Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
Last night, I spent some time preparing for a talk I'm giving this weekend.One of the jewels of scripture that spoke to me last night comes from 2 Kings 5. Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman's wife. She said to her mistress, … [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...]
A moment with strangers Have you ever been with a group of people and felt like you just needed to talk to that person over there?A sense that God was pointing out that particular person?Phillip (in the story of Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch) was prompted to “Go Stand next to THAT … [Read more...]
I recently watched a visual parable that demonstrates the role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism.It's the film: Flywheel.The story follows the awakening faith of the central character, a used car salesman.Along the way, you see moments that when tied together cause a crisis of faith, … [Read more...]
I got the following story via email in response to the most recent Evangelism Coach Newsletter.With the author's permission, I share it here as a guest article while I'm away on Evangelism Training Ministry in Nicaragua.Of course names are changed for privacy. I appreciate the challenge I … [Read more...]
I truly believe that prayer opens doors. One of the principles that I put forth in my Fear Free Evangelism Seminar is that when you pray, stuff happens. Conversations appear. You don't have to force a conversation. Conversations about faith simply show up. The challenge is then how … [Read more...]
One of the questions that I have received frequently via "Ask Evangelism Coach" has been on the role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism.That as a topic is broad, so I'll begin a series of posts on that topic. Here is an older post I wrote: Role Of The Holy Spirit In Evangelism that speaks of … [Read more...]
Today's guest post is from Robert Shaw, Pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Winfield Indiana. I've met Robert at the Evangelism Conference for the PCUSA last year, and ran into him again at the transformation pastors conference that just ended in St. Pete's Beach in FL. He shares with us … [Read more...]
I remember a model of evangelism that felt like a sales pitch.I would attend a seminar and learn the newest script for evangelism. The idea is that I would learn a series of conversational steps that would help peopleSee their need for Jesus Make a decision to follow Christ Repeat a … [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...]
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