Contact Evangelism Gone Wild

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As I mentioned in my previous post on contact evangelism as a evangelism method, I share my thoughts on how to train people and evangelists who are scared of this methodology.How do I help such people improve their personal evangelism skills?By far, when I ask people about their evangelism … [Read more...]

The Perception of Contact Evangelism

Open Air preaching in Panama

Recently, I have been giving some local church workshops on personal evangelism with church members who have had lots of prior training in personal evangelism:How to present the gospel in less than 3 minutes How to steer a conversation to Jesus. How to present the Good News to a total … [Read more...]

Your 50% in the work of Evangelism

The balance of evangelism scale

Steven Furtick blogs about not putting unnecessary burdens on ourselves while sharing the gospel.He calls it “Your 50%”.Essentially, Furtick calls us to remember thatWe are called to bear witness to our faith. God is responsible for calling people to respond in faith.The … [Read more...]

Prepping A Church for Door to Door Evangelism

Taking Evangelism to the Street

A church on invited me out last weekend to prepare their team to go door to door.I thought I was invited to give my workshop on personal evangelism.Because of some miscommunication, I didn’t realize that this was my expected purpose until it was too late.The organizer mentioned that 53 … [Read more...]

The Nudge of the Holy Spirit

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Have you ever felt that Spirit-led nudge that pulls you to talk or pray with a stranger about their spiritual life?This kind of nudge is more than an intuition.  It’s the voice of God inviting you to join Him in His redemptive work.It’s God speaking to you through the Holy Spirit.I … [Read more...]

Does that make me a Christian?

Great Evangelistic Starter Questions

My wife relates the following story, I've intentionally left the details vague.She's providing English tutoring a woman from an Asian Country.This woman is married to a diplomat who works for their nation's embassy.This woman comes from a Buddist background, but doesn't practice any of … [Read more...]

Barna on Spiritual Gifts and Evangelism

In February 2009 Barna released their study on spiritual gifts.  You can read the whole report here:  Spiritual Gifts and Evangelism.I have taught on spiritual gifts as part of the Dunamis project in various countries and I find this of great interest.Highlights: The survey data point out … [Read more...]

Webinar on PrayerWalking for Community Outreach

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Preparing a community outreach for your church this coming spring?How can you spiritually prepare yourself and the community for your outreach?You are probably thinking: 1.  Planning meetings. 2.  Publicity 3.  Hoping for good weather. . .:)Don't forget prayer.  Prayer is the … [Read more...]

How the Holy Spirit Directs Evangelism

The most liberating portion of our teaching on evangelism is showing the advance working of the Holy Spirit.  In this presentation you can see how the Holy Spirit prepares the way for your evangelistic conversation. Holy Spirit and Evangelism View more presentations from Chris Walker. … [Read more...]

Live the calling of Evangelist

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During January, I received a series of questions via Ask Evangelism Coach.  Because of travel engagements in 3 different countries during January, I'm just now responding (though I've been thinking about these for a while) A series of posts this week will focus on sharing these.  It's my … [Read more...]