In the previous article in the series of giving more invitations to church, I focused on prayer.As I continue to look at various ways to increase the number of personal invitations to church that your church members give, today's article is focused on the number of personal friends who are unchurched.Again, the statistics show that a … [Read more...]
I've been in the Church for so long that deep friendships with people apart from Christ have been neglected.I've filled my day with work, managing the lives of my children, administrative and planning for the local church, and running an international ministry.Recently, I've been having a season of reading and re-reading a bunch of books … [Read more...]
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 dinner Answering difficult questionsYet, they … [Read more...]
"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 point? 1. He is my friend. We laugh and talk about life … [Read more...]
Has your church plateaued in it’s evangelistic effectiveness?Perhaps, your church has stalled out in its evangelistic passion. People are not coming to faith and your members are not really engaging people into finding faith in Christ. The life-saving station has become the club of comfort.Yet, other churches continue to grow year … [Read more...]
I’ve coached enough pastors and done enough evangelism training seminars to know that one challenge that many of you face is equipping your people for evangelism.How do you lead your congregation in effective evangelism? How do you equip your members to be more confident in sharing their faith? How do you do evangelism training? How … [Read more...]
This week, I'm on vacation.Today's Guest post is "Top 10 Evangelism Mistakes, Number Five" from Shawn Anderson's Living Dangerously blog. Shawn has written a book on Personal Evangelism that I recently finished. We'll be hearing more from him later this month in a webinar.To get that announcement make sure you are on my newsletter list … [Read more...]
Pastor Valcarcel's short little book is his personal testimony of how he came to faith in Jesus and some of the life transformation since that encounter.It's a very short read at only56 pages, but it tells a very powerful story of his life.He self-published it in hopes of getting the story out.Freddy admits his addiction to work and … [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 native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy … [Read more...]
Several years ago, I was challenged as a youth pastor to give my leadership away -- delegate, delegate, and delegate. The challenger warned me that I could only reach so many people, but if I delegated and empowered, I could lead larger ministries with longer reaches and greater sustainability. The challenger mentioned that my personal limit … [Read more...]
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