Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
"There are two kinds of people in the world: those who live the adventure, and those who only read about others living the adventure."Alan Hirsch lives the adventure of being a follower of Jesus. His experiences and learnings show clearly in his writings, and even more so in this book written … [Read more...]
Following up from the previous postsThe Perceptions of Contact Evangelism Contact Evangelism Gone WildI want to share how I practice contact evangelism. The Phillip Model of Evangelism: Based on the model of Phillip and the Eunuch, we'll look for opportunities that are based onthe … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
Today's Guest Article is from my friend who has served as our translator during our Nicaragua mission trips.Earl and his family have been serving as church planters in Nicaragua for years, and he shares with us some reflections on getting out of the church walls.Here you go. . . . . . . … [Read more...]
Outflow, written by Steve Sjogren and David Ping, is a group study book aimed at small groups that want to try their hand at servant evangelism, a methodology of evangelism that emphasizes random acts of kindness.The main metaphor in Outflow is the concentric circles of a multi-tiered fountain, … [Read more...]
Pastors Alan and Debbie Kemp recently led their church into a Faith in Action Sunday, following a program that has been developed by World Vision.They chose to take their regular Sunday service and move it to the front lawn of the their church -- going to the streets, so to speak.Their … [Read more...]
One way that you can discover your community need is through setting up prayer stations at your outreach events.For example, we did one at a dental fair where we partnered with the local dental school to give free cleanings to kids (Photos below).Making this prayer station service available … [Read more...]
Dr. Kevin Yoho,General Presbyter Newark Presbytery has put together a presentation called The Reciprocal Church.I like what he's done in calling "the church" back into the nieghborhood, using the idea of reciprocity.Does the church give benefit to the community in exchange for the investment … [Read more...]
For the last part of our series Coaching Congregational Evangelism, I want to share some very practical advice a church planter gave me. "Evangelism doesn't just happen. You've got to do it." I was asking him how he grew his church from scratch in a few months (I no longer remember the exact … [Read more...]
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