Fears of Evangelism

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Many books on personal evangelism tell stories of personal fear.  Evangelism is scary for many, for a variety of reasons?  Why does one have to be brave?Here is a list that I have compiled over the years of teaching workshops and seminars and the most common responses that I get to the … [Read more...]

Evangelism: Process or Event?

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I believe that it is both. Evangelism is a series of kairos moments in a person's life that have a cumulative effect of bringing a person to faith in Jesus Christ.  That can be a series of conversations, deep thoughts while walking the beach, a series of events, a confluence of circumstances … [Read more...]

Evangelism Blogs

As I search around the Internet for Evangelism Blogs, I see two main categories: Evangelism Training such as EvangelismCoach.org Evangelistic Blogs -- sharing your journey of faith. Using a Blog to share your faith Using a blog to share your faith can be an effective evangelism tool.  I think … [Read more...]

10 Ideas to Personally Reach Out To Your Neighborhood

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Do you know your Neighbor? Something I experienced when I lived in the suburbs of Richmond VA was the lack of a sense of community in our neighborhood.Sure we all bought nice houses, but with the exception of one family, we didn't know any of the neighbors.What a contrast to our former … [Read more...]

Friday Finds

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Servant Evangelism Steve Sjogren, in Scattering, Watering, and then...Waiting reminds us about how the role of the evangelist: Jesus said that the Holy Spirit is like the wind – he (not IT – please, never refer to the Holy Spirit as “it” – that is incredibly offensive to him) is not one … [Read more...]

Gospel Script: FAITH

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In doing research for this series on gospel scripts, I found another outline called FAITH.  It seems pretty good and could be a simple tool to share your faith. Scripts are not automatic The purpose of a script is to provide you an outline to share your faith when the Lord provides the … [Read more...]

Free Evangelism training Seminar

Webinar for Churches

Thursday May 29, 2008, 9 PM Eastern.Find Confidence to Share your Faithin the Ordinary Routine of life Space is limited.This has expired.See full details for the seminar:We’ll tackle questions like:Do I have to be brave? How can I share my faith without … [Read more...]

Do versus Done

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The "Do vs Done" Gospel Evangelism Script is one of those scripts that is very well known and has a long history."Do versus Done" is very simple gospel presentation to think through, and gets at one aspect of the gospel message.However, "Do versus Done" is so common that actually finding the … [Read more...]

The Big Story – Improving the Bridge Illustration

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James Choung has written a few books on explaining the Christian Faith. On of the issues that he tackles is updating or improving the Bridge Illustration.  The whole article is here at The Big Story | Tell It Slant . “Choung’s ‘napkin theology’ and its ‘four-worlds’ diagram promise to … [Read more...]

Friday Finds for May 16

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Evangelism Training Podcast: Overflow Podcast Show A 5 minute podcast on how you can overflow into your non-Christian friends lives. Overflow is the best ideas from the best books on evangelism.  Subscribe through iTunes.  From  Godsquad.com Improve Search Ranking for your Church's Website I … [Read more...]