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 allows people who want prayer to sit [...]

In doing personal evangelism coaching with some pastors these last few days, I found myself recommending one thing very often.
Make a prayer list of friends whom you’d like to see following Jesus.
We might mentally agree to the the idea, but to actually make the list and use it may still be a challenge.
So let me [...]

I had a follower on twitter who ordered the Bring a Friend campaign in a box.  It was a laughable experience and one that ultimately failed.
Designed in the 1980s and never updated (except moving the recordings to CD from the cassettes), the campaign failed to rally the church — not for lack of vision, but [...]

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, [...]

Not to long ago, I spoke at a Missions Congress on Cross Cultural Missions.
The event was awesome and I shared the stage with expositors from Costa Rica and Honduras.
The organizers wanted me to share on the theme of “Reaching my city for Christ.”
Reaching my City for Christ
For two to three weeks, I meditated on [...]

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, and verbal commas: “bluh, bluh, um, uh, it’s ah, [...]

Here is a list help you pray for revival in the church and the further advancement of God’s kingdom.
Paul exhorted the Christians in Ephesus to: “…pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayer and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints (Ephesians [...]

When one gathers people for prayer on evangelism, either before an outreach, or if a prayer group wants to focus on of it’s meetings on prayer, I offer to you a simple guideline for such prayer meetings.
1. In the name of Jesus Christ invite the Holy Spirit to lead the prayer group.
We are Christian [...]

Here are the resources mentioned in the webinar this evening.
Darrel Davis
Blogs: www.friendfluence.com and http://www.onlyfoundation.org
Podcasts: http://onlyfoundation.podbean.com/
Facebook Groups:

Praying for the Lost by Name: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=48886646866
Prayer for Revival and Spiritual Awakening: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=73378079501

Books on Prayer Walking:

Prayer Walking Made Simple by Dr. Chris Schofield – Available from www.praync.org.   See slide show
A House of Prayer by John Franklin, Nashville, TN: [...]

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 homes.
I was a church planter launching a [...]

Preparing a community outreach for your church this coming spring?
How can you spiritually prepare yourself and the community for your outreach?
You are probably thinking:
1.  Planning meetings.
2.  Publicity
3.  Hoping for good weather. . .:)
Don’t forget prayer.  Prayer is the key to preparing yourself and the community for your upcoming outreach.
The practice of walking the neighborhood while praying is still a [...]

The most liberating portion of our teaching on evangelism is showing the advance working of the Holy Spirit.  In this presentation you can see how the Holy Spirit prepares the way for your evangelistic conversation.
Holy Spirit and Evangelism
View more presentations from Chris Walker.

As mentioned in the last post on Evangelism Prayer List, our family is participating in planting a new multi-national church in our city.   I am not the lead pastor as the focus on our ministry is evangelism training in the Americas.
When I lived in Richmond, I participated in an international church plant with a team [...]

As a family, we are getting involved with a new church plant here in our city. 
Lots has been written about launching a church.  I’ve already spent 5 years of my ministry life launching one.
One strategy to grow the church we using: prayer.
Making a prayer list

Build list of 10 people: some of whom are seekers, some [...]

One of my readers (Darrell Davis www.onlyfoundation.org) is at the Rosebowl parade for an outreach.  He sent me this video about prayerwalking prior to the outreach on New Year’s eve.
What I like about this video is the description of praying and while walking how the Lord led them, how they lingered on a street corner [...]

At the Transformational Pastor’s Gathering this week, I led a breakout discussion on experiencing your community.
One way to experience your community and discern it’s needs is to prayer walk. 
A few asked me for some resources about prayer walking. 
Some thought the term referred to walking the Labyrinth as an exercise in personal spirituality, [...]

Looking for practical evangelism tips?  Here are a few.  Links will take you to further explanations and articles on these items.
Evangelistic Prayer
1.  Seek the Father’s Heart — (see Getting Emotionally Worked Up)
2.  Offering yourself for God’s use in sharing your faith.
3.  Regular Prayer for those who don’t know Christ.
See Also:

Ten Prayer Points For your Friends
Prayer [...]

Check out this article about the impact a Maryland church is having in its community.
Church prays for passion for the lost.
McCready and 14 others began praying in January 2002 that God would give them a passion for the non-Christians in their community. In the ensuing six years, nearly 260 people have made professions of faith [...]