Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
The North American Mission Board is developing a new evangelism initiative to fulfill their 2020 vision of "Every Believer Sharing, Every Person Hearing.""God's Plan for Sharing" is meant to encourage Christians to prayerfully and thoughtfully engage in the most effective approach for making … [Read more...]
This weekend, one of my friends shared with me a first hand story about an evangelistic encounter he had. I found myself encouraged as I listened to it. Here is a one who gets the idea of cooperating with the work of the Holy Spirit. I've retold the story here for your thoughts and … [Read more...]
Most of my evangelism training occurs in mainline churches, where many people equate evangelism with Hospitality or Service Projects.Neither one is evangelism per se (For example see, Is Neighborhood Outreach Evangelism?)But there is a marked hesitancy to discuss your faith.That could … [Read more...]
At FirstRP.org Report on First RP Conference on Biblical Evangelism, three MP3s are available from a conference they held on evangelism in Grand Rapids Michigan. The speaker was Dr. David Murray (lots of sermons at SermonAudio.com), an ordained minister in the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) … [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...]
In some of our weekend Evangelism Training Seminars, we often build in a practical exercise in personal evangelism, a "lab time," where people can leave the retreat setting and venture out to do evangelism in the style that we teach.It is modeled after Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch.The … [Read more...]
A divine appointment? I was caught off guard.I was in class, describing my ideal job.I would be a full time evangelist, working with churches to implement evangelism programs, conduct live Evangelism Training Seminars and Workshops in a local church to keep evangelism fires hot, and … [Read more...]
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. Evangelism Questions and the Engel Scale? I was … [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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