Honest Thanksgiving evangelism begins with transparency. When you invite people to a Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving meal, be upfront about your faith and respectful of your guests. Clear hospitality builds trust and opens genuine opportunities for gospel conversation.
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 …
What if you are a brand new church with a near zero marketing budget? That is how Brandon A Cox started planting Grace Hills Church in Bentonville Arkansas. Read below as he shares some of what he is doing in social media to get visitors to come to his church. This snippet on planting a …
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.
Your church should be a blessing to its community. You know that. In my current church, we are still looking for ways to bless our community. Our outreach will look different than yours. Our resources are different than yours. Our life patterns (working hours, commuting patterns, gated communities, social classes) are different than yours. But …
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.
The Bible has a lot to say about Christian Hospitality in general. Two of the most popular posts on Evangelismcoach.org are lists of Biblical references to hospitality and welcome. I’ve updated these lists to include Scripture Verses and a print feature for you to print out what might the Bible say about Hospitality Ministry. If …
Don’t you wish that you could sometimes learn why a church visitor would choose not to come back after their first visit? There is one way you might learn: ask. But don’t start thinking you need to make a cold call and talk with a stranger who will likely be polite to your face.
The most effective evangelism tool is the one you use.
Though there are all sorts of gospel outlines, training events, books, and evangelism workshops available to equip you, none of those things matter if you don't use any of them.
One frustrating problem for small church pastors is leading a church that has no desire to share their faith. How does that pastor begin to change that and overcome the natural resistance to personal evangelism? If a pastor had no training in personal evangelism (which is likely if the church is a mainline denomination), then …
In my first church, we chose October 31 as a safe alternative to Halloween. We planned all sorts of children’s games, candy giveaway, costume contest, and all around fun. We mobilized lots of volunteers to run the games and our small church had a tremendous party every year. Our Harvest Party (we called it) celebrated …
Some days, your church greeter volunteer will wake up in the morning with a not so helpful attitude. Check out these tweets:
Are you hosting an evangelism training in your church this fall? Sometimes, announcing the evangelism training event (like this one I offer over the internet) in your church may generate a fear that will keep your members away and your turnout low.
Does your devotional life seem a little dull and routine?
Fix that by making sure you get involved in sharing your faith with people on a regular basis.
As you talk about your own relationship with Christ with spiritually thirsty people, you will re-discover an element of joy.
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 …
As much as I believe in giving personal invitations to church, I can’t say that I personally know that many people who sit at home just hoping someone would invite them to church. Statistics show that some people will respond to an invitation to church, and that such invitations are often part of the conversion …
One spiritual conversation is just not enough. The Lord will use many conversations to help bring your friend to Christ. But sometimes, you’ll want something that you can give your spiritually thirsty friend something that they can read and ponder over. Books are good for this. Invite your friend to read one with you and …
If you are the pastor of a church who needs to persuade your leaders to invest in a good church website, what can you do to make your case? I know how I use church websites when I travel. I look for service times and addresses. Churches without that information won’t even get a visit …
Would my own church welcome my friend? Did they get the hospitality vision?
Had we been diligent in casting a vision for welcome and hospitality with our church? Suddenly, this was personal.
Here was MY friend and MY invited guest.
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.
I received a good question via email the other day. (Ask your question here). If you have a suggestion to help our reader, please add it to the comments below. How do I approach an usher who smokes and it smells on her? I am not the President of the usher board but would like …
Take a quick audit of your church signage by following your signs to a particular destination. Can you locate the restrooms, sanctuary, front door, children's ministry, prayer rooms, class rooms, elevators pretty easily?
I listened to the testimony of an adult woman from Guatemala. She is 2nd from the left in the image. Her journey to faith brought me to tears, and once again aroused my desire to help other people share the good news of Jesus Christ. As you read or listen her story, ask yourself this …
I was recently asked to organize our almost nonexistent hospitality team at church. I was honored to be asked but honestly not sure where to start. I mean you just say hello to people right?!? Who knew there was so much more to what a greeting team actually does! Thank you so much for this …
