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“I have no non-Christian relationships” confessed one of my evangelism coaching clients (shared with permission).
“I was taking an inventory of my personal relationships and discovered that I had surrounded myself entirely with Christians.”
In the Christian Cocoon
This is a common description of many Christians who have been walking with the Lord for many years.
I [...]

In They like Jesus, but not the Church, even Dan Kimball confesses that he made the same discovery at one point– no non-Christian relationships.
As I have given relational evangelism training seminars around the US and Latin America, the most common confession I hear from those who have walked with Christ for many years
I don’t have [...]

Our  Relational Evangelism series:

Part 1:  Do you have any non-Christian Friendships?

Part 2: Drifting Away from the World that eventually isolates us from the world and surrounds us with only Christian friends.

Are we called to isolate ourselves?
One reaction to the culture is to isolate ourselves:

Christian social networks,
Christian business,
see only Christian movies,
listen to Christian radio, and
attend the [...]

Picking up from the Last post (Spheres of Influence), here is one example of taking a look at where do you live as a sphere of influence:
This example comes from Bill Tenny-Brittian, Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism
Several years ago we moved into a planned subdivision that hosts over 5,000 homes.
I was a church planter launching a [...]

(Note: Join us for some practical faith sharing ideas at our upcoming free Webinar with Bill Tenny-Brittian March 26.  Bill’s book Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism is full of more practical relationship building ideas.)
Continuing in our series Building New Relationships, we turn today to the second Sphere of Influence: Where do you work.
In Bill Tenny-Brittian’s Hitchhiker’s [...]

(Note: Join us for some practical faith sharing ideas at our upcoming free Webinar with Bill Tenny-Brittian March 26.  Bill’s book Hitchhiker’s Guide To Evangelism is full of more practical relationship building ideas.)
Continuing in our series Building New Relationships, we turn today to the third Sphere of Influence: Where do you play?
Where do you play?
Consider [...]