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 … [Read more...]
road Trip report
June 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Free Evangelism Training — Richmond VA
June 18, 2008 By 1 Comment
Update: Looking for Evangelism Training? Grab our Monthly Newsletter to stay informed of upcoming training events and webinars. Check out the other training we provide Online Webinars Distance Coaching Church Consulting Seminars / Workshops Original Article Continues. . . .. .During … [Read more...]
Keys for Evangelism Training
June 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Evangelism Training in the Local Church
June 15, 2008 By 4 Comments
Many churches (particularly in mainline traditions) ask me about evangelism training.Are there good programs available? What program do you recommend? How do I as a pastor train my church to do evangelism? What resources are good for us?The best form of personal evangelism training is … [Read more...]
30,000 visits
June 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Friday Finds
June 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
3 Evangelism Tips for Pastors
June 12, 2008 By 1 Comment
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 … [Read more...]
4 More Evangelism Tips for Pastors
June 11, 2008 By 7 Comments
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 … [Read more...]
5 Evangelism Tips for Pastors
June 10, 2008 By 4 Comments
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 … [Read more...]
