What Are People of No Faith Looking for in Faith Conversations?
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“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
How inclusivity affects the Church and repentance
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“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
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7 Reasons Why Your Church Should Engage in Door-to-Door Evangelism
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“Door-to-door evangelism tends to get a bad rap… in our experience, the people in our community have responded positively. At about half of the homes we visit, someone answers the door and a positive conversation ensues.” - 9 Marks
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Barna: Pastors, Christians in general, non-Christians differ on the role of the church in the community
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“Eighty-four percent of pastors say the local church’s role in community is to ‘tell others about Jesus’” vs. 58% of Christians and 30% of non-Christians. - Barna
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Let’s Help Each Other Gain Hope about Non-believing Loved Ones
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“Just over two years ago now, I baptized my 79-year-old mother after we had prayed for her for 47 years.” - Chuck Lawless
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Who Needs Missionaries? (It’s Not Just the ‘Unreached’)
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“if, as Paul explained, some labor where others have sown, we can’t limit the church’s mission to pioneer work among the unreached.” - TGC
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One Reason Personal Evangelism’s More Difficult These Days
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“it’s increasingly difficult to talk to anyone when everybody is wearing headphones or ear pods…We communicate via texts—and even then often without complete words. In fact, we speak with emojis quite often” - Chuck Lawless
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Professions of Faith at Crusades: Good News or Reason for Doubt?
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“…there will always be those who aren’t really regenerated. Likewise, there will always those who WILL be.” - Randy Alcorn
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Should We Still Use Gospel Tracts?
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“Evangelism is central to the church’s mission. But some methods are decidedly more effective than others.” - Kainos
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An Evangelistic Approach: Addressing the Sinner’s Hope
In a previous blog post, we evaluated a few common approaches Christians use when communicating the gospel. There were two main concerns that I expressed about some of these approaches. First, the gospel can unintentionally be presented as a means to a self-centered end. Secondly, these approaches assume that the listener has a Biblical framework to process gospel truth. We can’t presume, however, that people understand what we mean when we talk about God, sin, Jesus, repentance, or faith.
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