Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part 1

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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...]

God’s Plan for Sharing — A Church Vision for Outreach

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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...]

Webinar on PrayerWalking for Community Outreach

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Preparing a community outreach for your church this coming spring?How can you spiritually prepare yourself and the community for your outreach?You are probably thinking: 1.  Planning meetings. 2.  Publicity 3.  Hoping for good weather. . .:)Don't forget prayer.  Prayer is the … [Read more...]

2 Attitudes for Small Church Transformation

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Of all the various observations that Crandall makes in Turnaround and Beyond: A Hopeful Future for the Small Membership Church about vision casting, effective leadership and managing conflict, there were a few items that really stuck out for me in terms of what successful turnaround and … [Read more...]

Did Saint Francis of Assisi get it wrong?

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One of my loyal readers (via RSS feed) wrote an interesting post: Today, I had coffee with a friend of mine who said, "I don't believe that it is my responsibility to share the gospel." He just wanted to live his life in such a way that people would be attracted to that example and hopefully come … [Read more...]

Using Tracts for Evangelism

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During January, I received a series of questions via Ask Evangelism Coach section.Because of travel engagements in 3 different countries during January, I'm just now responding (though I've been thinking about these for a while)A series of posts this week will focus on sharing these.  It's … [Read more...]

Evangelism and High Risk Children

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Later in December, I will be giving a talk on helping churches evangelize in areas of extreme poverty, with lots of high-risk or at-risk children.At-risk or high-risk is defined locally as children who areAbused Addicted Abandoned Children of an addicted parent.Fourteen churches … [Read more...]

Evangelism Training Ministry in Nicaragua

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Vida Joven Leader Martha Tinoco (pictured standing right) wrote in a note to us after the event with them last year: Thanks for sharing with us. You are an example for my life. I can see how [your team] works in unity, love, and respect. I saw the presence of God in your lives, as great servants of … [Read more...]

Personal Evangelism Training Conference Enfield CT

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Since this event has passed, read here about how to get the full 5 hour seminar on Audio CD to your home.Evangelism Seminar Description: Many people find  personal evangelism scary.Some would rather clean a pig sty instead of talking about Jesus to their friends.Yet Jesus commands … [Read more...]

Seattle Evangelism Dunamis Report

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I and one of my co-teachers just finished the The Evangelism Dunamis track in Mt. Vernon Washington, about 2 hours north of Seattle. One of the joys I get in my travels as an evangelism trainer is meeting new people all over the country. Pastors from various denominations and gifted lay … [Read more...]