evangelism online- june 2005
Courtesy of The Epic Team
Evangelism Online: Church Health, Church Growth and Church Planting
**EVANGELISM / CHURCH GROWTH**
EVANGELISM LARGE AND SMALL
“Team evangelism or personal evangelism? Which is in, which is out, and where should we put our energy and resources? I’m convinced we need both.”
- Available at: Willow Creek
EXAMINING THE UNCHURCHED
“Though further study is needed, it appears that one of the few open doors for discussion with the U4s is a conversation about Jesus. The mere mention of his name elicits a pause and can often move a conversation from resistant to pleasant.”
- Available at: ChristianityToday
GALLUP REVEALS SECRETS TO SUCCESSFUL CHURCHES
"Deep lasting friendships borne out of faith and nurtured in the church may be the single most effective strategy in reinvigorating the American church today."
- - Available at: Assist News
TOP 5 BOOKS FOR EVANGELISM
“Nelson Searcy, Publisher of Evangelism OnLine, ranks the Top 5 Evangelism Books still in print. At number 5, The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman”
- Available at: EPIC Team
** CULTURE **
THE CHANGELESS ‘BILLY’
“Candidly acknowledging their vulnerabilities to their own humanness and to the possibility of false appearances or wrongdoing, Billy and the team set strict basic rules to protect themselves: (1) Keep in close proximity to one another on the road; and (2) never, for any reason, be alone with a woman, however pure the intent.”
- Available at: The Church Report
** LEADERSHIP **
HOW TO ALTAR MY LEADERSHIP EGO
“Ken Blanchard admits, ‘Altar is not a spelling error, but rather a call to place your ego on the altar of obedience.’”
- Available at: Resource Foundation
For more on Leadership from Ken Blanchard, check out “Servant Leader” at Amazon
STATE OF THE CHURCH 2005: A SUMMARY
“When all of the atheists, agnostics and adults associated with non-Christian faith groups are combined, they are only half as numerous as the born again segment (21% compared to 40% respectively). The remaining body of people – 39% of the nation’s adult population – is what Barna categorizes as “notional Christians” – people who consider themselves to be Christian but are not born again. For more than a decade, the sizes of the born again and notional segments have been roughly equivalent.”
- - Available at: Barna.Org
**BOOKS**
101 WAYS TO REACH YOUR COMMUNITY (Buy Now)
by Steve Sjogren
Although many Christians genuinely want to share Christ with others, their efforts at evangelism often leave them feeling frustrated and guilty. As a pastor, author Steve Sjogren loved to do evangelism, but noticed that most members of his congregation didn't share his enthusiasm-in spite of their desire to share the gospel. So he began experimenting with a simple approach to outreach called "servant evangelism" that allowed any believer-regardless of gifting-to be involved in sharing God's love with others. This book is a collection of 101 ways that Christians can reach out to those around them.
SERVANT LEADER (Buy Now)
By Ken Blanchard, Phil Hodges
Best-selling author of The One-Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard, along with Phil Hodges, reveals the meaning of servant leadership modeled after Jesus Christ. Based on Blanchard's and Hodges' Faith Walk seminars, business leaders come to realize that teams are more powerful than the sum of the individuals and to recognize their people as appreciating assets.
Servant Leader summarizes the Four Dimensions of Leadership: the head (leadership assumptions and methods), the hands (application and leadership behavior), the heart (edging God out), the habits (solitude, prayer, study of scripture, unconditional love, etc.).
**FEATURED CONFERENCES**
LAUNCHING A PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH
July 26 – 27, 2005 * Ocala, Florida
Church Planting Conference with Ron Sylvia and Nelson Searcy
More Information at PurposeDriven.com
JOURNEY LEADERSHIP SEMINARS WITH NELSON SEARCY
Thursday, June 30, 2005
- Seminar 1: Designing A Successful Strategy
- Seminar 2: Building A Church Of Small Groups
- Successful Services… Successful Small Groups… Successful Life Change…
- It all begins with… A SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY
- Do you feel like you are starting from scratch with each new program or endeavor? Are you constantly reinventing the wheel?
Join Nelson Searcy and The Journey on June 30th for a day of teaching on the importance of applied strategy!
Church environments where God can move do not happen by default. They are developed through specific strategy. As founding and senior pastor of The Journey Church of the City in New York (www.nyjourney.com), church planter and strategy coach Nelson Searcy has seen the fruit that comes with implementing a Biblical church strategy. On June 30th, he would like to share these essential strategy principles with you!
Register online today at EPIC Teams!
**FEATURED CHURCH SITE**
- Seacoast Church: One Church, Many Locations, SC
- http://www.seacoastchurch.org/
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