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 …
Listen in as one church tells the story of getting their Christmas events out to a few thousand people during a town Christmas event. I interview Kevin Cunningham, outreach pastor of a church in Nashua New Hampshire, a town of about 80,000.
Here is a sample Christmas Party icebreaker and conversational guide that is similar to the one found on page 38 of Christmas Party Games from Creative Youth Ideas. You can use this icebreaker as a Christmas party game for adults, for youth, and for kids. You can probably find this party game for Christmas everywhere …
Have you ever been “sandbagged” at a party where the organizer had a hidden agenda? To sandbag your Christmas party guests is to unexpectedly thrust your guests into a socially awkward or highly uncomfortable situation where they are unable to escape, metaphorically speaking.
“How do you find forgiveness?” This was a question my neighbor asks while we visit at the poolside on a spring day. While our kids are splashing, shouting, screaming, laughing and diving into the water, my friend talks with me about deep issues of the heart. How did we get to this point? How did …
You’ve probably seen it: An opening in a conversation when a non Christian expresses their spiritual insight, or opens up about some restlessness in their heart. Then well-meaning Christians become a one-way torrent of gospel information about what a person needs to believe and why other religions are wrong. Or maybe you’ve seen this: Your …
Over the years, I’ve developed an ability to hear spiritual thirst in a conversation. Spiritual thirst is what allows me to have normal conversations about my faith and the spiritual journey of the other person. It’s their thirst that propels them to find solutions in Christ. The concept of spiritual thirst has become a foundational …
Has your church plateaued in its evangelistic effectiveness? Perhaps, your church has stalled out in its evangelistic passion. People are not coming to faith and your members are not really engaging people into finding faith in Christ. The life-saving station has become the club of comfort. Yet, other churches continue to grow year after year. …
I’ve coached enough pastors and done enough seminars to know that one challenge that many of you face is finding it easy to talk about your faith in Christ. How do you find someone who is spiritually thirsty? How can you help someone on the next step of their spiritual journey towards Christ? I’ve asked author …
By popular demand, I’ve been asked to make all three webinars with Gary Rohrmayer available. Over the years, I’ve developed an ability to hear spiritual thirst in a conversation. Spiritual thirst is what allows me to have normal conversations about my faith and the spiritual journey of the other person. It’s their thirst that propels …
Moving a conversation around to spiritual things can be the most difficult part of witnessing. We can talk freely with our friends about many subjects, but are at a loss when we want to bridge the gap between everyday life and the Lord. What does driving to work every morning or playing golf or washing …
Jesus tells us another parable about the kingdom of heaven in Matthew 13. “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” Matthew 13:44 In contrast to the parable …
Check out this list of how members of one of my classes came to faith in Christ. “When I was 8 years old, I was invited to a bible camp for kids.” “My father helped me see my need for Jesus and I put my trust in Him.” “A friend invited me to church, and …
When I talk with some other evangelism trainers, we often encounter the question How soon do we need to share the gospel with some one? Because we believe in the radical importance of a person’s salvation, we want them to know now. But we don’t want to be a stubborn jerk or obnoxiously repulsive evangelist. …
The story of the prostitute who crashed the Pharisee’s party has often captured my attention. I’ve often wondered what triggered such an emotional response in her that she’d break all protocol and wipe the feet of Jesus with her tears. (Read more about the prostitute of Luke 7 in my sermon notes: Who do you …
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.
Darrell Davis points out how many conversations that Jesus had. Out of 132 contacts that Jesus had with people recorded in the New Testament, 6 were in the temple, 4 were in the synagogue, and 122 were out in the mainstream of life. (Adapted from Why Christians Sin, by J.K Johnson, Discovery House, 1992) As …
This is what I hear from pastors about their personal evangelism “I don’t have time for personal evangelism.” “I’m not good at doing this evangelism thing.” “I wish I could get out of the office and actually talk with people.” “I wish I had learned this in seminary.” “I have no experience in personal evangelism, …
Today’s Guest Article is from Jeffrey Johnson, author of Got Style? Personality Based Evangelism, who recently did a blog book tour (see related links at the end). See my review of Got Style at Personality Based Evangelism
Share away. These are in no particular order, but rather a list of some of the most popular sought after articles on this website regarding personal evangelism. Take the Risk, Offer to Pray. Scripts for Evangelism The power of testimony God is at work — Do you see it? Conversion Stories in the NT — …
Beyond Belief by Patrick McElroy is subtitled Live a Consistent, Spiritually Powerful life. From the back cover: “a book about breaking free from a spiritually weak life to achieve the consistently powerful one that is available to every believer. It’s a Bible Study 101 that guides reader to a greater revelation of God.”
I recently picked up and reread my copy of They like Jesus, but not the Church by Dan Kimball, in reaction to a post I read this week at the Christian Manifesto. Kimball gears his book at those who want to get out of the Christian subculture and actually engage people in spiritual conversation. Most of …
Today, I’m participating in a blog book tour for The Rabbit and the Elephant: Why Small Is the New Big for Today’s Church Tony and Felicity Dale. Others have published their entry ahead of me (see below), and a few others will follow behind. The Rabbit and the Elephant A movement of house churches is …
