Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
A church I coached over the phone wanted to implement a church greeter program as a result of reading Church Greeters 101.But after one coaching session with the pastor, became clear a new greeter program won't solve this church's problems.This call helped me to see that that there are … [Read more...]
Today's guest article is written by Les Brown who writes devotionals at http://lesbrowndevotionals.com. He develops a composite story of errors made in welcoming first time visitors to church.It may read a little harsh, but I've experienced almost every one of these events in his story, just … [Read more...]
I've been a church drop out twice, once while I was an associate pastor. Isn't that funny?As I reflected on those experiences through the lens of church growth strategies and evangelism, I want to set aside the data that is out there and just share my own experience.Why do we make all the … [Read more...]
Today's guest article is by Ed Cyzewski, author of Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life.I'm doing a lot of travel and speaking here at the end of October and a few of my friends are helping me out with guest posts. Addressing the “What works for me” Paradox When I … [Read more...]
I just finished reading Jeff Johnson latest book that is making the rounds among my friends:Got Style? Personality Based EvangelismFor me, this book was one of those brilliant a-ha moments, where I suddenly saw the 3-D image buried in the Magic Eye painting.This book brought together … [Read more...]
Jeff Johnson is the author of Got Style?In this Evangelismcoach podcast episode, I talk with Jeffrey Johnson about every evangelism style has a place in the ministry of evangelism.The styles (with one of the characteristics of each style) are:assertive … [Read more...]
We've all heard about evangelism and our personality as the witness -- how we best conduct personal evangelism out of a particular style.But what about our hearer?The person we are witnessing to?Can we help shape our gospel presentation to their need, to the language of their heart, to … [Read more...]
Tonight I was asked by a guy in our church to be a "Greeter" which means I'd shake people's hands as they come in. (Twitter user) Being a greeter is much more than shaking hands as people walk in the door of your church during worship services.So many churches simply recruit warm bodies to … [Read more...]
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2: The Impact of Church Greeters in my new ebook Church Greeters 101.It launches this week for $12.99 and is only available for download atwww.ChurchGreeterTraining.comPrice good through Sunday night, 9pm October 11, … [Read more...]
I'm often asked How does a church build a bridge to the local community? Here is a great example of a church serving it's community and using the web 2.0 technology to do so.12 Stone Church Developed a website calledmyCorkBoard.orgI heard about it in a podcast this past fall where the … [Read more...]
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