Many people encounter obstacles in their personal evangelism.
I know I have.
Here are some insights from my own personal journals of the obstacles in personal evangelism I have to overcome.
39 days of personal evangelism tips that anyone can do and easy implement into their daily life.
"But I am so afraid to start a conversation," confessed a pastor. "I have non-Christian friends, and spend time with them, but I'm so afraid of ruining my friendship."
Does that describe you, even if you are not a pastor? From the seminars I give around the US and in Latin America, this is a common fear. So to address this fear, let me throw out my list of 7 Habits for Highly Effective Personal Evangelism (updated post).
William Wilberforce, the British abolitionist, had some habits of personal evangelism that we can mimic today. I've been reading his biography by Eric Metaxas and found this description in Chapter 15.
How has Jesus changed your life? What difference has following Jesus made? This "so what" story is faith story number 4 in our series in Four Stories every Christian must know.
Today’s tip is focused on one type of personal testimony story to tell:
In the video, I answer a reader question about how to find the best evangelism training course for your local church. Listen in:
Earlier in October of 2011 I taught a class to pastors in the only seminary in Barquisimeto Venezuela. The Wesleyan Seminary of Venezuela (founded by a United Methodist Church in Georgia) has established a ministry school in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto. It provides continuing academic training for current pastors, church planters and those …
What is evangelistic preaching, if not to give an invitation to follow Christ? Is evangelistic preaching complete if we don't give that invitation?
There was a little poll on the sidebar that you can answer with two clicks of the mouse. This first one was a really small sample of readers. These are not meant to be scientific polls by any means. Here are the results of our first one. What Hinders Your Personal Evangelism? Fear (56%, 9 …
In our personal evangelism seminars, I have found that most participants have heard of a particular gospel script and think they know how to use it. In fact, if you are an evangelism trainer, you can use this exercise to help the audience discover that they need to work on knowing a gospel presentation. I …
One church, Solana Beach Presbyterian in Solana Beach California, has an effective small group ministry. One thing they are doing a little different this year (2008) is using their small groups to help people grow comfortable in doing evangelism — a place to practice telling their stories — “stories that testify to why they have …
Check out this video entitled “Jesus vs Christians,” a collection of man-on-street interviews.
