprocity.
Does the church give benefit to the community in exchange for the investment that the community makes in the church?
Or put another way, how [...]

As a response to the series Coaching Congregational Evangelism, I’ve been coaching a few very busy pastors through a 30 day process to better personal evangelism for busy pastors.
I find over and over again in my practice that coaching “removes the fog from the mirror.”
Fog = Evangelism Obstacles
Personal evangelism intimidates way too many pastors and [...]

Darrell Davis points out how many conversations that Jesus had.
Out of 132 contacts that Jesus had with people recorded in the New Testament, 6 were in the temple, 4 were in the synagogue, and 122 were out in the mainstream of life. (Adapted from Why Christians Sin, by J.K Johnson, Discovery [...]

This is what gives me joy as an evangelist.

Marionee.

Manuel:

Yes, the water was very cold.
But more important, adult baptism is a step of obedience after trusting Jesus that is a sign of God’s working in bringing people to faith in Jesus Christ.
Baptism signifies a whole lot more, but for me, it’s the visible fruit of the [...]

Easter is rapidly approaching and many of you are gearing up for your Easter Outreaches and special Easter Services
Let me give you a three pointers to increase your congregation’s impact this Easter.
1.  Do a hospitality review.  Give your systems a look over to make sure they are up.
Read more:
Church Hospitality Review
2.  Plan an special [...]

A frequent question I receive is how do pastors regularly cast a vision for hospitality ministries for the church.
Particularly when they are in charge of casting vision for everything.
So I want to share with you another practice for growing your church’s hospitality.
(Read Practice #1: Review your Church Hospitality Ministries)
Practice #2: Regularly remind the Congregation.
In the [...]

This Easter, some people might want to visit your church.
This Holy Week, some out of town guests may want to visit your special services for holy week.
You don’t know who they are.
They don’t know where they want to go.
God has given them spiritual thirst that propels them to seek a church.
So what do they do?  [...]

I visited a church this weekend.
No one said hello.
Even though we waited around for nearly 20 minutes after the service was over.
No one said hello.
That should not happen.  It sparked a brief discussion on the Evangelism Coach Facebook Page.
Church Visitors will come.
God will keep bringing visitors to your church.
Are you prepared for them?
Is your church [...]

Here is the whole series in a nutshell. . ..

How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #1 – Personal Involvement
How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #2 – Testimonies of Life Change
How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #3 – Challenge your Staff
How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #4 – Increase Invitations to Worship
How Pastors Can Lead Congregational Evangelism #5 – Engage [...]

For the last part of our series Coaching Congregational Evangelism, I want to share some very practical advice a church planter gave me.
“Evangelism doesn’t just happen.  You’ve got to do it.”
I was asking him how he grew his church from scratch in a few months (I no longer remember the exact numbers).
His answer was:
“We [...]

Sometimes I wonder if in the big rush to be “missional” that some churches forget the attractional side of their main event – the worship service on Sunday.
But, for many churches, that Sunday event is not something that will be going away or be done away with.  It’s not an either or proposition.
Rather, the question [...]

Can we have more faith sharing conversations as an ordinary part of our lives?
In this 60 minute webinar on personal evangelism, you don’t have to travel or spend any money (though a donation is helpful).
Ray Jones will join Chris Walker of EvangelismCoach.org and will help

you see the the conversational opportunities and people around you
pastors help [...]

A group of New Jersey churches in the Presbytery of the Palisades have come together to help sponsor an evangelism workshop called
Ignite: Leading Congregational Evangelism
Discover ways lead your church into new growth through personal evangelism and hospitality ministries.
Date and Location:
First Presbyterian Church, 150 East Palisade Ave, Englewood, NJ, 201.568.7373 (website).
Map to get Directions: (Click [...]

Pastors carry the torch of vision, and are usually the key public person of influence in a congregation.
It’s been observed that pastors are asked to cast vision for everything from

Finding volunteers for work parties or service projects,
Recruiting volunteers for Children’s Church,
Encouraging small group participation
Community initiatives or outreaches,
Stewardship and fundraising,
Building programs,
And so on.

Pastors cast vision about [...]

I’ve been listening to some podcasts from various different churches in the United States as I exercise. (Read: 6 Steps to Get your sermons recorded again to see a cheap and easy way to make them available on line.)
One key feature that I’ve observed in the podcast of these growing churches is the regular appearance [...]