Evangelism is cooperating with the work of the Holy Spirit to share the good news to those who are ready to listen.
Even so, we are prone to making evangelism mistakes. Do you avoid any of these evangelism mistakes?
For a conversational evangelism tip, here is one I use on a frequent basis: I look for the question that is behind the question, emotion, or statement.
God is at work in my life. I’m learning new things from reading in Scripture. I’m seeing God’s hand of provision for this ministry and our work in Latin America. I’m being challenged by God’s Word to make some specific changes in my life. Specific examples of each one of these would be the first …
People have all sorts of fears when it comes to personal evangelism.
At the top of th list in my anecdotal research is this one:
I don’t know what to say.
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 …
A freaky thing happened to me today that reminds me of another obnoxious habit in personal evangelism. I got a phone call today offering to show me how to make $3500 a day, and would I be interested? I don’t know this person. The gentleman was polite. He quickly introduced himself and told me how …
Check out this list of ways to Jump Start your personal evangelism this summer
Ever been stumped by: The God of the Old Testament is of wrath, and the God of the New Testament is Love. How could God kill two ministers protecting the ark of the covenant. If God doesn’t change, how does he “relent”? I was on a bus coming down a Nicaragua mountain after a camp …
Imagine you are at a dinner party one night. Someone shifts the conversation and drops a bomb like this one: Who are we to say Christianity is any better than any other religion? I think the essence of Jesus’ teaching is love, the same as all religions. It’s not our job to tell other people …
I was not hostile to Jesus, just indifferent. Before I met Jesus personally, I didn't know much about Him. I was not hostile to Him. I was not opposed to him. I was pretty indifferent. My spiritual thrist was indifference
That's because our family only attended church on Christmas Eve and Easter.
I tried to put the facts together every now and then, but the reality is, I had no clue.
I was not hostile to faith. I was just indifferent.
That was my level of spiritual thirst.
In my early zeal, I used to seize any opportunity to steer a conversation to Jesus. My forced transitions were obnoxious. I've learned to do this instead
My faith has found a resting place, Not in device nor creed; I trust the Ever-living One, His wounds for me shall plead. I need no other argument, I need no other plea; It is enough that Jesus died, And that He died for me. — Hymn, My Faith has found a resting place …
Where can I start in my growth in personal evangelism? What if I’m too scared to talk with strangers? Or better yet, where can I start? In this 60 minute recording on personal evangelism you will learn: How church invitations are part of evangelism How to discover and share your own journey to faith What …
Consider these small talk questions as icebreakers your church greeters, ushers or volunteers could use to open the doors to a potentially deeper conversation and connection with your first-time church visitor.
In a recent Outreach Magazine article (Nov/Dec 2012), Larry Osborne put together a list of 7 detours in evangelistic conversations. Detours are conversational rabbit trails that are deflect significant evangelistic conversation elsewhere, rather than at the true spiritual need of others. We often step into those rabbit trails, thinking that we might have to: defend …
I’ve got a few friends who have always been hostile to talking about faith. Their level of spiritual thirst has been low. In fact, it’s downright hostile. We remain friends, but talking about Jesus provokes emotional hostility or an evasive awkward silence.
Let people around you know you are a Christian (in a natural, unforced way) Ask friends about their faith – and just listen! Listen to your friends problems – maybe offer to pray for them Share your problems with others – testify to how your faith helps you Give them a book to read Share …
In my personal evangelism training, I focus on evangelistic conversation based on Noticing the prompting of the Holy Spirit Listening for Spiritual Thirst Using great questions to help a person discover their thirst and need for Christ. So I’m always on the lookout for great conversational tools and training to help Christians grow more comfortable with …
As I mentioned in my previous post on contact evangelism as a evangelism method, I share my thoughts on how to train people and evangelists who are scared of this methodology. How do I help such people improve their personal evangelism skills? By far, when I ask people about their evangelism fears at personal evangelism training …
I get to talk alot with pastors at conferences I give or attend, and often on the telephone as well about some of their challenges with personal evangelism. As mentioned in the last post, this is what I hear from pastors about their personal evangelism “I don’t have time for personal evangelism.” “I’m not good …
Evangelism Conversations through Popular Novels, or Novel Evangelism. Its an evangelistic bridge building strategy to help the believers in your church recognize and participate in more conversational opportunities about people’s spiritual journey. I’m familiar with using the same ideas in popular music, and movies, so the idea isn’t new. Listen to my friend Bill Feree talk …
After the miraculous catch of fish (in Luke’s order), Jesus Says to Peter and Andrew, James and John: I will make you fishers of men. I listened to Andy Stanley’s podcast last week where he said: “Followers are Fishers.” This got me to thinking about how do we do personal evangelism in the 21st century …
At the bus stop where I was wasting time, a friendly evangelist took the time to talk with strangers, a form of evangelism often called contact evangelism. I watched and observed and wondered — would I like to be talked to in this manner? How to destroy the moment. I admire the woman for taking …
Each Christian has a personal story of how he/she came to know Jesus in a personal, life-changing way. You can use your personal testimony to spread the Gospel of Christ in personal evangelism. Make sure you avoid the cheesy clichés – be authentic. 1. Use your testimony. You have both current stories of God’s work …
