I’ve been recently reading “One To One: How To Share Your Faith with your Friend” by Michael Green (unavailable from Amazon). This book focuses on personal evangelism skills, and in the opening chapters, Green reminds of various reasons to do personal evangelism (p. 8-11) God is the supreme evangelist. He loves us and pursues us. …
I came across this list of 10 Distinctives of Postmodern Churches from Ed Stetzer’s book, Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age. Be unashamedly spiritual. People are tired of the modern belief that everything can be answered by science and reason. They are open to something mystical and spiritual. Promote incarnational ministry. Authenticity is essential. …
Michael Green reminds us about the either/or nature of the gospel, using biblical descriptions that paint a contrast We are either members of the kingdom, or outside its gates. reconciled to God, or rebels Lost or Found Invited to the wedding feast or left in outer darkness Building lives upon the rock or shifting sand. …
In my previous conversation at the corner McDonald’s where I spent two hours discussing faith, the gospel, and the need for Jesus, my conversation partner brought up Mathew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small …
What is the role of the Holy Spirit in personal evangelism? We know that God’s Spirit is at work in us as believers. The Holy Spirit: Renews us Regenerates us Trains us, Teaches us, and Transforms us. But, I also want to point out the role of the Holy Spirit to prepares the way for …
Check out this article about the impact a Maryland church is having in its community. Church prays for passion for the lost. McCready and 14 others began praying in January 2002 that God would give them a passion for the non-Christians in their community. In the ensuing six years, nearly 260 people have made professions …
Evangelism can happen in the ordinary course of life. I simply make sure that I build room in my life for conversations to linger if a person wants to talk about their curiosity about their walk with the Lord.
Tactful spiritual conversation starter questions can open the doors to significant life changing conversations. Check out these 20 conversation starter questions for conversations about Christianity, Jesus and a relationship with God.
I found that Intervarsity.org has a some good evangelistic questions during a reasonable conversation, broken out into groups. Check these out: Some sample questions.Here are some good questions that will help you move into a conversation about spiritual things. Be sure and listen carefully to their answers. And be prepared to share your own answers …
Use these 10 prayer points on evangelism with scriptures to pray for your unsaved friends and family. Learn how prayer prepares your heart, opens opportunities, and helps you see divine appointments as you grow in sharing your faith.
The story of the blind men and the elephant is well known and one that I have encountered often in discussions about faith. It is about three or more blind experiencing just one part of the same elephant and that none of their explanations are complete. What can you do with this story?
I found this interesting article on line about surveying first time visitors (Link broken) who visit your church for the first time. The basic premise is put a survey form on your church’s website, ask first time visitors to go there and rate/comment on the service. The article goes on to comment about such a …
Hospitality, or welcoming visitors, is only a part church based evangelism, but it’s not evangelism as we define evangelism. Rather, hospitality helps create a context for evangelism to happen in a church context. What does red carpet hospitality start with? It starts with a good welcome. Who takes the initiative to greet? When visitors show …
Some people find it hard to talk about their personal Christian testimony or faith journey with Christ. It could be that you have never been asked, or it could be that you’ve not taken the time to think it through. You simply know that you follow Jesus. This questionnaire can help you grow comfortable in …
God has appointed us to live in certain places at certain times (Acts 17:26). It’s reasonable to extend this to the church that you are connected with being planted in the neighborhood. Here are a few study questions for your community exegesis: Who are the unchurched in your community that your church could easily reach? …
Do I spend too much time in church to be a Christian witness to my community?
Some churches play hard to get! Websites don’t list any contact information Worship Service times are not on the telephone responder, Service hours are not on on a sign near the front door or on the road. One Low Cost Church Marketing Idea Here is one low-cost idea that you can use to help advertise …
Update: Read my review here: Fusion Visitor Assimilation. I think this is the best assimilation book available right now. I’ve not read Sticky Church, but that is next on the list. A new book has been released about turning Visitors into Members, also known as church visitor assimilation. Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members …
The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism issued a report from their 2004 gathering on the work of prayer and evangelism. It is a 52 page downloadable PDF direct from the Lausanne website. Here is the table of contents: Introduction Theology and motivation of prayer in evangelism Principles and guidelines of prayer in evangelism Spiritual warfare …
Do you need an Evangelism Mentor? After nearly every conference I teach, I am asked if I can provide some one to one mentoring in personal evangelism or personalized coaching for evangelism. How can pastors find time to do evangelism? What can pastors do to improve their own evangelism skills? How can one grow in …
Greeting visitors at church is such an important part of the hospitality ministry of the church. Church Greeters are part of the ministry team and form part of the first impression that a visitor receives. Here are 10 tips for greeters.
The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.C. S. Lewis EVANGELISM is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.D. T. Niles
The goal of Nick Pollard’s Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult: How to Interest People who Aren’t Already Interested is to help you get uninterested people interested in Jesus, to reach people “who are simply not interested in hearing about Jesus because they are quite happy with their own views” (p. 31). The subtitle makes it …
I just finished reading Nick Pollard’s Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult: How to Interest People who Aren’t Already Interested (order your copy direct from Amazon). Nick is a full time evangelist and speaker who lives in Great Britain. With cover endorsements from Josh McDowell, George Verwer, and Lesslie Newbigin, I figured it would be a …
