You’ve worked so hard to attract church visitors. . . . .You passionately desire to reach these newcomers for Christ.You know that Jesus can make a difference in their life.Perhaps you’ve spent money on advertising like a direct mail campaign or business cards members give away. You’ve designed sermon series to hopefully entice a … [Read more...]
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 evangelism? The outgrowth will be future … [Read more...]
Beyond Belief by Patrick McElroy is subtitled Live a Consistent, Spiritually Powerful life.From the back cover: “a book about breaking free from a spiritually weak life to achieve the consistently powerful one that is available to every believer.It’s a Bible Study 101 that guides reader to a greater revelation of God.” Summary of … [Read more...]
For churches that have considered and want to implement using nametags, today's post gives you some thoughts about how to make and use nametags in church. 1. Preprint church name tags for your regular attendees One church set up two large registration areas.One has preprinted tags for regular attendees and blank name tags for first-time … [Read more...]
Today, I’m participating in a blog book tour for The Rabbit and the Elephant: Why Small Is the New Big for Today's Church Tony and Felicity Dale.Others have published their entry ahead of me (see below), and a few others will follow behind. The Rabbit and the Elephant A movement of house churches is reaching the tipping point in North … [Read more...]
We had a great webinar this afternoon.Registrations from 10 different countries, covering 31 different states and churches from a wide variety of denominations and traditions.Perhaps you’re wonderingHow to improve your first impressions ministry for first time church visitors What to say to a first time visitor. How to train … [Read more...]
Note: Shameless self-promotion follows.I've collected a few more stories of how people are using and finding my book How To Welcome Church Visitors. We have been giving church hospitality workshops for over 15 years and of the 25 or more books we have used in the past, yours is by far the best contribution to the field with all it's nuts and … [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.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I'll be pulling out a few themes. What's not working? The authors ask: Why Aren't Our Efforts … [Read more...]
Preparing a community outreach for your church this coming spring / summer?How can you spiritually prepare yourself and the community for your outreach?You are probably thinking:Planning meetings. Publicity Hoping for good weather. . .:)Don’t forget prayer for community outreach. Prayer is the key to preparing yourself and … [Read more...]
Presbygrow writes: We are pleased to announce that our resource for new church development, Starting New Churches: A Discernment Process, has been revised and updated. I know the principal authors and have skimmed the resource this morning and believe that if you are involved in planting a church, this study would be a good study for your … [Read more...]
Looking for recorded teachings of EvangelismCoach or on-line Ebooks that he has written?See this list of e-books, MP3, DVDs, and CD recordings related to hospitality and personal evangelism. Over … [Shop here...]
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