Would you like your church to lead more people to Jesus? You can see your church become more gospel-minded using these eight ways to preach to reach your city. There are a lot of ways to help your church be more evangelistic, but the foremost is you, leading from the pulpit. Every week, more people […]
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10 Proven Strategies for an Effective Evangelism System
Your church can be used by God to lead people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It doesn’t happen by accident, though. All of heaven is cheering for the evangelistic fervor and effectiveness of your church, but your actions make a difference. After twenty-five years of experience I can say that reaching people for […]
Get the Best Outreach and Evangelism Ideas from the Fastest Growing Churches
You can learn from best practices of churches succeeding in outreach and evangelism… and see what God might want to do in your city. The Outreach Summit is a gathering of pastors of the fastest growing churches– plus leading church thinkers – that focuses on outreach, evangelism, and best practices of healthy, growing churches. It’s […]
3 Simple Steps that will Make your Church More Evangelistic
You can see your church more evangelistic and effective. Pastor, the truth about you is: you are one of the most important people in your community – maybe the most important person. You are God’s messenger and direction-setter for the people of your church. And your church (along with others in your area) is the only […]
How to Preach a Powerful Altar Call
Do you struggle to see people come to Christ in your church? Maybe your church is one of the 9 out of 10 churches that aren’t leading people to Jesus. Would you like to be in the 10% of churches that are seeing growth by salvations? If so, one of the most important skills you must master as […]
How to Lead 48,000 People to Jesus
He has room to talk. Under the leadership of Rick Warren, Saddleback Church has baptized 48,700 people. Equally impressive: 78% of the church came to Christ at Saddleback. The numbers are so big, you may not relate. You’re just hoping for a couple of new families. It’s been awhile since anyone came to Christ at your church. […]
Will More Invitations Result in More Salvations?
For a long time I’ve wondered if there is a relationship between the number of salvations a church experiences and the number of times it offers salvation invitations. We’ll never know for sure, but I’m conducting an experiment this year. My friend Ron Forseth, the long-time force behind SermonCentral.com, recently challenged me to offer an invitation […]
How to Win People to Jesus by Answering their Questions
Years ago, a lady who didn’t attend church made an appointment to see me. She had questions and thought a pastor could answer them. Her biggest question was, “If there is a God, why is there so much suffering in this world?” It’s everybody’s biggest question. We talked awhile. I gave her an answer, but […]