 Evangelism Focus
Welcome to the new Evangelism web page! Thanks for taking the time to read and learn more about this area of your discipleship and relationship with Jesus Christ! Here you will find resources and materials made available from the Board of Missions and other sources.
Check back periodically as we update this page often. Also, keep an eye out for a new Evangelism blog or online discussion feature! In the mean time you might want to explore what we already have posted.
October Evangelism Quote
Each month we will post a quote about evangelism from a noted leader. Place your cursor over the link above and discover more!
What's Up — 2007 Membership Statistics
"Can I Hear You Now?" — George Estes
Evangelism Survey Notes
Evangelism in Japan — Iwao Satoh
Youth Mission Trip to Colombia, South America — Lynn Thomas
Is Personal Evangelism a Challenge for You? — Tom Sanders
6-weeks Study on Evangelism appropriate for Sunday School, Wednesday evenings, etc.
(Word) (PDF) Powerpoint Presentation on Methods/Styles of Evangelism
Resources and Ideas for Lent and Easter (Word) (PDF)
General Assembly Recommendations concerning Evangelism
Evangelism Resources and Services
Wedding Pastors USA - article by Tom Sanders
Billy Graham School of Evangelism - Article written by Don Winn
2006 Denominational Statistics (Word) (PDF)
Approaches to Evangelism
Workshop — Relational Evangelism through the Local Church [pdf] OR Powerpoint
Workshop — Growing Congregations [pdf] OR [Word]
Resources and Ideas for Christmas
Web Resources
Servant Evangelism —
This website is all about servant evangelism, an approach to evangelism where a simple act of kindness builds the bridge for the recipient to receive a touch of love from God. It's simple, practical, effective, inexpensive and fun!
Storyspot.com —
Storyspot is a new website for college students to explore and write about God's role in their life story, then publish to a personalized page for friends and family to see. and allows the writer to share a first-hand experience about how God has made a difference in their life. StorySpot has a writing tutorial and personal page creation wizard with hooks for photos, personalized designs, and streaming video. The site tackles tough subjects like depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, and suicide, and provides a search layer for users to read StorySpots addressing personally meaningful issues. StorySpot is a pilot project of Campus Crusade for Christ
International Bible Society — www.ibsdirect.com
International Bible Society has many resources to assist congregations in their lifestyle of evangelism. One example is the "Emmanuel God with Us" CD.
Recording artists Rebecca St. James, Chris Rice, Michael W. Smith and more perform favorite Christmas songs including “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, “Silent Night” and “Sweet Little Jesus Boy.” The CD includes an essay on the meaning of Christmas and hope-filled Scriptures (TNIV) that point to the joy of Jesus-Emmanuel. Your church's Advent/Christmas activities along with contact information can be placed on a label and affixed to the front. A wonderful resource for members who wish to invite friends, neighbors, coworkers to church but don't know how. The CDs are $1.99 each in a case of 10 ($19.90).
Evangelism Connections — www.evangelismconnections.org
Evangelism Connections is an ecumenical partnership whose aim is to help people and churches engage in effective evangelism. This website is designed to be a place of information, support, insight into what is working (best practices). It is designed for anyone, clergy or lay, interested in evangelism and looking for resources that will help them understand more fully what the Bible requires of us. Evangelism Connections' goal is to provide information that will assist persons in sharing the grace of God and the salvation of Jesus Christ with others and encourage persons as individuals and as churches to awaken to the many opportunities encountered each day to be an evangelist.
Precept.Inc. —www.perceptgroup.com
Percept Inc provides professional specialized
demographic services for churches and judicatories. This is the resources the
Board of Missions uses for church consultations and new church development
projects. Churches interested in such a study may get a bit of a price break by
asking the Board of Missions to place the order for them, then reimburse the
Board. The typical price is $305 for a study.
The Association of Religion Data Archives — www.thearda.com
TheArda
gives free
access to quantitative information on religious life in the USA.
Congregations, denominations and church 'adherent' figures are available for
all counties in the USA and many cities, as well as numbers of 'unclaimed'
persons, that is, those who claim no church affiliation.
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