Note: Shameless self-promotion follows.I've collected a few more stories of how people are using and finding my book How To Welcome Church Visitors. We have been giving church hospitality workshops for over 15 years and of the 25 or more books we have used in the past, yours is by far the best … [Read more...]
Statistics on spirituality of twentysomethings
April 15, 2009 By 3 Comments
For youth pastors, young adult pastors, and others who work with this group, this research gives current insight based on survey data. Lifeway has published a podcast with it, found at Stetzer's article.From Ed Stetzer's research: In fact, 73 percent of unchurched twentysomethings consider … [Read more...]
Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part II
April 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.See Part I of Evangelism Where You Live - A Review Part IThe authors do make progress in developing their thesis in the remainder … [Read more...]
Quotes from Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
April 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Found on a blog this morning, posted in the context of debates in Baptist groups about Reformed Theology. Since this was such a good summary from Dr. James Gaylon, I simply share it here It is with this hope that I provide an excerpt from J. I. Packer’s classic, Evangelism & the … [Read more...]
Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part 1
April 14, 2009 By 2 Comments
I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I’ll be pulling out a few themes. A philosophy … [Read more...]
Church Based Relational Evangelism
April 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I'll be pulling out a few themes. What's not … [Read more...]
Improve Your Church Hospitality Webinar
April 13, 2009 By 1 Comment
Perhaps you’re wonderingHow to improve your first impressions ministry for first time church visitors What to say to a first time visitor. How to train church greeters.Do you want to retain more of your church visitors?That process starts with a great first impression.A first … [Read more...]
Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar
April 12, 2009 By 4 Comments
I've been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of struggling churches. It's a book that is based out of years of practical experience, and has much to say to how a church should engage it's community.How does your church … [Read more...]
The God Shaped Vacuum doesn’t exist
April 9, 2009 By 5 Comments
I was doing research trying to find the source of oft quoted "God shaped vacuum" line by Blaise Pascal. I've used it for years, because I was always told he wrote it.Here is the closest thing I have found to it. What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was … [Read more...]
A Fearless Evangelism Class
April 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
For the next few weeks, I'm teaching in a Spanish language missions school, particularly on cross cultural conversational evangelism.Two of the opening questions I often ask are:When I think about evangelism, I feel. . .. When "evangelism" is mentioned, I begin to think . . .A North … [Read more...]
