Motives: The Why Behind Evangelism
What is your motivation for Personal Evangelism? What motivates you to share your faith? Check out some of the motives I've encountered
10 Devotional Questions about Your Evangelism
Use these 10 Devotional Questions for self-reflection on your personal evangelism habits.
These questions will help keep your passion for personal evangelism fueled up.
Book Review: A Plan to Revitalize a Church’s Passion for Evangelism
One frustrating problem for small church pastors is leading a church that has no desire to share their faith. How does that pastor begin to change that and overcome the natural resistance to personal evangelism? If a pastor had no training in personal evangelism (which is likely if the church is a mainline denomination), then …
The urgency of the gospel in personal evangelism
A driving force behind personal evangelism is a sense of urgency. Without a sense of urgency, evangelism loses one of its core motivations. Without a sense of urgency, the persecutions that believers suffer for the sake of the gospel becomes something to be avoided. The urgency of the gospel has propelled missionaries to all corners …
Video: How to Maintain a Passion for Evangelism
Once you light a flame, it only burns so bright. Then, without fresh fuel, it will fade. This week in my devotional time, I came across this question from Mark Mittelberg: What pours gasoline on the evangelistic fire in your heart? What do you need to do to pour on a gallon or two today?
Audio Sermon: The Forgiven Prostitute
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 …
Who do you see? Do you have the eyes of Jesus?
Yesterday, I returned from doing ministry training in Nicaragua. We worked with nearly 200 ministry leaders from 6 different Central America countries plus the United States. Our team had some plenary sessions during the training camp. Here is a summary of the message I gave the last night. These are more notes, rather than a …
3 Keys to Ignite the Evangelism Passion of a Congregation
How to raise your church's passion for personal evangelism, centered on the role that the central pastor plays in modeling, encouraging, and leading personal evangelism in the church
Evangelism as a Core Competency
Is it possible that we have forgotten to connect the "how" to the "why?" Is it possible that the "why" we give is so weak that it doesn't overcome the natural barriers to evangelism?
So Precious that I have to tell
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. 1 Peter 2:7 What is precious? I’ve been pondering this word in my devotions this week while looking at the current difficult circumstances of my life. Are the challenges I face now worth the price of my calling to follow my Savior? Is following Jesus worth …
3 Evangelism Tips for Pastors
I keep adding to the list. If you have found some tips helpful for pastors to keep their personal evangelism passion high, please send them to me via email, contact us form, or simply give me a call at 804-335-1445. See these prior posts: 5 Evangelism Tips for Pastors 4 More Evangelism Tips for Pastors …
15 ways to Keep your Evangelism Passion High
Passion to be involved in personal evangelism will fade over time. How can you keep the passion high? Here are 15 strategies I use.
8 Barriers to Effective Evangelism Communication
A few years ago, I listened to a talk given by Mark Mittelberg, who was on the staff with Willow Creek at the time. It was titled “Sharpening Your Evangelistic Edge.” Below are 8 barriers to effective evangelism communication that Mr. Mittleberg shared. If you have others to add, I’d love to hear them. Barriers …
5 Things to keep in mind to grow your evangelism passion
In an article I read at Mark Robert’s blog on missional living, there is the following: Q: “Even though you talk about ‘just being honest,’ I’m still not comfortable with the idea of sharing my faith with others. What would you suggest to help me get started?” He answered: Years ago someone admitted to me: …