Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
The story of Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch serves as the foundation of our personal evangelism teaching.At any Fear Free Evangelism seminar, or Evangelism Dunamis, this text from Acts 8 serves as the foundational teaching of recognizing how to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in personal … [Read more...]
This morning, Peter Jannetti interviewed me for his transformation truth Radio show.Here is the MP3 from Blog Talk Radio. Give a few extra seconds for the player to load. … [Read more...]
Outflow, written by Steve Sjogren and David Ping, is a group study book aimed at small groups that want to try their hand at servant evangelism, a methodology of evangelism that emphasizes random acts of kindness.The main metaphor in Outflow is the concentric circles of a multi-tiered fountain, … [Read more...]
"But I am so afraid to start a conversation," confessed a pastor. "I have non-Christian friends, and spend time with them, but I'm so afraid of ruining my friendship."Does that describe you, even if you are not a pastor?From the seminars I give around the US and in Latin America, this is a … [Read more...]
One of the greatest insights for my personal evangelism is the realization of the role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism.The Holy Spirit is the divine agent the Father uses to draw people to Jesus.The Holy Spirit Prepares the Way by creating spiritual thirst. Along the way, various events … [Read more...]
I visited a church that I hadn't been to in a while.It was packed full of people, many of whom I had never seen before during prior visits.To many people that morning, I was a first time church visitor.When the service was over, I was speaking to a church member, whom I knew. He is a … [Read more...]
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 50,000 people over the last 10 years why they came to church, … [Read more...]
Pastors Alan and Debbie Kemp recently led their church into a Faith in Action Sunday, following a program that has been developed by World Vision.They chose to take their regular Sunday service and move it to the front lawn of the their church -- going to the streets, so to speak.Their … [Read more...]
Today's guest article comes from Fran, who is currently visiting churches after many years with one church of one brand. Here are her observations after visiting. Reposted with permission. To church members and staff....from the eyes of a visitor. Ok, these are my thoughts, feelings, and … [Read more...]
One way that you can discover your community need is through setting up prayer stations at your outreach events.For example, we did one at a dental fair where we partnered with the local dental school to give free cleanings to kids (Photos below).Making this prayer station service available … [Read more...]
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