Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
I've heard some odd definitions of evangelism in my work. Here are two interesting ones centered around brand loyalty that I use in my talks. Evangelism as Brand Loyalty At one personal evangelism seminar I gave, an elder in the local presbyterian church was making small talk with me in the … [Read more...]
Last week, I met with a leadership team for the first time to help them brainstorm new ways to grow in evangelism. I led them in a group discussion on evangelism.Since this was my first discussion with them, I wanted to get a feel for their experiences and their pre-conceptions about What is … [Read more...]
I spent a little time reviewing the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order and found these little gems. Church's Role in Evangelism G-3.0300a The Church is called to tell the good news of salvation by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ as the only Savior and Lord, proclaiming in Word … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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, … [Read more...]
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 sharingthe good … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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