Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
Last week, I met with a leadership team for the first time to help them brainstorm new ways to grow in evangelism. I led them in a group discussion on evangelism.Since this was my first discussion with them, I wanted to get a feel for their experiences and their pre-conceptions about What is … [Read more...]
Since many people are afraid of personal evangelism, many church leaders have allowed other programming to replace the work of personal evangelism and called it evangelism.As I do seminars across the country, heads nod in agreement as I lay this out. You might see your own church in … [Read more...]
I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.See Part I of Evangelism Where You Live - A Review Part ISee Part II of Evangelism Where You Live - A Review Part IIThis final … [Read more...]
In the course of my consulting and speaking at evangelism training workshops, I've encountered many churches that have very active outreach and community service programs:After school tutoring Shut in or Prisoner Visitation Habitat for Humanity work projects Medical outreaches for the … [Read more...]
During the 18 months that EvangelismCoach has been up and running, I've written several articles on the definition of evangelism. Every now and then, it's helpful to bring something out of the archives and bring it back in front of new readers.Here is a link summary for you:Definition … [Read more...]
I wrote the following essay to a friend while I was traveling to a friend's funeral two years ago. It covers several points around what is evangelism. Is it more than four points and a prayer?I've edited it slightly for time references and removed some personal matters, but thought I'd share … [Read more...]
As the new year begins, I want to revisit a working definition of evangelism. For some background as to what we have used as a definition of evangelism, read our evangelism definition from April of 07.To recall, I use the PC (USA)'s definition of evangelism Joyfully sharingthe good … [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...]
Doing evangelism can be as simple as telling stories about God’s activity in your life.Telling personal and current stories is but one piece of evangelism.As discussed in our definition series, The PCUSA General Assembly adopted a definition of evangelism in 1990 that defines evangelism … [Read more...]
I have tried to compile in one article all the links to a definition that we've been discussing on EvangelismCoach.orgThere are many definitions of evangelism. Searching the web and my library for definitions, I find some are so wide to cover anything related to growing a church, some are so … [Read more...]
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