Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
Evangelism is a spiritual work.When we make it a human work, wefeel pressure to get a decision. feel unprepared to handle every possible objection. feel insecure in presenting what we personally know about Jesus.Rather, Evangelism is the work of the Holy Spirit. But even with that … [Read more...]
Have you ever been put on the spot with regards to an evangelistic moment?Imagine, you are at the beach with a friend, talking about life.The rhythm of the crashing waves, the cry of seagulls, and the breeze creates a relaxing setting where the the conversation takes a deeply spiritual … [Read more...]
Recently, our next door neighbors of two years relocated to another country, leaving their residence empty.While their landlord was busy making small repairs to rent the place again, our family began to pray that the Lord would send us new neighbors who need the Lord.Our neighbors are moving … [Read more...]
Have you ever felt like you've been caught off guard?Imagine sitting in a coffee shop talking about life with a friend.The conversation begins to go deep about some personal issue: your friend is confessing a deep sense of remorse over some sin in their life and how they seek … [Read more...]
My library is full of personal evangelism training books.I even teach a personal evangelism methodology that focuses on conversations with individuals.Yet when I look at how the disciples were trained in personal evangelism, I read this: Calling the Twelve to him, he sent them out two by … [Read more...]
Imagine the scenario:You and a non-Christian friend are sitting in a Starbucks, talking about life, drinking a cup of coffee.In a relaxed and safe manner, the talk naturally turns to your faith in Christ.She looks at you and asks with complete sincerity: “What is the gospel?”How … [Read more...]
Personal Evangelism The Pugnacious Irishman looks at the objection: "I’ll start sharing my faith as soon as I learn how to defend it and answer questions." Read: Are you ready enough?People get a passion for evangelism by doing it. We study, study, study, thinking we'll eventually get … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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