Church hospitality is evangelism. Welcome ministry has a supporting role in the work of making disciples, but it is not evangelism. Does your church hospitality committee call itself something like: Evangelism Committee Evangelism and Outreach Committee Witness Committee?
Michael Green has had a tremendous influence on my ministry through his books that I read while in seminary. Michael gave the first talk at a recent confidence in the gospel event. If you have 18 spare minutes, listen to his challenge to us to be faithful to the Apostolic Gospel. Michael Green provides the keynote …
Today is part two of a series on four substitutes for Evangelism. This may sound funny coming from me, because I write so much on this topic (and even sell two ebooks). But as I’ve consulted with churches, I run into this substitute regularly. #2: Church Hospitality Ministry. In many churches, we have substituted evangelism …
In the course of my consulting and speaking at evangelism training workshops, I’ve encountered many churches that have very active outreach and community service programs: After school tutoring Shut in or Prisoner Visitation Habitat for Humanity work projects Medical outreaches for the community Participating in Crop Walks for Hunger Relief Food pantries, clinics, shelters for …
Our definition of evangelism (from the PCUSA) has both: A message to share (“joyfully sharing the good news of the sovereign love of God) A destination (“calling people to . . . . . “) The good news is the gospel. This is what gospel means in its most basic form: “good news.” However, we …
I was caught off guard. I was in class, describing my ideal job. I would be a full time evangelist, working with churches to implement evangelism programs, conduct live Evangelism Training Seminars and Workshops in a local church to keep evangelism fires hot, and conduct outreaches with the local church into a neighborhood. A student asked me: …
