1. “Is your concept of God affecting your evangelism?” I follow the blog of a cross cultural missionary who works in Mexico. He writes: It’s taken time for me to shake that image, to understand that the same God who caused Isaiah to cry out, “Woe to me, I am ruined!,” is the same Heavenly …
“You are the salt of the earth.” —Jesus Salt creates thirst. Spiritual thirst is the starting point of a person’s quest to seek God. That thirst is the restlessness of the human heart that drives one to Jesus. When you learn to recognize and identify this thirst in the human heart, you will find the …
The tourists were enjoying their visit to New York city until they got scared witless. They are friends of mine and told me this story. They’ve seen way too many New York movies, watched too many New York cop shows, and viewed too many crime dramas based in New York. Coming to the big city …
Reading and watching videos from others give me inspiration. Here is this week’s top articles that made a difference for me. Tweet them, share them. They are worth your attention. 1. You have spiritual responsibility for the people in your community. Based on Acts 1:8, Where is your Jerusalem? A church’s “community” is defined as …
Becoming a Contagious Christian helped me change my approach to personal evangelism and now I teach these same principles in my materials throughout the US and Latin America. They present a practical form of personal evangelism that can help the ordinary person in the pew overcome their shyness or fears in talking about their faith …
Having read a steady diet of popular church growth books, Dan Dunn’s Offer Them Life: A Life-Based Evangelistic Vision is different academic challenge. It is not a book to consume in one sitting, but a great book for those who want to think deeply on the biblical theme of Life. I love Dan’s passion for …
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 …
The Connections Pastor could see that they were stuck. Hospitality ministry workers were apathetic. The leader who oversaw the church greeters saw no point in any more training. Even through the church had a visitor connection card, church greeters, Church Visitor Welcome Packets, excellent and polite church ushers and a welcome center, the Connections Pastor knew it …
The asphalt ran out. We had turned our car off the one lane road and started up the mountain to a small orange church on the side of the road. Though we were only 15 minutes outside of a Panama metropolis with skyscrapers that glisten in the sun, our sedan was making its way up …
Sunday school has a long history of being an evangelistic tool of the church. I’ve visited growing churches that utilize their Sunday School to not only grow their members, but create a space where newcomers can connect and discover faith. Recently, a small church pastor asked me about how to make their Sunday School evangelistic. …
Having Church Visitor Reception AFTER a service in a small church can make the difference between a visitor who returns, and one who doesn't.
Fourteen months ago, my friend and I first got acquainted. We have spent much time together during those 14 months getting to know one another. When I first mentioned that I was a follower of Christ, the defensive wall went up. He didn’t want to talk about spiritual things. But as I continue to mention …
Is relational Evangelism in the Old Testament? A look at some possible scripture examples.
I am a big advocate of evangelism as a lifestyle. When I read the book the Acts, I see how evangelism played out in the life of the apostles and early believers. They spent time with people. They shared their faith, and the “Lord added daily” to their numbers. How can a believer experience a …
We were a family who was ready to visit a church. We did not visit this one because of a really bad mistake on their church website. I'll show you what it was and then show you how to fix it.
Looking back over the past year, some particular blog posts rose to the top for 2013. Please consider sharing this post, or some of these with other believers in your network. In this post you’ll see some of the most popular posts of 2013 in
Perhaps your church is thinking about a door to door evangelism outreach. Some churches excel at it. Other churches want to get better, and still others want to avoid any kind of door to door visitation. If you are considering a door to door evangelism campaign, the premier question I would ask you is What …
Critics complain that lifestyle evangelism is not biblical. But I can clearly see evangelism as a lifestyle in the actions of the early disciples in the book of Acts. Acts 5:42 describes a lifestyle of evangelism in the early days of the church: Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, …
I’ve been the first time visitor to churches during the Christmas season. I have been the first time visitor to a Christmas Eve service where I didn’t ever want to go back. On the other hand, I visited a church on Christmas Eve and was so impressed I wanted to invite friend the following week. …
I have a friend who doesn’t believe in having a personal relationship God, but does believe that Jesus was a good teacher. My friend, like many people who are not followers of Jesus, hold this view: Jesus was a good teacher. His principles are worth following. He taught was other religions taught. He was a …
God looks at the inside not the outside. If you were to use this video as a conversation starter, what additional questions might you use? Check out this video discussion starter and then I’ll share some possible ways to use this video:
During a recent church visitor assimilation webinar (available now for purchase), we discussed some excellent resources on the assimilation process. One participant recommended a short book on hospitality ministry that was helpful to them. See You Next Week is a short text crammed full of ideas that could help your church get started in improving …
Helping your church visitor become a regular attender is not rocket science. Church visitor assimilation is ultimately a matter of personal relationships and connections. But there are plenty of good strategies that churches have tried to help those connecting relationships form naturally. If you want to do some good reading on the subject, here are …
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 …
