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Written By: EvangelismCoach on August 4, 2008 2 Comments

I’ve written in the past about the connection between Christian Hospitality and Evangelism, particularly as to the connection to welcoming first time visitors.
I’ve published stories of being a first time church visitor and experiences of welcoming church visitors:

No One Said Hello
I can’t silence the pain.
I want to feel Jesus
First Time Church Visitor Experience
1st Time Church [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on May 1, 2008 No Comment

During the 18 months that EvangelismCoach has been up and running, I’ve written several articles on the definition of evangelism.   Every now and then, it’s helpful to bring something out of the archives and bring it back in front of new readers.
Here is a link summary for you:

Definition of Evangelism – A Summary
What is Evangelism [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on January 11, 2008 No Comment
Evangelism Book: Embracing Grace, by Scot McKnight

As mentioned in one of the prior define evangelism articles, we shared a brief description of the Gospel from Scot McKnight’s book Embracing Grace: A Gospel for All of Us (order from Amazon).
I have finished reading McKnight’s book and want to share some of my thoughts on it.  Prof. McKnight was one of my [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on January 10, 2008 No Comment
Wrestling with the Definition of Evangelism

I wrote the following essay to a friend while I was traveling to a friend’s funeral two years ago.  It covers several points around what is evangelism. Is it more than four points and a prayer?
I’ve edited it slightly for time references and removed some personal matters, but thought I’d share this here.  I [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on January 4, 2008 3 Comments
Definition of Evangelism: What is the Gospel?

Our definition of evangelism (from the PCUSA) has both:

A message to share (“joyfully sharing the good news of the sovereign love of God)
A destination (“calling people to . . . . . “)

The good news is the gospel.  This is what gospel means in its most basic form: “good news.”
However, we have developed a rich [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on January 3, 2008 5 Comments
Definition of Evangelism: What Evangelism Isn’t

As the new year begins, I want to revisit a working definition of evangelism.   For some background as to what we have used as a definition of evangelism, read our evangelism definition from April of 07.
To recall, I use the PC (USA)’s definition of evangelism
Joyfully sharing the good news of the sovereign love of [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on December 29, 2007 No Comment

I’ll join the bandwagon of many of the blogs I read and reveal to you the Ten most popular posts based on pageviews during 2007.

Conversion Stories in the NT: Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch  (Part of the Conversion in the NT Series)
Evangelism Oozing from our Pores (on motivations)
Define Evangelism Series
Take the Risk, Offer to [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on October 6, 2007 No Comment

In some of our weekend Evangelism Training Seminars, we often can build in a practical exercise in personal evangelism, a “lab time,” where people can leave the retreat setting and venture out to do evangelism in the style that we teach.  It is modeled after Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. 
The basic premise is that we ask God [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on September 23, 2007 2 Comments

Here is an outreach idea that a church is doing, in response to their local situation:
Church offers free coffee on Mondays.
The idea is to provide a gathering spot, a relational context where evangelism can naturally happen. Visitors do get a card with church information.
While not strictly evangelism as we define it here, it is one [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on September 14, 2007 No Comment

A great question about the gospel and evangelistic methods. Do many methods strip the gospel of its riches through oversimplification?
An article from an athiest about unconvincing arguments for God. It’s a good read if you want to examine your witness.
The Engle scale – Is evangelism a Linear Process?
First time visitor impressions. [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on May 25, 2007 4 Comments

Some Snippets:
From the bookshelf:I’m currently readingLogic of Evangelism by William J. Abraham, andFinding Common Ground: How to Communicate With Those Outside the Christian Community…While We Still Can by Tim Downs.
I’ll have a post on these a little later next week.
Questions for EvangelismVanguard church writes an article called Appreciative Inquiry Evangelism. The question introduces a series [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on May 21, 2007 No Comment

Update: Download this questionnaire as used in a presbytery meeting.
Doing evangelism can be as simple as telling stories about God’s activity in your life.
Telling personal and current stories is but one piece of evangelism.
As discussed in our definition series, The PCUSA General Assembly adopted a definition of evangelism in 1990 that defines evangelism as:
Joyfully sharing [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on April 17, 2007 No Comment

I have tried to compile in one article all the links to a definition that we’ve been discussing on EvangelismCoach.org
There are many definitions of evangelism. Searching the web and my library for definitions, I find some are so wide to cover anything related to growing a church, some are so narrow as to the only [...]

Written By: EvangelismCoach on April 14, 2007 No Comment

For more in our series “What is evangelism?”
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
More definitions 1
More definitions 2

I’ve continued to collect definitions of evangelism from various websites. For the beginning of our articles about a definition of evangelism, see “What is Evangelism Part 1.”
From the Espiscopal Church:
Evangelism is “the presentation of Jesus Christ, in the power [...]

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