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 numbers).
His answer was:
“We [...]

I spent time giving some evangelism coaching a church yesterday.
The questions of the day revolved around meeting community needs.
A majority of church members are no longer within 5 miles of the neighborhood that has transitioned from blue collar to immigrant.  As such, there is not a lot of connection to the local community.
In transformational language, [...]

I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.
See Part I of Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part I
See Part II of Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part II
This final section of [...]

One of my loyal readers (via RSS feed) wrote an interesting post:
Today, I had coffee with a friend of mine who said, “I don’t believe that it is my responsibility to share the gospel.” He just wanted to live his life in such a way that people would be attracted to that example and hopefully [...]

Servant Evangelism
Steve Sjogren, in Scattering, Watering, and then…Waiting reminds us about how the role of the evangelist:
Jesus said that the Holy Spirit is like the wind – he (not IT – please, never refer to the Holy Spirit as “it” – that is incredibly offensive to him) is not one who can be controlled. We [...]

Every now and then, I put up a series of links that simply reflect some of the reading that I do.  

Nathan Eshleman at Presbyterian Thoughts raises a provocative question about how the Church and Illegal Immigrants.  Having personally been involved in the immigrant community, and where my church is unable to send a mission [...]

I attended Eric Hoey’s (photo to right, link goes to Eric’s Blog) workshop on Evangelism and Church growth at the Multi-Cultural Church Conference this past weekend in San Antonio. 
Among other things, Eric reminded our group about different styles of evangelism connected with your personality.  The material came from Becoming a Contagious Christian, Bill Hybels and [...]

Looking for an idea to engage your neighborhood? Read about Saturday in the Community at The Blind Beggar. (Photo from the Website).
The last church I was with does something similar at Christmas time. Local churches donate toys that are sold in the local low-income community. Proceeds buy more toys that morning until the funds run [...]

I want to continue on with “Joyfully sharing the good news of the sovereign love of God.”
For this part, we focus on the activity: Sharing.
As I travel and speak, I discover many different definitions of sharing. What comes first to my mind is conversation. For others, what comes first is deeds.
Conversation:
In most every occasion, [...]