Is it ever too soon to share the gospel?
When we meet someone, how long should it take to share the gospel with them?
There is a time and place for evangelism, but can it happen way too soon?
Video Discussion Starter for Church Greeters
Videos can make for great discussion starters at your gatherings for hospitality workers or church greeters. Use as a discussion starter for your next church greeter training or hospitality training meeting. I enjoyed the humor and the painfully true characterizations.
Video Discussion Starter:Imperfect
God looks at the inside not the outside. If you were to use this video as a conversation starter, what additional questions might you use? Check out this video discussion starter and then I’ll share some possible ways to use this video:
Would my Own Church Welcome my Own Friend?
Would my own church welcome my friend? Did they get the hospitality vision?
Had we been diligent in casting a vision for welcome and hospitality with our church? Suddenly, this was personal.
Here was MY friend and MY invited guest.
Video: Share your faith and Change a life
When you share your faith, there is no telling the long term effects. You will change a life, not only of your immediate friends, but the ripple affect will spread Watch this video and see.
Video: Evangelism Cannot Be Our Focus
Is it possible to be too focused on the outcomes of evangelism? It can be when evangelism is taught as a sales technique to get a sinner’s prayer. It can be when evangelism training is reduced to a set of step by step skills that are equivalent to sales techniques. Ask leading questions. Minimize …
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?
Video: Church Greeter Training Discussion Starter
Here is a practical discussion starter to use in a church greeter training meeting. The goal of the discussion starter is for your greeter team to think through ways they might respond to a person with such questions.
Another Church Invitation Video
I really like this church invitation video. I’ve used it several times in various conferences. Always gets a great laugh when the punch line is revealed. While it’s free on YouTube, you should really buy the rights to use it from SermonSpice, like I did. Honor the creators of this video with buying it. Feed …
Video: Personal Evangelism Tip – Current Stories
Today’s tip is focused on one type of personal testimony story to tell:
Video: Ten Useful Tips for New Church Greeters
Do your new church greeter volunteers need training? What about those who have been serving 20 years?
Let me challenge you to rethink your answer.
Video: Dr. Michael Green examines What is the gospel
Michael Green has had a tremendous influence on my ministry through his books that I read while in seminary. Michael gave the first talk at a recent confidence in the gospel event. If you have 18 spare minutes, listen to his challenge to us to be faithful to the Apostolic Gospel. Michael Green provides the keynote …
Video: Evangelism in the 21st Century by Nicky Gumbel
Nicky Gumbel, developer of the Alpha Course, addresses evangelism in the 21st century in this 13 minute video from the Capetown Congress. He shares his personal testimony about how the process of evangelism worked in his life. Gumbel grew up as an irreligious person. But after his roommate in university found Jesus, Gumbel set out to challenge him. In …
Evangelism Strategies Podcast and Webinar Replay
Complimentary Webinar on Evangelism Strategies, Shared in 2012
Video: What does a church greeter do?
Listen in as I’m interviewed on For more greeter videos, look for the free church greeter videos link at Church Greeter Training Videos
Book: Organic Outreach For Ordinary People
In Organic Outreach for Ordinary People: Sharing Good News Naturally, author Kevin Harney sets out to show us a way that ordinary people can do evangelism. The book offers solid theology of appropriate Bible passages specific actions steps one can take after each chapter, Questions for personal and group reflection. Kevin looks at relational evangelism …
Church Greeters can offer to pray with your guests
In this video, I shared an experience that I had with a church greeter / usher during a worship time at a conference. The experience with this person impacted me deeply, even though it occurred in 1997.
New Video: How to Organize Church Greeter Teams
New training video posted How to Organize Your Church Greeter Teams. Get your free video at
Video: Jesus VS Christians – Man on the Street Interviews
Check out this video entitled "Jesus vs Christians," a collection of man-on-street interviews. Personal evangelism doesn't have to be this difficult. The gospel should be offensive, not you.