How often have you heard?Greeting church visitors is every one's responsibility.However, you know this doesn't always get done.Thus, many churches have organized greeting teams to serve a few weeks in a row.In my experience, some times people who are recruited as church greeters … [Read more...]
God’s in Charge Not Me
Check out this brief video (about 1:30 or so) about why I find there is little fear in doing personal evangelism. Sample is from a sermon preached March 2008 at Mt. Oak United Methodist in Bowie Maryland. Technorati Tags: Evangelism,Gospel,Fears,witness … [Read more...]
44 Spiritual Conversation Starter Questions

One of the blogs I read (Gilbert's Coaching Tips) wrote Questions Leading into Spiritual Conversations and complied the following List of 44 conversational questions.Where are you in your spiritual pilgrimage? In your opinion, how does one become a Christian? What single thing would you … [Read more...]
Evangelism and High Risk Children

Later in December, I will be giving a talk on helping churches evangelize in areas of extreme poverty, with lots of high-risk or at-risk children.At-risk or high-risk is defined locally as children who areAbused Addicted Abandoned Children of an addicted parent.Fourteen churches … [Read more...]
Problems with My Theme

I've having to update my website theme over the the Thanksgiving weekend. I upgraded my WordPress installation and my blog pixel theme broke. Pardon the mess while I tweak a new theme. . . Ugh. Just what I needed today.But is Jesus still Lord? You bet. … [Read more...]
How to Welcome Church Visitors Ebook

It's published.You can now purchase a downloadable Ebook on How to Welcome Visitors that I have written.In the last year, my readers have asked me for a book on greeting church visitors that is different from others on the market.Some are focused on assimilation, some on stale church … [Read more...]
Child Evangelism Questions
I've been thinking a lot this past week about child evangelism. I've been asked to give a talk in a few weeks about reaching high-risk children, and that has me thinking a lot about a child's faith development. I simply raise the questions here rather than answer them. I also invite … [Read more...]
My take on Presbyterian Evangelism

I recently rubbed shoulders with several people interested in Evangelism at the PC USA's consultation on Evangelism at Stony Point NY. The person overseeing Evangelism for the Denomination Eric Hoey has encouraged me greatly. He has become a fan of this website and even has written an … [Read more...]
What is the Question Behind the Question?

Discussing Faith in a Coffee Shop Off and on over a period of two years, I met a friend for coffee at the local Starbucks. During that season of life where our lives intersected, he and I had a long ongoing discussion about faith.When I first met him, he was very angry about all things … [Read more...]
Who are you? A Church Website Review

Recently I visited a very elaborate website for a church and wanted to find out some information before potentially visiting. As part of a church's marketing strategy, a website is a useful tool to help attract people to your congregation. While not directly evangelism, it is a tool that can … [Read more...]





