Today's non-Christian 20- and 30-somethings are big fans of Jesus but are less thrilled with His followers and the churches where they worship. Pastor/author Dan Kimball reveals their six most common perceptions of Christians and the Church, what they wish church was like--and why you should be … [Read more...]
Church centered ideas for reaching people
February 28, 2007 By 1 Comment
I found this post today that has already written out several questions that one could consider as they self-evaluate their evangelism style and methods. Its focus is on church based evangelism, and increasing community awareness that your church exists.In this link are 5 ideas for reaching … [Read more...]
Evangelism Conferences
February 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
National Presbyterian ConferenceAugust 31 — September 3, 2007Nashville, TennesseeGaylord Conference CenterPre-Conference Events: August 29 and 30:For full details, follow this link.I can't tell you about the theological bent of this conference, but wanted to get the information out there. I won't … [Read more...]
Church Hospitality Survey Assessment or Audit
February 28, 2007 By 6 Comments
One helpful tool for church hospitality committees and pastors is to do a Hospitality Audit with a church hospitality questionare.Use this church hospitality survey form as part of your regular church hospitality review.This will to help you evaluate how welcoming or visitor friendly your … [Read more...]
A Coffee Conversation.
February 25, 2007 By 1 Comment
This week I met a friend for coffee at the local Starbucks. He and I have had a long ongoing discussion about faith. He would consider himself an ex-Christian, having had some rough experiences with how Christians do things.When we first met a few years ago, he was very angry about all things … [Read more...]
Rural Churches and Pole Dancing
February 21, 2007 By 3 Comments
I came across some interesting posts today.This one talks about relational evangelism in a rural church and why its more effective than other forms. It's written by a pastor in rural Virignia. Most of the time when we are doing workshops, the typical churches represented are city or suburban … [Read more...]
Evangelism and Emerging Churches
February 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I've read some stuff on emerging churches, and by no means am I complete expert on it. However, I've read enough to be fluent on what it is and where it might be going.One issue that comes up for our context is evangelism and emerging churches.Scott McKnight, one of my former professors at … [Read more...]
Evangelism for the Timid
February 16, 2007 By 1 Comment
Here is a 4 minute film, with a little humor about a new wave of evangelism coaching. . . Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Two Challenges to Fixed Gospel Presentations (Scripts)
February 15, 2007 By 4 Comments
This evening I read a post about evangelism scripts at this blog.The main gist of the entry is of an encounter between an evangelist with a script and the author being the one evangelized.The script came from Evangelism Explosion, a tool that has been highly useful in the past and one that … [Read more...]
Religious Identification
February 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I came across this news article today on a survey about how Americans idenitfy their religious "brand."16% of Americans have switched at some point.American Catholicism is loosing while Evangelicals have gained.Those who had no religious identity grew from 8% in 1990 to 14% in 2001.Just food for … [Read more...]
