evangelism online- august 2005
| By Nelson Searcy and John Troy Courtesy of The Epic Team http://www.EvangelismOnline.org Subscribe at: Subscribe.evangelismonline.org From the Editor: Welcome to the new and improved Evangelism OnLine! In addition to the graphical improvements, Evangelism OnLine is moving to a bi-weekly publishing schedule. The early edition, published on the second Tuesday of the month, will feature articles on evangelism. The late edition, published the last Tuesday of the month, will feature books and conferences. We hope both of these improvements will make Evangelism OnLine a more valuable resource and better able to assist you in reaching your community with the message of Jesus. If you found this edition helpful, please “Send to a Friend” using the link above. Evangelism Online: Church Health, Church Growth and Church Planting **EVANGELISM / CHURCH GROWTH** REACHING THE UNCHURCHED “In order to connect with the unchurched you have to have three ingredients: a knowledge of God's word; a good relationship with unchurched people; and an ability to make the leap from a world of organized faith to a world of searching faith.” - Available at: Easumbandy.com -->For more on Servant Evangelism, check out: http://www.epicteam.org/se 5 WAYS TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT YOUR CHURCH “When people visit a church, especially for the first time, they want information. They want to know where the service is, where the children meet, where the restrooms are, etc. If you will train your greeters to provide that information, people will see your ministry as being helpful and concerned about them.” |
| HOW CHRISTIANS SHARE THEIR FAITH “The Barna survey explored nine specific approaches to sharing faith in Christ with non-believers. The most prolific method was to “offer to pray with a non-Christian who was in need of encouragement or support.” Eight out of ten Christians (78%) said they had done so in the past year.” - Available at: Barna.org WHAT DID YOU SAY? According to pollster George Gallup Jr., “Americans revere the Bible, but—by and large, they don’t read it.” As a result, many don’t know what it says. . . Here are eighteen terms worth defining when talking with individuals about Jesus Christ.” - Available at: Palau.org |
| ** CULTURE ** TOM CRUISE AND BILLY GRAHAM “Here's a question for each of us: Do we hold beliefs strongly enough to face the disapproval of those who disagree? Will the culture of relativism prevail? Or has it already?” - Available at: The-next-wave-ezine.info ** LEADERSHIP ** 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FUNDING YOUR MINISTRY “Often we ask people to ‘fund the budget’. But the reality is we are asking people to give to help teach children, to provide full-time spiritual leadership for our children and teens, to help fund mission work worldwide, etc.. You need to creatively learn to connect the church budget line items with actual ministry that is touching people's lives. “ - Available at: Kluth.org THE TOP 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL CHURCHES “Churches receiving the highest number of recommendations tend to be churches that offer conferences that share leadership, organizational, staffing and ministry principles, priorities and procedures with other church leaders. Eighteen of the 20 most frequently listed churches have at least one annual conference.” - Available at: Thechurchreport.com |
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