Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
Stories capture the heart and mind like nothing else can.People listen to operas, watch movies, read novels, and attend plays to get lost in the story. My son played Pinocchio in the school play (he's in the red hat). Personal God Stories as Testimony In our team meeting last night, we spoke … [Read more...]
Watch this video and comment below.Every life has a story.One listening evangelism exercise we do is to spend time praying for the strangers we might meet.As we go out into the streets, strangers will occasionally start talking with us about their stories. If we slow down long … [Read more...]
Part of the art of post-modern evangelism is story telling, in particular, telling your own story of how you came to discover your faith. The Christian Testimony Shortly after I became a Christian in the late 80s, I learned a phrase "Your Testimony."Your Christian testimony describesHow … [Read more...]
Last night, I watched a deeply powerful film. Note: Over the last few days and into next week, I’ll be sharing some thoughts on postmodernism and evangelism. To keep the articles readable and short, they are spread out over a few days. Grab the RSS feed to get new articles … [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...]
Recently, in late July, I was in Volcán Panama, teaching evangelism training workshops at the mission base of Operation Mobilization Panama. Missionaries from 6 different countries had come to Volcán Panama for two months of working with the local church.To double up the use of the time, … [Read more...]
One church, Solana Beach Presbyterian in Solana Beach California, has an effective small group ministry.One thing they are doing a little different this year (2008) is using their small groups to help people grow comfortable in doing evangelism -- a place to practice telling their stories … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
In the comments on the post entitled "From the Bookshelf: Unbinding the gospel," commenter and blogging friend Jimmy Kinnard asked "Why aren't people who love the Lord talking about it?"He asks a great question.We easily talk about the things and people we love, but when it comes to our love … [Read more...]
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