6 Different Gospel Presentations for Personal Evangelism
We always want to be prepared to explain our faith.
We get better at it as we mature in Christ.
God's sovereignty is not an excuse to avoid evangelism, nor to be sloppy in our presentation.
How to Give Constructive Feedback to Your Church Greeters
One of the harder roles of a church hospitality ministry leader is to correct behavior that can have long reaching negative consequences.
Let me give you a few tips I've used to provide feedback to church greeters and correction to careless mistakes by hospitality ministry volunteers.
The Best Church Visitor Assimilation Tool
The best church visitor assimilation tool is not a visitor contact card. Nor is it a complicated data system, direct mail, automated emails, or even a free gift for your church visitors from the beautiful welcome center. Those things help, but they are not the most powerful assimilation tools. The best tool is ....
39 Days of Personal Evangelism–Tweetable List
39 days of personal evangelism tips that anyone can do and easy implement into their daily life.
2 Church Website Pages to Help First Time Visitors
Two important church website pages that could answer questions in the minds of visitors.
One is particular to this large urban church with limited parking.
The other is for every church.
26 Bible Verses about Guidance
When you talk with friends about purpose or decision-making, Scripture on God’s guidance helps you share faith naturally. Here are 26 Bible verses that show how God leads and directs us.
7 Habits for Highly Effective Personal Evangelism
Cultivating and practicing these 7 personal evangelism habits will knock out a lot of fear that hinders your evangelism efforts.
Pick one and start implementing.
Christmas Bible Trivia Quiz for Christmas Party Outreach
If you have a Christmas Party night for your youth ministry, make this one of the games in your game night, maybe after an outing or a mall scavenger hunt, or simply a party ice breaker. Find creative ways to reward the winners. Your Christmas party can be evangelistic with some intentionality.
Video Discussion Starter for Church Greeters
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.
What Spurgeon Thought Was Sufficient to Grow Your Church
Many churches have bought into church growth technique as if hospitality technique will reinvigorate a church in transition. They search for techniques: Visitor retention rates, the "right thing to say" to church visitors: or the best church visitor assimilation process. But the right technique doesn't grow your church. Charles Spurgeon shared some thoughts on this:
The Foundation For Personal Evangelism
Several years ago I gave a workshop on personal evangelism. A critic complained that I didn't do it right. This encounter exposed some core beliefs that I hold that guide my practice of personal evangelism.
My Top 10 Quick Tips for Personal Evangelism
If you need a short kickstart in personal evangelism today, 10 Quick Personal Evangelism Tips. Allow at least one to capture your attention today as you pray for an opportunity to share Christ with a friend.
Six hints for welcoming visitors to your church
Many church members, pastors and greeters have forgotten what it is like to be a church visitor. Here is a quick list of 6 hints to improve your welcome
How to Get Church Visitor Contact Information
Getting Visitor Contact information is the first step towards your visitor followup, yet many churches fail at it. Listen to this expert on the subject describe different ways and what is the best way.
8 Church Connection Card Templates
Thinking about redoing your church connection cards? They need updating and greater simplicity. Here are some examples and commentary on some church connection card templates you might want to consider
How to A Lose First Time Guest to your Church
Carey Nieuwhof did a great podcast interview with Greg Atkinson on looking for a church and it is well worth a listen. This quote really captured my ear: “What’s surprising to me about the factors Greg outlines is that they’re actually simple hospitality, people, and facility related things.” The key word there is SIMPLE. That …
Video:How a Great Welcome made a difference
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.
Passion of Paul – John Maxwell
On the first day of 2017, Pastor John Maxwell shared a sermon with Christ Fellowship church about the passion of Paul for personal evangelism. As he got to the end of mapping out that passion, I nearly cried with him. I want my 2017 to be characterized by the same passion.
5 Verbs for Every Church Greeter
Every church greeter should have a cheat sheet of quick tips. Turn this into a quick bookmark or printable. #1: Pray #2: Observe #3: Initiate #4: Smile #5: Serve
What is the best question to ask someone to start a conversation about evangelism?
What is the best question to ask someone that would start an evangelistic conversation?
Check out these two resources for cold opens.
6 Conditions of a Growing Church
Our family attends a growing church. I see 6 things in the attitudes of church leadership that I'm convinced help it grow. Do these 6 ingredients show up in your church?
How would you answer?
How a medical doctor heard spiritual thirst and shared his faith as a result - a quick 2 minute video
Memo to Church Greeters: Don’t hug a guest!
How a church greeter left a wrong first impression on our family as we visited a local church for the second and third time. I felt myself making a mental note to not use that entry door. Yet, we continue to push through this and explore if this is a church we are called to serve in this stage of life.
Summer Olympics 2016: 3 Outreach Ideas
A few quick ideas for church based outreaches during the summer olympics.