8 Barriers to Effective Evangelism Communication

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A few years ago, I listened to a talk given by Mark Mittelberg, who was on the staff with Willow Creek at the time.It was titled "Sharpening Your Evangelistic Edge."Below are 8 barriers to effective communication that Mr. Mittleberg shared. If you have others to add, I'd love to hear … [Read more...]

Friday Finds

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I've been out all this week teaching at the Youth With A Mission Base in Panama, but here are some finds for this Friday. Theological links for emerging theologians. Check it out here.List of helpful Evangelism books.Questions for assessing the hospitality factor of your worship service;What about … [Read more...]

Effective Evangelism Training Lab Time

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In some of our weekend Evangelism Training Seminars, we often build in a practical exercise in personal evangelism, a "lab time," where people can leave the retreat setting and venture out to do evangelism in the style that we teach.It is modeled after Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch.The … [Read more...]

Friday Finds

Mark Driscoll on video explaining the various themes on the Emerging Church. I find this a helpful summary of the ongoing conversation and a fair critique of it.The Jolly blogger asks: “Why are church plants the most successful at reaching people and does my established church stand any chance … [Read more...]

Prayer and Evangelism

How can you pray for the work of evangelism? Praying for yourself: Jimmy Kinnaird has developed a useful prayer acrostic called “BOLDNESS” to help you prayerfully prepare yourself. This is an awesome acronym and a helpful structure. Here are some things I pray for: To live a … [Read more...]

Secrets of Effective Evangelism Training

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I attended a conference nearly 10 years ago by Mark Miller that gave away these secrets to Evangelism Training.Challenge the conventional wisdom -- Evangelism is a process not an event (see: Evangelism: Process or Event?), so one size doesn't fit every context. Make Evangelism Personal -- Who … [Read more...]

Evangelism Training — What is it?

Evangelism training is simply training thatPrepares Christian believers to assist pre-Christians (aka lost people, seekers, insert label here) on their spiritual journey towards Christ, AND Gives them the confidence that they can do this.I attended an evangelism training seminar … [Read more...]

Hospitality Series

From the traffic reports on this site, the 2007 Series on Hospitality has been the most searched after material.I've complied the entire series here.Back to Basics in Church Evangelism Hospitality is a piece of evangelism What’s your sign? (Do your signs help or hinder?) Poor Word … [Read more...]

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