Regularly Evaluate Your Hospitality Ministry
Coaching pastors to build stronger hospitality ministries: why and how to evaluate your church’s welcome systems regularly so guests feel at home and teams stay mission-focused.
44 Scripture Bible Verses on a Godly Man — For Father’s Day
44 Scriptures that might be useful in a Father's Day Sermon or Message. Think about your church visitors on Father's Day
Will they hear the gospel clearly that day? Will the gospel impact their life? Will the sermon and worship experience leave your visitors wanting to come back next week and bring a friend?
7 Ways to Prepare Your Church for Mothers Day
As you plan for this year's celebration of Mother's Day at your church, here are 7 things you can do to prepare your church beforehand.
10 Books on Relational Evangelism
Looking for books on relational evangelism? These 10 titles will help you and your church share faith through real relationships, everyday conversations, and authentic connection. Perfect for pastors, leaders, and anyone developing a personal evangelism style that feels natural and Spirit-led.
How to Restart a Struggling Church Hospitality Ministry (and Fix a Disorganized Welcome Team)
What are some steps you can take to restart a failing welcome ministry for your church visitors? Read these tips to help your disorganized hospitality ministry get going again.
17 Mothers Day Bible Verses
Mother’s Day is the third most attended church day in the U.S., just behind Christmas and Easter.
Let some of these Bible Verses shape your prayer and preparation as you prepare your sermon.
6 Goals of a Church Greeter
Every Sunday, I see commentary on Twitter about the joys at serving as a church greeter, complaints about experiences with rude church greeters, sarcasm aimed at unprepared greeters at church, and nervous greeters announcing how nervous they are. But if you can help your new church greeters know what to aim for, it might help them to rise to the occasion.
What Was Your Spiritual Journey to Faith in Christ?
With such diversity in stories, means, gospel versions and responses to the gospel, how do you do personal evangelism training in a local church?
Are you prepared to tell me the story?
A friend invited me to tell the story of how I became a preacher of the gospel. It was not only the testimony to my conversion to following Christ, but how the sense of calling grew as I grew in my faith.
Is it ever too soon to share the gospel?
When we meet someone, how long should it take to share the gospel with them?
There is a time and place for evangelism, but can it happen way too soon?
Inviting People to Church-A Core Value
Our church lives out a strong core value of inviting people to church.
It has developed a culture that fosters the habit of inviting people to church.
Check out the different ways I see it lived out and a few ways I participate.
My First Evangelism Experience
I remember the first time I ever intentionally focused on leading someone to Christ.
My first evangelism conversation was an amazing experience, once I got past all the mental stress I had created for myself.
The Power of Your Testimony
I’ve been thinking recently about “the testimony” — your story of conversion. As followers of Christ, most of us have a testimony of how we became a follower of Christ. Perhaps you have done workshop or devotional exercises where you
The Conversion of Cornelius
Do you have a friend who has a concept of God who will require them to pay for their actions after they die?
8 Steps to Use Your Personal Testimony
Each Christian has a personal story of how he/she came to know Jesus in a personal, life-changing way.
Check out these 8 steps to develop use your personal testimony.
Seeking the Lost Coin
When the widow found her lost coin, there was a celebration. When we lost something of value, we discovered what that joy feels like.
Jesus gives us three stories of the lost being found, emphasizing the joy in the Father's heart.
Motives: The Why Behind Evangelism
What is your motivation for Personal Evangelism? What motivates you to share your faith? Check out some of the motives I've encountered
The Nudge of the Holy Spirit
The nudge of the Holy Spirit is a filter for who to pay attention to in personal evangelism.
Since it is nearly impossible to share Jesus with every person, but pay attention to whom God nudges you towards and you'll find someone the Lord is at work in.
Stages of the Spiritual Journey to Faith
Your spiritual journey to Jesus Christ happens in discernable stages.
The work of the evangelist is detecting the current phase of the journey and pointing to a next step.
What if I Don’t Have Non-Christian Friends?
The lack of non-Christian friends will hinder your relational evangelism impact.
Yet you can be intentional in finding new relationships and discovering friendships to invest in. Check out these tools.
Faith Story Number 3: The Gospel Story
The gospel story is the one story that all Christians must master and know well.
When you learn one of these really well, you will remove a lot of fear in personal evangelism.
Prepare Your Church for Christmas Visitors – Hospitality Review
Your church can make an eternal difference in the life of your Christmas first-time visitors -- if you can help them come back on a regular basis.
Make a great first impression.
10 Devotional Questions about Your Evangelism
Use these 10 Devotional Questions for self-reflection on your personal evangelism habits.
These questions will help keep your passion for personal evangelism fueled up.
3 Traits of Church Hospitality Ministry Leader
What does it take to lead a volunteer ministry team in the area of church hospitality?
What makes for a great leader of a church hospitality team?
Or, what makes a great leader of the church greeter team?