Four times a year, I head to the Latin American country of Nicaragua. Saturday, April 26, 2014, I will return there again with a team from the Dunamis Institute. I invite you to pray for this teaching ministry: That God would be glorified. That my Spanish would continue to improve. That pastors would absorb the …
A reader question via Ask EvangelismCoach wonders: What are some prayer points for church growth? While there are many different avenues for intercessory prayers for church growth, let me suggest 3 avenues.
Pastors Allenn and Debbie Kemp recently led their church into a Faith in Action Sunday, following a program that has been developed by World Vision. They chose to take their regular Sunday service and move it to the front lawn of the their church — going to the streets, so to speak. Their church has …
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 …
I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community. See Part I of Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part I See Part II of Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part II This …
The foundational focus of Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community is to present a philosophy of ministry that should work its way into the DNA of a church congregation. A way of doing ministry in which Christ followers model, encourage, and equip others to be salt and light servants where they live . . …
For the next few weeks, I’m teaching in a Spanish language missions school, particularly on cross cultural conversational evangelism. Two of the opening questions I often ask are: When I think about evangelism, I feel. . .. When “evangelism” is mentioned, I begin to think . . .
The North American Mission Board is developing a new evangelism initiative to fulfill their 2020 vision of “Every Believer Sharing, Every Person Hearing.” “God’s Plan for Sharing” is meant to encourage Christians to prayerfully and thoughtfully engage in the most effective approach for making Christ known. GPS lays out four biblical mileposts to lead your …
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 …
