Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
Listen in as one church tells the story of getting their Christmas events out to a few thousand people during a town Christmas event.I interview Kevin Cunningham, outreach pastor of a church in Nashua New Hampshire, a town of about 80,000. Christmas OutreachEach year on the Saturday after … [Read more...]
Christmas is an ideal time to attract people into your churchby hosting Advent activities, reaching out into the community, and making your church more inviting.Don't miss the opportunities to introduce people to Christ this Christmas.As you celebrate and announce the birth of … [Read more...]
In a discussion group I am a part of, a small church pastor asked the group for advise on how to grow a small church.Well meaning Christians threw out all sorts of cliches that lack substance, even if they are true:Pray Follow God Get back to the Bible Don't follow man's ways Just … [Read more...]
This week, we launched a new small group aimed for people who don't go to church.For our small group, 13 people showed up for the first meeting, 7 of whom I had never met before.This was the 1st of 6 meetings, and I was not leading the group.From the conversations prior to the group … [Read more...]
I've been noodling more about "developing an evangelism strategy in the local church." It seems to me there are three main spokes to this wheel.I'd like to know what you would add.The actual ministry expressions or measurable results of these things will vary, but these three seem to be … [Read more...]
"Overall, 31% of active churchgoers said they would definitely invite someone they know who does not usually attend a church to accompany them to a church service on Easter weekend this year." Barna Group What the numbers might mean for Easter Sunday Let's say this statistic would hold true for … [Read more...]
Today we've got Bill Tenny Brittian, a church consultant, pastor, and trainer of pastors. He's the publisher of Net Results magazine and the co-host of Church Talk Radio, a podcast that is on my ipod player and I have listened to nearly every segment and hope to be on it in the future.He's … [Read more...]
My new favorite resource on this topic is Thom S. Rainer’s book Surprising Insights from the Unchurched. He has surveyed those who have become churched within the last two years. This was a particular niche of study, asking questions of those who made that transition in effective … [Read more...]
Equipping the Saints to do the work of the ministry. One of the primary tasks of pastors is to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry.I’ve coached enough pastors and done enough evangelism training seminars to know that one challenge that many of you face is equipping your people for … [Read more...]
One of the questions I'm frequently asked in my coaching work with churches is about the work, role, or purpose of an evangelism committee.Just recently, I met via phone with an evangelism committee that was just getting started. They were wanting to know what a church evangelism committee … [Read more...]
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