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Church Invitation: How to Pray for them

Invite Your Friends to Church: 10 Ways to Pray For Those Invitations

January 27, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

I happen to catch a listen on the radio this week of how author and apologist Lee Strobel became a Christian. Part of his journey to faith was accepting an invitation to church. At church, he heard Christianity explained to him with such clarity that it started his thorough investigation into the Christian faith. I found myself thinking: . . .

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When to invite someone to church and not get rejected

November 13, 2015 by EvangelismCoach

Has this happened to you?

You invite a friend to church because you are excited about a new sermon series.

They are polite, but continue to dismiss your invitation with "Some day."

The timing of your church invitation just doesn't resonate with them.

How can you change that?

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Personal Invitations to Church are not Enough

September 25, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

As much as I believe in giving personal invitations to church, I can’t say that I personally know that many people who sit at home just hoping someone would invite them to church. Statistics show that some people will respond to an invitation to church,  and that such invitations are often part of the conversion …

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Summary: Should we invite non believers to church?

August 16, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

As I finished out my chapter through chapter re-read of the book of Acts, I see believers and non-believers in various settings: hearing the word of God proclaimed, gifts of the Spirit are manifested, elders are chosen, people getting saved, etc. The biblical DESCRIPTION of what happened in the NT church involved these elements.  It …

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Examining the Book of Acts for patterns about should we invite unbelievers to our church meetings?

Invite Non Believers to Church?–Part 5

August 15, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

Should we invite non-believers to our church services?  The question came up in a discussion group I am a part of, so I’ve chosen to examine the early church patterns from the book of Acts. As I have looked at the gatherings of the disciples so far, what is clear so far there is no …

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Are Unbelievers Present at Church – Part 4

July 27, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

Should we invite non-believers to our church services? So far through the three parts of rereading the book of Acts (part 1 covers Acts 1-5, part 2 covers Acts 6-9, part 3 covers Acts 10-11), I don’t see a clear answer to the question. As I have looked at the gatherings of the disciples so …

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Are Unbelievers Present in the Assemblies in Acts? Part 3

July 21, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

I invite my unsaved friends to church. I invite them to hear the proclamation of the word of God, to learn about a Christian community, and to explore for themselves who Jesus is. While they cannot become members until they place their faith in Christ and can confess that they believe Jesus Christ is Savior …

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Examining the Book of Acts for patterns about should we invite unbelievers to our church meetings?

Are Unbelievers Present at Assemblies in Acts? – Part 2

July 18, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

As I continue to look in Acts, I want to see what I can find that can help me answer the question: Should we invite the unsaved to church? Since I practice church invitations as a tool in my personal evangelism habits to help people discover the grace of Christ, I want to examine the …

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Are Unbeliever Present at Assemblies in Acts? — Part 1

July 17, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

The church developed in the book of Acts as the gospel spread throughout the regions. As a follow-up to yesterday’s post – should we invite unsaved friends to church? – I want to examine the gatherings of the assemblies in the book of Acts over the next few posts. It is important to look at …

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Should we invite unsaved friends to church?

July 15, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

I posted this question to the EvangelismCoach.org Facebook page. “Should we invite unsaved friends to church?” Give a Yes or No, and then give a reason. The answers were pretty divided between Yes and No, with some strong opinions: Yes, the church is on an evangelistic mission. No, the church is for believers only to …

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Another Church Invitation Video

February 21, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

I really like this church invitation video. I’ve used it several times in various conferences.  Always gets a great laugh when the punch line is revealed. While it’s free on YouTube, you should really buy the rights to use it from SermonSpice, like I did. Honor the creators of this video with buying it. Feed …

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Church Invitation Video You Can Use

September 12, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

A lifeway study also asked how many times respondents have personally, “invited an unchurched person to attend a church service or some other program at your church?” Nearly half (48 percent) of church attendees responded, “zero.” We need to change this. Download this video at BeamerFilms.com. Use this mini-move to help encourage your congregation to …

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How preaching leads to more church invitations

Get More Church Invitations: Relevant Sermons

September 10, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

Recently, I was asked via Ask EvangelismCoach about ways to increase the number of invitations to church that members give to their network of friends. Review these posts to get on board with some of the answers More church invitations: Friends and Family Get More Church Invitations: Prayer I want you to come to my …

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Growing an Engaged Church

September 6, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

Helping church members invite their friends is one of the side effects of an engaged church, as Albert Winesman wrote Growing an Engaged Church. The basic question of his  book is addressed on the jacket: What would a church look like if members of its congregation were 13 times more likely to have invited someone to …

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I want you to come to my church

September 2, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

Recently, I’ve been asked via Ask EvangelismCoach about ways to increase the number of invitations to church that members give to their network of friends. Review these posts to get on board with some of the answers More church invitations: Friends and Family Get More Church Invitations: Prayer Today, I add number 3 3. Church …

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Recent Statistics on Church Invitations

August 31, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

LifeWay Research did a study and asked how many times they have personally, “invited an unchurched person to attend a church service or some other program at your church?” 48% of church attendees responded, “zero.” 33% percent of people say they’ve personally invited someone one or two times. 19% say they’ve done so on three or more …

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Friendships and Church Invitations

More church invitations: Friends and Family

August 28, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

In the previous article in the series of giving more invitations to church, I focused on prayer. As I continue to look at various ways to increase the number of personal invitations to church that your church members give, today’s article is focused on the number of personal friends who are unchurched. Again, the statistics show …

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A great tool to help your members make an invitation to church

August 26, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

Check out this video on giving an invitation to church (Feed Readers may need to click through to see the video). Notice what the fellow does at the end. You can give your church members something similar to help them make that personal invitation to church Church Invitation Card that I used a few years …

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How would you pray for a lost friend

Get More Church Invitations: Prayer

August 24, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

In this series on getting more church invitations and visitor traffic, I’m looking at various ways to increase the number of personal invitations to church that your church members give. The statistics show that a personal invitation from a friend is the best way to get church visitors.  I’m going to look at 6 different …

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Does an Invitation to Church Equal Evangelism?

April 26, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

Have you ever considered that simply inviting someone to church could be all it takes for Jesus to take hold of them and change their life? All you have to do is ask them to come! It seems too simple, doesn’t it?

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What was responsible for your coming to Christ and this church

April 16, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

The Institute For American Church Growth asked over 10,000 people this question: “What was responsible for your coming to Christ and this church?” Their replies were: I had a special need – 3% I just walked in – 3% I liked the minister – 6% I visited there – 1% I liked the Bible classes – …

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Paul Steinbrueck talks church websites with EvangelismCoach

Use Facebook Events for Increase Invitations for Christmas

November 24, 2011 by EvangelismCoach

This article on using Facebook events is reprinted with persmission from Christian Webtrends (blog.ourchurch.com) to edit for Christmas.  It was originally aimed for Easter, but it’s just as true for Christmas. The images refer to an Easter service, but you get the idea. The original article appeared in 2011, and Facebook may have changed the …

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Here are 5 ways we are using to grow small church attendance

5 Ways to Grow Small Church Numbers

August 20, 2011 by EvangelismCoach

A regular question I get is "How do you grow a small church?"  "How do I grow small church numbers?" We were a small church, made up primarily of immigrants from other countries. Here are 5 steps we are implementing to grow that total number to 70.

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These are the six steps we used to run our Invite A Friend Sunday

6 Steps to Organize an Invite a Friend Day

August 3, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

A reader contacted me via Ask EvangelismCoach: “Pastor, our small church needs help organizing a Friends and Family day for the end of August to launch our new season. Can you help us?” As we talked on the phone, we kicked around a few ideas unique to their church, but developed some ideas that are …

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