A mother asked me about using tracts for evangelism.
Tracts may not always be useful in every context, but using tracts for evangelism can be a helpful conversation starter, a great seed planter, and the Holy Spirit can use it much later than the day the person received it. [Read more…] about Using Tracts for Evangelism
Personal evangelism, at least in my circles of influence, seems to be a dreaded word.
At its mention, some people feel queasy, the hairs stand on the back of their neck, people want to secretly leave the room.
On the opening night of our Listening Evangelism Conferences, one participant in Michigan simply said
“Evangelism scares us.”
Many books on personal evangelism tell stories of personal fear of evangelism.
Evangelism is scary for many, for a variety of reasons?
Why does one have to be brave?
Here is a list that I have compiled over the years of teaching workshops and seminars and the most common responses that I get to the question
“Why are you afraid of evangelism?”
Pick any blog on personal evangelism, and one will encounter a conversation over different gospel presentations.
On one hand, it’s great to be concerned about messing up. [Read more…] about 6 Different Gospel Presentations for Personal Evangelism
I consulted with the Church Hospitality Team leader of a large urban church that is developing a parking lot ministry greeter team.
Over the decades, this church has acquired neighboring parcels of land in the city to expand their campus. The end result being that there is no contiguous land parcel for one parking lot.
Instead, there are small disconnected parking lots scattered around the campus of multiple buildings.
The question we explored is how to help first time church visitors navigate the complexity of multiple parking lots when certain lots are full.
Together, we discovered two useful ideas for the Church Website: [Read more…] about 2 Church Website Pages to Help First Time Visitors
My foundation seminar is focused on personal evangelism training:
The sharing of your faith in casual conversation with one other person.
This 1-1 interaction scares a lot of people for a variety of reasons. [Read more…] about Listen: 6 Obstacles to Personal Evangelism
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