Videos can make for great discussion starters at your gatherings for hospitality workers or church greeters. Use as a discussion starter for your next church greeter training or hospitality training meeting. I enjoyed the humor and the painfully true characterizations.
I watched the story. I found myself near tears. It is the story of a church that welcomed a first time guest and made such a great "welcome home" impact that another soul was added to the kingdom of God in a matter of weeks. This is what "well done" looks like.
Someone found a spiritual home.
How a medical doctor heard spiritual thirst and shared his faith as a result - a quick 2 minute video
Dave Ferguson shares five ways to bless your neighbors. This is a helpful structure to live out in order to live into conversational contexts for personal evangelism.
In a powerful video, a church goer describes the hospitality experience that made it a no-brainer for her to return.
What would it take for your church to get involved in ministry to seniors?
Mary lives in an apartment all by herself. A film crew decided to follow her day and what she shared about 3 and a half minutes in crushed it. It made me think ALL morning. .
How has Jesus changed your life? What difference has following Jesus made? This "so what" story is faith story number 4 in our series in Four Stories every Christian must know.
One challenge to shortening a personal testimony is to get at this core question: What difference has Jesus made in your life? As I watched this video below,
How do we share something so big, so wonderful, so life changing as a relationship with Christ with the people around us who associate the festivities of Easter with chicks, chocolate eggs and magic bunnies? You might want to think about using some short clips that you can find on YouTube. Choose wisely. I’d encourage …
How can you prepare your church greeters for an unexpected visitor with a therapeautic dog? Rev. Susan and I talk about an experience of the unexpected that occurred during a church visit. She took a therapeutic dog to church and experienced different kinds of reactions to the presence of a dog. From the pastor From …
It is unfair of any evangelist to withhold the cost of discipleship. Following Jesus will cost you everything. This video came across my feed and I found my self really stirred. This video is an evangelistic call quoting, in part, from the texts of the gospel and the reality of the second coming. It holds …
The power of Jesus to transform a life is dramatized in this short little film from JesusTattoo.org As I minister often in developing nations and in first world nations, I encounter many people who believe powerful lies about themselves. That they are: Worthless Useless Weak Addicted Following Jesus can bring a change to all of …
The passage from Isaiah 58 serves as an excellent call into a church's engagement into the community. This video interpretation is an awesome resource.
Danny Franks, Connections Pastor at The Summit Church in North Carolina, considers the importance of preparing for guests who are visiting your church. Your sermon starts in the parking lot and he offers 5 principles to effective church hospitality and first impressions.
This short comical video gave me a good laugh today. You might use it for an upcoming hospitality training on what not to do. Do you lead your greeter ministry? I’ve written a book for leaders of church greeter ministry. Click on these links to read more (at Amazon). Church Greeters 101 in Paperback Church …
I am proud of my church. Take a peek at this short video to see why. A contact I’ve been praying for six months finally accepted my invitation to come to church. Would my own church welcome my friend?
When you share your faith, there is no telling the long term effects. You will change a life, not only of your immediate friends, but the ripple affect will spread Watch this video and see.
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 …
These statistics are a few years old, but nonetheless, what is your church doing to reach this demographic? I admit, I am a little biased. I do ministry full time among developing leaders in Central America. God has given me a love for this culture that is just as passionate as my own North American …
I like the basic premise of this short little video: Watch me. How can imitating Jesus as much as possible in our daily lives help us make disciples? Feed readers: You may need to click through to see the video.
Recently on The Exchange, Rice Broocks joined Ed Stetzer to discuss the role of the evangelist in the church. Every pastor wants the church to grow. I want my own church to grow. However, I don’t want only Christians from other churches to be part of my church. I don’t want a local believer coming …
Working in the yard, some Jehovah Witnesses come by to share some literature. Pastor and author Francis Chan tells a good story about what happened next: Watch and see what happens: Key Evangelism Values on Display: A proper heart attitude towards people who don’t know Christ. Willing to be interrupted to talk with people. Knows …
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 …
Check out this video from Tim Keller on Evangelism in the 21st century. It’s a good 10 minutes to listen in. Conversational Evangelism in the 21st Century Evangelism in the 21st century will not be solely dependent on the church. The growing number of “spiritual but not religious” people means that more people will need …
