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 …
There is no single solution for the small church pastor. These are simply some evangelism and growth ideas that have been tried and found effective.
5 Lessons I learned about church planting from planting two churches.
Zondervan has placed the NIV Application Commentary Series on sale for only $4.99 each through May 20, 2013. I have this entire collection in hardback, and rejoice that they’ve thrown this to the kindle on a deep discount. The first column is for the US Market. The second is for Canadians. This is a flash …
As a church leader, what if you don’t excel in personal evangelism? Can your congregation still enjoy conversion growth? Watch these three pastors in this 10-minute video about how churches can grow in evangelism. Darrin Patrick, Mark Dever and Matt Chandler spend some time talking about their different evangelism approaches. You might like these books …
Recently, I was asked via Ask EvangelismCoach about ways to increase the number of invitations to church that members give to their network of friends. Review these posts to get on board with some of the answers More church invitations: Friends and Family Get More Church Invitations: Prayer I want you to come to my …
Outreach Magazine compiled a list of 33 influential books in the March 2012 edition. “Whether you are aspiring to evangelize more effectively, exploring the nuances of ‘missional’ in your life and your church, looking for a great small group curriculum, or just wanting to expand your ministry knowledge in general, we want to help you …
Christmas is a time to bring healing, a time to make amends, and a time to start over.
It is possible that an invitation to church might bring that healing.
Consider these 4 ways to invite them back.
Earlier in October of 2011 I taught a class to pastors in the only seminary in Barquisimeto Venezuela. The Wesleyan Seminary of Venezuela (founded by a United Methodist Church in Georgia) has established a ministry school in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto. It provides continuing academic training for current pastors, church planters and those …
A regular question I get is "How do you grow a small church?" "How do I grow small church numbers?" We were a small church, made up primarily of immigrants from other countries. Here are 5 steps we are implementing to grow that total number to 70.
In a discussion group I am a part of, a small church pastor asked the group for advise on how to grow a small church. Well meaning Christians threw out all sorts of cliches that lack substance, even if they are true: Pray Follow God Get back to the Bible Don’t follow man’s ways Just …
Yesterday, we had a great webinar with Paul Steinbrueck of OurChurch.com on social media for church planters and pastors. Given that many of our sign-ups were just at the beginning stages of using social media, Paul outlines how social media fits in church communication and some basic checklists about how to use social media.
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. …
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 …
I get to talk alot with pastors at conferences I give or attend, and often on the telephone as well about some of their challenges with personal evangelism. As mentioned in the last post, this is what I hear from pastors about their personal evangelism “I don’t have time for personal evangelism.” “I’m not good …
A frequent question I receive is how do pastors regularly cast a vision for hospitality ministries for the church. Particularly when they are in charge of casting vision for everything. So I want to share with you another practice for growing your church’s hospitality. (Read Practice #1: Review your Church Hospitality Ministries) Practice #2: Regularly …
Here is the whole series in a nutshell. . .. How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #1 – Personal Involvement How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #2 – Testimonies of Life Change How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #3 – Challenge your Staff How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #4 – Increase Invitations to Worship How Pastors Can Lead …
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, …
4 keys on how to implement a plan for evangelism in your church
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
I’ve interacted with many of you who have declared that this year will be the “Year of Evangelism” within your church. One aspect of developing that vision is giving sermons on Evangelism, or developing a sermon series. Abraham Lincoln is reported to have said “It wasn’t a great sermon because the preacher didn’t ask me …
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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 …
Several years ago, I was challenged as a youth pastor to give my leadership away — delegate, delegate, and delegate. The challenger warned me that I could only reach so many people, but if I delegated and empowered, I could lead larger ministries with longer reaches and greater sustainability. The challenger mentioned that my personal …
