Sharing your faith with no results

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Why do some people express great interest in the gospel of Jesus Christ, yet they never cross the line of faith and discipleship?Perhaps you've spent time sharing your faith (maybe a few years) byDeveloping authentic relationships with non-believers Faith sharing conversations over … [Read more...]

Sharing Faith With Your Friends

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"How do you find forgiveness?"This was a question my neighbor asks while we visit at the poolside on a spring day.While our kids are splashing, shouting, screaming, laughing and diving into the water, my friend talks with me about deep issues of the heart.How did we get to this … [Read more...]

4 Reasons Relational Evangelism Works

Relationships are key to evangelism

Without a doubt personal relationships are the most effective way to share the gospel in a meaningful way.I've had deeply personal conversations with strangers, and have led strangers to Christ.But those conversations were the results of months of spiritual preparation by their friends who … [Read more...]

Evangelism with Strangers

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I found an interesting post at Farming the Field blog that looks at the types of evangelistic encounters that were had in the New Testament.The author is a teacher of Ray Comfort's material from the way of the Master. He cites a book that looks at contact evangelism, a popular style in that … [Read more...]

Book Review: Reimagining Evangelism

I found a book review on a book called Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey.I knew that I need to put this on the reading list for me and quickly acquired it.  If I was an evangelism professor at a school, this book would be required reading. No more sales … [Read more...]

Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part 1

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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.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I’ll be pulling out a few themes. A philosophy … [Read more...]

Church Based Relational Evangelism

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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.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I'll be pulling out a few themes. What's not … [Read more...]

Sphere of Influence 3: Where do you play

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(Note: Join us for some practical faith sharing ideas at our upcoming free Webinar with Bill Tenny-Brittian March 26.  Bill’s book Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism is full of more practical relationship building ideas.)Continuing in our series Building New Relationships, we turn today to … [Read more...]

Spheres of Influence 2: Where do you Work?

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(Note: Download the MP3 podcast of the  free Webinar with Bill Tenny-Brittian.  Bill’s book Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism is full of more practical relationship building ideas.)Continuing in our series Building New Relationships, we turn today to the second Sphere of Influence: Where do … [Read more...]

Sphere of Influence 1: Where do You Live

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Picking up from the Last post (Spheres of Influence), here is one example of taking a look at where do you live as a sphere of influence:This example comes from Bill Tenny-Brittian, Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism Several years ago we moved into a planned subdivision that hosts over 5,000 … [Read more...]