Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
Each Christian has a personal story of how he/she came to know Jesus in a personal, life-changing way.You can use your personal testimony to spread the Gospel of Christ. Make sure you avoid the cheesy clichés – be authentic. 1. Use your testimony. You have both current stories of … [Read more...]
What is the gospel? An ex-Christian friend of mine turned to me and said“Chris, what is the gospel?”Excitement bubbled up within me. I’m an evangelist and this conversation was near and dear to my heart. However, I got too excited.The end result was confusing half thoughts, … [Read more...]
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 come … [Read more...]
This weekend, one of my friends shared with me a first hand story about an evangelistic encounter he had. I found myself encouraged as I listened to it. Here is a one who gets the idea of cooperating with the work of the Holy Spirit. I've retold the story here for your thoughts and … [Read more...]
Most of my evangelism training occurs in mainline churches, where many people equate evangelism with Hospitality or Service Projects.Neither one is evangelism per se (For example see, Is Neighborhood Outreach Evangelism?)But there is a marked hesitancy to discuss your faith.That could … [Read more...]
This past week, I've had fun with some new friends in Palmer Alaska, while teaching The Evangelism Dunamis. One of the joys I get in my travels as an evangelism trainer is meeting new people all over the country. Pastors from various denominations and gifted lay ministers. At this … [Read more...]
A divine appointment is recognizing God's prompting a moment that will impact someone's life in their jourey to faith. These are kairos moments.I want to give you examples of how this can play out in real life.God’s presence is with us. – My tutor hears the gospel Seminar … [Read more...]
Our primary model in our seminars for doing personal evangelism is Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. The basic premise: When God "underlined" the eunuch for Phillip, (with "Go stand next to THAT chariot"), Phillip obeyed and found a spiritually thirsty person. Phillip … [Read more...]
Here is an interesting way to get your testimony out there: 3 minutes could change a life The general premise: Visit the website, listen to the testimony, fill out a few questions, and indicate if you "prayed the prayer." Baptist churches report having found it a useful form of … [Read more...]
I can't say it any better. Read the story of Pete… « CHRIS ELROD DOT COM … [Read more...]
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