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2 Church Website Pages to Help First Time Visitors

I consulted with the Church Hospitality Team leader of a large urban church that is developing a parking lot ministry greeter team.

Over the decades, this church has acquired neighboring parcels of land in the city to expand their campus.  The end result being that there is no contiguous land parcel for one parking lot.

Instead, there are small disconnected parking lots scattered around the campus of multiple buildings.

The question we explored is how to help first time church visitors navigate the complexity of multiple parking lots when certain lots are full.

Together, we discovered two useful ideas for the Church Website: [Read more…] about 2 Church Website Pages to Help First Time Visitors

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7 Habits for Highly Effective Personal Evangelism

“But I am so afraid to start a conversation,” confessed a pastor.

“I have non-Christian friends, and spend time with them, but I’m so afraid of ruining my friendship.”

Does that describe you, even if you are not a pastor?

To address this fear, let me throw out my list of 7 Habits for Highly Effective Personal Evangelism. As I live these out, I find evangelism natural and non-destructive.

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Book Review: A Plan to Revitalize a Church’s Passion for Evangelism

Bob Farr booksOne 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 how does a pastor lead evangelism when the pastor may have very little personal experience? [Read more…] about Book Review: A Plan to Revitalize a Church’s Passion for Evangelism

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So You Are the New Pastor of a Small Church, Now What?

Were you recently appointed as the new pastor of a small church?

Over the summer, I’ve met with new pastors, freshly ordained, who have been appointed to very small churches in rural areas, or some churches in urban pockets that have been in decline for years.

What are some possible ways the small church pastor can help grow the church through evangelism? [Read more…] about So You Are the New Pastor of a Small Church, Now What?

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NIV Application Commentary Sale

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 sale and may expire at any time.  I cannot control pricing.  There are other periodic times when these commentaries are on sale. [Read more…] about NIV Application Commentary Sale

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Video: How Your Church Can Grow in Evangelism

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 for further reading:

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