As a family, we are getting involved with a new church plant here in our city. Lots has been written about launching a church. I’ve already spent 5 years of my ministry life launching one. One strategy to grow the church we using: prayer. Making a prayer list Here is how we made a prayer …
I recently watched a visual parable that demonstrates the role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism. It’s the film: Flywheel. The story follows the awakening faith of the central character, a used car salesman. Along the way, you see moments that when tied together cause a crisis of faith, which leads the man to offer …
Take a look at this list. As you think through your 2009 goals as a church, use this checklist to help you plan your evangelism strategy. What can increase your focus on attention on evangelism/missions? What evangelism tools can cause you to think outside the box? What does your heart desires for reaching your …
I truly believe that prayer opens conversational doors. One of the principles that I put forth in my Fear Free Evangelism Seminar is that when you pray, evangelism stuff happens. Conversations appear. You don’t have to force a conversation. Conversations about faith simply show up. The challenge is then how to listen to their spiritual …
Later in December, I will give a talk on helping churches evangelize in areas of extreme poverty, with lots of high-risk or at-risk children. At-risk or high-risk is defined locally as children who are Abused Addicted Abandoned Children of an addicted parent. Fourteen churches want to send their pastors and children’s workers to a day …
Today’s guest post is from Robert Shaw, Pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Winfield Indiana. I’ve met Robert at the Evangelism Conference for the PCUSA last year, and ran into him again at the transformation pastors conference that just ended in St. Pete’s Beach in FL. He shares with us some of the things that …
Last evening, I spent time in some personal evangelism training, coaching another person in their evangelism skills, and helping them discover an insight their personal evangelism. It was an informal evangelism training conversation, and the person felt jazzed about what he has been learning and discovering. He left prepared for the evangelism conversations he expected …
Many of us know people who seem to have a simple time sharing their faith. When we think of the successful evangelists we know, many seem like easy and out going extroverts, who have no problem talking to strangers, or causally talking about faith with everyone at the family reunion. No fear in them at …
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 …
Recently, in late July, I was in Volcán Panama, teaching evangelism training workshops at the mission base of Operation Mobilization Panama. Missionaries from 6 different countries had come to Volcán Panama for two months of working with the local church. To double up the use of the time, I also had the opportunity to do …
I remember a model of evangelism that felt like a sales pitch. I would attend a seminar and learn the newest script for evangelism. The idea is that I would learn a series of conversational steps that would help people See their need for Jesus Make a decision to follow Christ Repeat a prayer after …
The last two posts (part I and part II) shared common practices on welcoming visitors to church. Here are 20 blunders I’ve seen churches make in greeting visitors to church. Feel free to add your own in the mix (use the comments below). No One Said Hello. Bad breath. 20 question doctrinal exam to make …
Church Hospitality is not evangelism. I’ve written in the past about the connection between Christian Hospitality and Evangelism, particularly as to the connection to welcoming first time visitors. I’ve published stories of being a first time church visitor and experiences of welcoming church visitors: No One Said Hello I can’t silence the pain. I want …
Coming up in a few weeks, I’ll be teaching at a missions base in the Far west of Panama. I’ll be training missionaries in their concentrated lecture phase before they begin a 6 week outreach working in partnership with local churches among some of the unreached groups in Panama. This has led me to reflect …
Evangelism Training in the local church helps believers to better share their faith
In doing research for this series on gospel scripts, I found another outline called FAITH. It seems pretty good and could be a simple tool to share your faith. Scripts are not automatic The purpose of a script is to provide you an outline to share your faith when the Lord provides the opportunity. You …
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James Choung has written a few books on explaining the Christian Faith. On of the issues that he tackles is updating or improving the Bridge Illustration. The whole article is here at The Big Story | Tell It Slant . “Choung’s ‘napkin theology’ and its ‘four-worlds’ diagram promise to be for evangelism in the twenty-first …
In addition to our one-to-one evangelism coaching and mentoring services, EvangelismCoach.org provides services as an evangelism consultant and trainer to come along side local church sessions, presbyteries, other governing bodies or judicatories. We want to encourage through training and motivating people to become more confident about sharing their faith and as a consequence helping them …
What is the role of the Holy Spirit in personal evangelism? We know that God’s Spirit is at work in us as believers. The Holy Spirit: Renews us Regenerates us Trains us, Teaches us, and Transforms us. But, I also want to point out the role of the Holy Spirit to prepares the way for …
Tactful spiritual conversation starter questions can open the doors to significant life changing conversations. Check out these 20 conversation starter questions for conversations about Christianity, Jesus and a relationship with God.
The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism issued a report from their 2004 gathering on the work of prayer and evangelism. It is a 52 page downloadable PDF direct from the Lausanne website. Here is the table of contents: Introduction Theology and motivation of prayer in evangelism Principles and guidelines of prayer in evangelism Spiritual warfare …
I just finished reading Nick Pollard’s Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult: How to Interest People who Aren’t Already Interested (order your copy direct from Amazon). Nick is a full time evangelist and speaker who lives in Great Britain. With cover endorsements from Josh McDowell, George Verwer, and Lesslie Newbigin, I figured it would be a …
