When one gathers people for prayer on evangelism, either before an outreach, or if a prayer group wants to focus on of it’s meetings on prayer, I offer to you a simple guideline for such prayer meetings.1. In the name of Jesus Christ invite the Holy Spirit to lead the prayer group.We are … [Read more...]
Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part III
April 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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...]
PrayerWalking Webinar Resources
March 30, 2009 By 2 Comments
Here are the resources mentioned in the webinar this evening. Darrel Davis Blogs: www.friendfluence.com and http://www.onlyfoundation.orgFacebook Groups:Praying for the Lost by Name: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=48886646866 … [Read more...]
Sphere of Influence 3: Where do you play
March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
(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 … [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...]
10 Most Important Minutes to Church Visitors
March 19, 2009 By 2 Comments
10 most important minutes Charles Arn has surveyed thousands of people: (Source: 3 Questions for Charles Arn) We also asked the focus groups when they decided that the church was friendly or not.From the answers we got, there's a ten-minute window that is pregnant with opportunities for a … [Read more...]
Webinar on PrayerWalking for Community Outreach
March 18, 2009 By 1 Comment
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
February 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
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...]
Connecting Worship and Evangelism
February 2, 2009 By 1 Comment
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...]
Praying for a church Plant
January 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As mentioned in the last post on Evangelism Prayer List, our family is participating in planting a new multi-national church in our city. I am not the lead pastor as the focus on our ministry is evangelism training in the Americas.When I lived in Richmond, I participated in an international … [Read more...]
