Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
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...]
The first time I ever knowingly did evangelism is when I answered telephones for the Billy Graham Crusade.When Billy Graham came on TV, there was an 800-number that was on the bottom of the screen.I was one who answered the phones that night.I remember just being nervous and … [Read more...]
A young man came to me one evening during the camp meal and he asks, “Do the non-elect go to hell?”I was startled. This question was out of context, out of the blue, seeming to come from left field.I was in this guy's life for just a couple of days while we were on a work team together … [Read more...]
"But I am so afraid to start a conversation," confessed a pastor. "I have non-Christian friends, and spend time with them, but I'm so afraid of ruining my friendship."Does that describe you, even if you are not a pastor?From the seminars I give around the US and in Latin America, this is a … [Read more...]
As a response to the series Coaching Congregational Evangelism, I've been coaching a few very busy pastors through a 30 day process to better personal evangelism for busy pastors.I find over and over again in my practice that coaching "removes the fog from the mirror." Fog = Evangelism … [Read more...]
After teaching on evangelism this weekend at a church, Maria (not her real name) pulls me aside and tells me Your teaching has relieved a giant burden I've been carrying. . .. It's Not Our Job Maria had heard teaching on evangelism over many years that could be summarized like thisHere is … [Read more...]
This weekend in my devotional time, I spent time pondering how Paul planted a church in a foreign city, particularly Corinth, from Acts 18. I found several parallels to my current church planting work. He connected with the local people When he came to the town, “he met a Jew named Aquila, a … [Read more...]
For the next few weeks, I'm teaching in a Spanish language missions school, particularly on cross cultural conversational evangelism.Two of the opening questions I often ask are:When I think about evangelism, I feel. . .. When "evangelism" is mentioned, I begin to think . . .A North … [Read more...]
Are you familiar with this statistic? There are so few North American Christians practicing evangelism that it takes an average of eighty-five church members one full year to bring one Wanderer to the faith. Additionally, according to the World Christian Encyclopedia, the church spends … [Read more...]
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...]
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