Evangelism Substitute #4: Community Service
Don't let community service outreach projects become a substitute of personal evangelism
Video:Start a Senior Adult Ministry
What would it take for your church to get involved in ministry to seniors?
Mary lives in an apartment all by herself. A film crew decided to follow her day and what she shared about 3 and a half minutes in crushed it. It made me think ALL morning. .
A video interpretation of Isaiah 58
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.
10 Books to Guide Your Church To Bless the Community
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 …
Evangelism Strategies Podcast and Webinar Replay
In this complimentary Evangelismcoach webinar, I’ll share with you 3 major areas of evangelism training for your congregation to help you develop your evangelism strategy for 2012. Among other things you’ll lean: 3 areas of focus for congregational evangelism to start your planning 6 different evangelism styles to match the right program for your congregation …
5 Ways to Grow Small Church Numbers
A regular question I get is "How do you grow a small church?" "How do I grow small church numbers?" We were a small church, made up primarily of immigrants from other countries. Here are 5 steps we are implementing to grow that total number to 70.
The Prayer Station at Faith in Action Sunday
Prayer booths like this are an opportunity for evangelism that is not aggressive.
Your guests expect to talk a little about their spiritual needs while visiting your prayer station.
How to Setup a Prayer Station
Discover your community needs by setting up a prayer station at your outreach events.
You can develop your prayer station through this simple step-by-step layout of how to setup a prayer station.
5 Keys to a Missional Small Group
Do your small groups make a difference in the world? Or have they existed so long they are very inward focused? Do they give themselves away, or simply demand more spiritual food from the gifted leader? What can you do to move a small group from self-feeding to selfless service? A Missional Small Group A …
Community Evangelism Webinar Resource Page
I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of struggling churches. It’s a book that is based out of years of practical experience, and has much to say to how a church should engage it’s community. How does your church connect with the community? …
The Church has left the Building
One of the blogs I read (Fierce Grace) decided to do something entirely different on a Sunday morning. Cancel the service. Serve the neighborhood. Read about it at The Church Has Left the Building.
Community Exegesis: Where are you planted?
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? …
Six ways to engage your neighborhood
These are six ways that I’ve seen used to help the church engage the local neighborhood. Throw an annual block party. Hold a medical fair in your fellowship hall. Classes on community felt needs – parenting or economics, home ownership. Hold a job and community service fair. Hold a free dental clinic using student from …