Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
"Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings." ChrysostomPrayer precedes the work of effective evangelism, whether that is on a congregational level or a personal level.Recently, I taught a workshop on evangelistic prayer. It wasn't so much on the theology of … [Read more...]
When I travel, I do my best to make sure I don't eat alone.On a recent trip, a pastor took me out to lunch, along with 2 others from his church.While on the one hand, it was a blessing to be treated to such great hospitality, it also became a great time to challenge this team to think about … [Read more...]
Dates: May 15-May 23, 2009If you are in the Washington DC area and want toImprove your church hospitality Overcome your fears in personal evangelism Discover community needs through prayerAnd if you'd like to attend our flagship seminar: Fear Free Evangelism How evangelism can be … [Read more...]
The story of the prostitute who crashed the Pharisee's party has often captured my attention.I've often wondered what triggered such an emotional response in her that she'd break all protocol and wipe the feet of Jesus with her tears. (Read more about the prostitute of Luke 7 in my sermon notes: … [Read more...]
Today's Guest Article is from my friend who has served as our translator during our Nicaragua mission trips.Earl and his family have been serving as church planters in Nicaragua for years, and he shares with us some reflections on getting out of the church walls.Here you go. . . . . . . … [Read more...]
When I was in college, I led a small group Bible study.A freshman group member had a degenerative spinal condition that caused her severe pain after excessive walking.Since she was a resident on campus without a car, walking was the only means to get to and from classes in the various … [Read more...]
That's a new one for me.Novel Evangelism.It's a bridge building strategy to help the believers in your church recognize and participate in more conversational opportunities about people's spiritual journey.I'm familiar with using the same ideas in popular music, and movies, so the idea … [Read more...]
One of the people I follow on Twitter is Pastor Ronnie, one of the Pastor’s of First United Methodist Church in Hillsville Virginia and FUMC Downtown “Out of the Box”, Youth Ministry.He's been blogging about a 90 day investment in 3000 lives: 40 days of prayer, 50 days of Intentional … [Read more...]
"I guess I'm not good at seeing spiritual thirst," shared a pastor in my coaching group for 30 days for more spiritual conversations.He had completed an assignment I had given him, found himself surrounded by nonbelievers in his social networks.However, his image of personal evangelism was … [Read more...]
This is a pre-recorded replay of the April 21 Webinar.Live Q&A will not be available. Set during an evening hour. . . .I've coached enough pastors and done enough seminars to know that one challenge that many of you face is finding it easy to talk about your faith in … [Read more...]
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