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 IThe authors do make progress in developing their thesis in the remainder … [Read more...]
Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part 1
April 14, 2009 By 2 Comments
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.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I’ll be pulling out a few themes. A philosophy … [Read more...]
How to Get a First Time Church Visitor
March 31, 2009 By 2 Comments
The short answer: Personal Invitation from a Trusted friend.Charles Arn has surveyed thousands of people: (Source: 3 Questions for Charles Arn) In your research, have you found that there's one specific reason that visitors come to church?The friendship factor.We've asked more than … [Read more...]
Sphere of Influence 1: Where do You Live
March 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Spheres of Influence
March 23, 2009 By 5 Comments
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 … [Read more...]
Drifting Away from the World
March 18, 2009 By 5 Comments
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 … [Read more...]
Do you have any non-Christian Friendships?
March 17, 2009 By 6 Comments
(HT: Image pslim)"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 … [Read more...]
10 Practices to Welcome Church Visitors Part 2
August 12, 2008 By 4 Comments
Miss part I?You can read 10 Practices to Welcome Church Visitors Part 1 by following that link. Here are Common Practices 6-10. 6. “Secret Greeters” Some churches will go beyond simply training greeters for points of entry at the church, such as the front door. A good idea is to … [Read more...]
20 Fears about Personal Evangelism
October 21, 2007 By 4 Comments
Evangelism, at least in my circles of influence, seems to be a dreaded word. At its mention, some people feel queasy, the hairs stand on the back of their neck, people want to secretly leave the room.On the opening night of our Listening Evangelism Conferences, one participant in Michigan simply … [Read more...]
13 Questions to Evaluate Your Personal Evangelism
June 17, 2007 By 1 Comment
In my seminars and teaching, one question that I ask over and over again:Do you have a faith worth sharing? Do you have friends to share it with?At Every Day With Christ: Take a Look Across the Room, Charlotte Lowrie wonders about taking the time to talk with friends about Christ.Here … [Read more...]
