3 Avenues of Evangelistic Prayer
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.
The Prayer Station at Faith in Action Sunday
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 …
They Like Jesus But Not The Church – A Review
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 …
Evangelism Where You Live
A way of doing ministry in which Christ followers model, encourage, and equip others to be salt and light servants where they live
A Fearless Evangelism Class
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 . . .
God’s Plan for Sharing — A Church Vision for Outreach
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 …
The Definition of Church Hospitality
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 …