Today’s guest article is by Ed Cyzewski, author of Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life.
I’m doing a lot of travel and speaking here at the end of October and a few of my friends are helping me out with guest posts.
Addressing the “What works for me” Paradox
When I discuss my faith with someone [...]

One of the blogs I read (Gilbert’s Coaching Tips) wrote Questions Leading into Spiritual Conversations and complied the following List of 44 conversational questions.

Where are you in your spiritual pilgrimage?
In your opinion, how does one become a Christian?
What single thing would you like to make absolutely certain you do (if at all possible) during your [...]

Discussing Faith in a Coffee Shop
Off and on over a period of two years, I met a friend for coffee at the local Starbucks.  During that season of life where our lives intersected, he and I had a long ongoing discussion about faith.
When I first met him, he was very angry about all things Christian, [...]

A reader recently submitted submitted a question via Ask Evangelism Coach section. (I’ve edited this for spelling an grammar).
What is the best question to ask someone to start a conversation about evangelism?
Thanks for submitting the question to me via Ask Evangelism Coach section of the website.  This page is beginning to fulfill its purpose in [...]

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 [...]

I found this list of evangelism questions from Campus Crusade:
1. People invest time and energy into developing their career, their bodies and relationships, but often neglect the spiritual dimension of their lives. How do you actively pursue spiritual growth?
2. Do you think much about spiritual things? (This usually leads to conversation about what “spiritual” means–i.e. [...]

I found that Intervarsity.org has a some good evangelistic questions during a reasonable conversation, broken out into groups.  Check these out:

Some sample questions. Here are some good questions that will help you move into a conversation about spiritual things. Be sure and listen carefully to their a
nswers. And be prepared to share your own answers [...]

Many of us who do personal evangelism have found useful questions or statements to help continue or start a conversation that potentially leads to a conversation about the gospel.
For example, sometimes I have asked long distance truckers:
"What to you do to take care of your soul in all that travel?"

The quality and level of [...]

When was the last time you had a conversation about faith with someone who wasn’t a Christian?
What was the last book on evangelism that you read?
When was the last time you preached (or heard) a series on evangelism?
When was the last time you took the initiative to greet a first time visitor, and took [...]

Mark Driscoll on video explaining the various themes on the Emerging Church. I find this a helpful summary of the ongoing conversation and a fair critique of it.
The Jolly blogger asks: “Why are church plants the most successful at reaching people and does my established church stand any chance of being renewed?”
Five ways to sharpen [...]

I like to use questions in my conversations with people to help them think about matters of faith.
Questions help draw people into conversations, and likewise can help further a conversation along rather than me making declarations all the time.
I was looking at an article by Paul Hazelden about The Modified Engel Scale (Complete). The Engel [...]

Some Snippets:
From the bookshelf:I’m currently readingLogic of Evangelism by William J. Abraham, andFinding Common Ground: How to Communicate With Those Outside the Christian Community…While We Still Can by Tim Downs.
I’ll have a post on these a little later next week.
Questions for EvangelismVanguard church writes an article called Appreciative Inquiry Evangelism. The question introduces a series [...]

On the Christian Calendar, Easter is rapidly approaching. More has been written about easter, and the cultural connection with bunnies and chocolate that I can to link here. However, Easter can also be a conversational occasion with people.
Yesterday, a co-worker was asked to do a significant project update on Easter Sunday. He politely said, “It’s [...]