"How can skillful pastors who long for the resurrection power of God to be manifest in their churches learn to patiently guide a congregation through all the necessary stages of change involved in a turn around?"Ron Crandall - Turnaround Churches and BeyondParticularly, what role does … [Read more...]
Evangelism sermon Discussion Plan
October 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Today's guest post is from Robert Shaw, Pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Winfield Indiana. I've met Robert at the Evangelism Conference for the PCUSA last year, and ran into him again at the transformation pastors conference that just ended in St. Pete's Beach in FL. He shares with us … [Read more...]
Red Carpet Hospitality
February 26, 2008 By 1 Comment
Hospitality, or welcoming visitors, is only a part church based evangelism, but it's not evangelism as we define evangelism.Rather, hospitality helps create a context for evangelism to happen in a church context. Who takes the initiative to greet? When visitors show up at your church for the … [Read more...]
Community Exegesis: Where are you planted?
February 22, 2008 By 1 Comment
God has appointed us to live in certain places at certain times (Acts 17:26). It's reasonable to extend this to the church that you are connected with being planted in the neighborhood. Who are the unchurched in your community that your church could easily reach? Who are the unchurched, that … [Read more...]
Business Cards that Church members can give away.
February 18, 2008 By 7 Comments
Some churches play hard to get!Websites don't list any contact information Worship Service times are not on the telephone responder, Service hours are not on on a sign near the front door or on the road.Here is one low-cost idea that you can use to help advertise your church and raise … [Read more...]
How Presbyterians Do Evangelism
February 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Update: If you’d like to have a local Evangelism Training Seminar for your church or area, see our various options at our Evangelism Training page. On April 5, I'll be presenting "How Presbyterians do Evangelism" at a workshop for the Presbytery of the James in Richmond VA. It will be … [Read more...]
Evangelism as Storytelling
February 1, 2008 By 2 Comments
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...]
Where are the new believers?
November 1, 2007 By 4 Comments
I had the privilege this week of preaching at a church in Marietta Georgia.It was a church in the Pentecostal stream of the Body of Christ. It was ok with them my ordination is with the Presbyterian Church.I'm a Presbyterian that's been "tampered with," meaning I don't fit a … [Read more...]
Hospitality Series
October 3, 2007 By 5 Comments
From the traffic reports on this site, the 2007 Series on Hospitality has been the most searched after material.I've complied the entire series here.Back to Basics in Church Evangelism Hospitality is a piece of evangelism What’s your sign? (Do your signs help or hinder?) Poor Word … [Read more...]
Back to Basics in Church Evangelism
September 15, 2007 By 1 Comment
I just read a timely article about this in Net Results Magazine’s September/October 2007 Issue.Bill Easum writes “Back to Basics,” calling on church leaders to get back to the great commission and the great commandment.In returning to the Great Commandment, he exhorts congregations … [Read more...]
