How to Get a First Time Church Visitor

Inviting Friends to Church

The short answer: Personal Invitation from a Trusted friend.Charles Arn has surveyed thousands of people: (Source: 3 Questions for Charles Arn) In your research, have you found that there's one specific reason that visitors come to church?The friendship factor.We've asked more than … [Read more...]

PrayerWalking Webinar Resources

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Here are the resources mentioned in the webinar this evening. Darrel Davis Blogs: www.friendfluence.com and http://www.onlyfoundation.orgFacebook Groups:Praying for the Lost by Name: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=48886646866 … [Read more...]

God’s Plan for Sharing — A Church Vision for Outreach

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The North American Mission Board is developing a new evangelism initiative to fulfill their 2020 vision of "Every Believer Sharing, Every Person Hearing.""God's Plan for Sharing" is meant to encourage Christians to prayerfully and thoughtfully engage in the most effective approach for making … [Read more...]

Presbyterians (PCUSA) release a new church development Bible study

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Presbygrow writes: We are pleased to announce that our resource for new church development, Starting New Churches: A Discernment Process, has been revised and updated. I know the principal authors and have skimmed the resource this morning and believe that if you are involved in planting a church, … [Read more...]

Hitchhikers Guide to Evangelism Webinar Recording

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Thanks to Bill Tenny-Brittian for an awesome webinar on Hitchhikers Guide to Evangelism.HitchHiker's Guide to Evangelism Webinar Resources http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2009/hitchhikers-guide-follow-up There were some technical glitches right at the beginning (about 90 seconds in. Recording … [Read more...]

Statistics on Invitations to Church

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Ed Stetzer was interviewed this week by Cathy Lynn Grossman for USA Today about Americans' receptivity to evangelistic contacts and outreach from a church.Lifeway Research and the North American Mission Board surveyed over 15,000 people (read more on this report via Lifeway Research) and they … [Read more...]

Hitchhikers Guide to Evangelism Webinar Follow Up

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Here are the resources mentioned in the webinar this evening.An Unspoken Plea -- "Don't Call me Lost"Bill Tenny-Brittian: Bill's Blog: BillTennyBrittian.com Books:Bill's Bio: http://easumbandy.com/about-us/the-team/tenny-brittian/Twitter: Follow Bill On … [Read more...]

Sphere of Influence 3: Where do you play

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(Note: Join us for some practical faith sharing ideas at our upcoming free Webinar with Bill Tenny-Brittian March 26.  Bill’s book Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism is full of more practical relationship building ideas.)Continuing in our series Building New Relationships, we turn today to … [Read more...]

Spheres of Influence 2: Where do you Work?

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(Note: Download the MP3 podcast of the  free Webinar with Bill Tenny-Brittian.  Bill’s book Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism is full of more practical relationship building ideas.)Continuing in our series Building New Relationships, we turn today to the second Sphere of Influence: Where do … [Read more...]

Sphere of Influence 1: Where do You Live

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Picking up from the Last post (Spheres of Influence), here is one example of taking a look at where do you live as a sphere of influence:This example comes from Bill Tenny-Brittian, Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism Several years ago we moved into a planned subdivision that hosts over 5,000 … [Read more...]