Coming up in a few weeks, I’ll be teaching at a missions base in the Far west of Panama.
I’ll be training missionaries in their concentrated lecture phase before they begin a 6 week outreach working in partnership with local churches among some of the unreached groups in Panama.
This has led me to reflect on [...]
June 2008
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 24, 2008
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Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 23, 2008
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We have completed the first full week of our road trip. In the Atlanta Georgia area, I had plans to meet with several readers of this blog, but I got very sick and had to cancel most appointments. Even now, strength is beginning to return.
20 Twenty Vision Ministries
I was however able to reconnect with a [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 18, 2008
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During our summer road trip, we have been offered free use of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Richmond to provide a live [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 18, 2008
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Some time ago, I was asked in an email what I think are key training ideas in personal evangelism, or key steps to keeping the evangelistic temperature high in a congregation. These below focus on personal evangelism, not church growth.
Evangelism values for pastors:
Share personal examples of conversations that you’ve had with non-church goers.
Share personal [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 15, 2008
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Evangelism Training in the local church helps believers to better share their faith
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 13, 2008
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We crossed a small mile stone today in page views. 30,000 was from an IP address in Pennsylvania about 11:00am EST this morning.
A word of Thanks
I want to thank those readers who have been using the site to help increase your evangelism passion and further your study.
This week, I received the following comment [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 13, 2008
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Gary Rohyrmayer writes in Developing a Sowing Mentality-Part 2:
4. Those with a “sowing mentality” are not particular about methods, “…whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well…”
In my experience too many church leaders get stuck or inebriated with a particular style of evangelism. Yet leaders with a sowing mentality understand it is [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 12, 2008
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I keep adding to the list.
If you have found some tips helpful for pastors to keep their personal evangelism passion high, please send them to me via email, contact us form, or simply give me a call at 804-335-1445.
See these prior posts:
5 Evangelism Tips for Pastors
4 More Evangelism Tips for Pastors
1. Obey the promptings of [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 11, 2008
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Win Arn did a study sometime ago (the actual reference is in my notes somewhere)
Approx 90% of pastors thought the main purpose of the church was evangelism.
Approx 10% of lay people thought the main purpose of the church was evangelism.
Is it any wonder why there is a conflict of desire in a congregation about evangelism? [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 10, 2008
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Reese’s research in Unbinding the Gospel found that many pastors have no personal experience with evangelism (Reese, 9).
The footnote explains that 10 out of 60 denominational seminaries in mainline denominations require even half a course in evangelism for graduation. The other half of the course is often paired with stewardship (p. 22).
Chapter 8 of her [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 9, 2008
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I finished reading
Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church.
This book is sure to be on the top of the list for Visitor Assimilation texts.
Note: I read Beyond the First Visit: The Complete Guide to Connecting Guests to Your Church, Gary McIntosh (see my review at Assimilating Church Visitors- Beyond the [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 7, 2008
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What question about evangelism burns in your mind?
What do you come to EvangelismCoach.org to find?
One of my goals is to provide information that is of high relevance to you.
I will try to answer them in due time, and perhaps you’ll see an article or two on your question a little later. I do respond by [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 6, 2008
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Why do we hang out only with Christians?
Fellow TEDS student writes “If Jesus Spent Lots of Time with Unbelievers, Why Do Most of Us Hang Out Only with Christians?“ With that opening question, there is a great essay of one wresting with how far into the world, how far out of the world should Christians [...]
Written By: EvangelismCoach on June 5, 2008
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Our family will be visiting five states over 30 days in the upcoming month.
I’d be happy to try and meet with some of my loyal readers if we happen to be in the area where you are.
Atlanta GA: June 16-20
Charleston SC: June 21-23
Fayetteville NC: June 23-29
Black Mountain NC: June 30 thru July [...]
