Is it possible to be too focused on the outcomes of evangelism? It can be when evangelism is taught as a sales technique to get a sinner’s prayer. It can be when evangelism training is reduced to a set of step by step skills that are equivalent to sales techniques. Ask leading questions. Minimize …
In this brief video from The Exchange, Ed Stetzer interviews Robert Coleman during Exponential and this highlight was shared. Dr. Coleman wrote the classic The Master Plan of Evangelism and was at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School when I was there. Unfortunately, I never had a class with him (it didn’t fit my schedule), but my evangelism classes …
Many evangelists feel the urgency to share their faith. Urgency is what propels them to Find a conversational opening to start a faith sharing conversation Gather at 7pm to go witnessing or soul winning at the bus station. Go to the public square and proclaim Christ. Start conversations with strangers. The urgency of evangelism propels …
The church we are involved with intentional reaching out to people who don’t know Christ. We love to help people our their journey to faith in Christ. But, sometimes it gets awkward. We have gotten use to how Christians should think, dress, speak, live and behave. Over the years, we get insulated with a new …
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 1 Cor 3:6-7 (NIV) Paul gives us a great analogy to talk about the conversion process. It picks up on some of the parables …
Check out this list of how members of one of my classes came to faith in Christ. “When I was 8 years old, I was invited to a bible camp for kids.” “My father helped me see my need for Jesus and I put my trust in Him.” “A friend invited me to church, and …
I recently read the story of Naaman’s conversion that from 2 Kings chapter 5. The text itself is not about evangelism or evangelism practices. But in this short little story from 2 Kings 5, we can seven evangelism principles at work.
I recently watched a visual parable that demonstrates the role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism. It’s the film: Flywheel. The story follows the awakening faith of the central character, a used car salesman. Along the way, you see moments that when tied together cause a crisis of faith, which leads the man to offer …
