Evangelism

“a growing number of church attendees in the U.S. are embracing prosperity gospel teachings as if they reflect genuine Christianity. The study compares beliefs to a similar study in 2017 and shows several alarming trends.” - Lifeway

If “you only think of confrontational conversations, short-term intense efforts to guide non-Christians into instant conversions… then you have a pretty narrow, unrealistic, and inefficient view of evangelism.” - Word by Word

“We have responses from tens of thousands of church members across the nation. The data below is from the last five years and represents multiple denominations.” - Church Answers

“ ‘I see that hand. I see that one, too.’ And you’re thinking, ‘Wait, no you don’t. No one is raising their hand.’” - Lifeway

“2024 will also mark the 50th anniversary of the First Lausanne Congress, which saw the release of The Lausanne Covenant… one of the most significant documents in modern church history, serving as a rallying cry and commitment for evangelicals around the world.” - TGC

“Located in all 50 American states and in most countries around the world, CEF’s newly-established goal is to minister to 100 million children each year globally with the Gospel in the near future.” - CPost

“…single assembly reduces your options. When your building is at capacity, you simply have to send members elsewhere or start a building project. Maybe you strategically send members to a struggling, like-minded church down the road.” - 9 Marks

“65 percent of people of no faith personally know someone who follows Jesus, and 45 percent say such a peer has talked with them about their Christian faith.” - Barna

“It may seem odd to think of inclusion as a means of exclusion, yet inclusion in a community willing to call “evil good and good evil” … is a de facto exclusion because it denies the transformative decision that the Gospel requires.” - CPost