Evangelism

Loving and Listening to Doubters

Over the past decade of setting tables where skeptics and churchgoers sit side by side, I’ve gathered a few hard-earned insights about the art of loving those who see the world differently.

100 Creative Ministry Outreach Ideas for Every Size, Budget, and Neighborhood

100 creative ministry outreach ideas that will work in your church — from community events and compassion ministries to online engagement and family outreach.

6 Ways to Be Salt and Light to the World

Christians and church leaders can live out Jesus’ call to be salt and light—showing love and grace, boldly serving and sharing the gospel, and inspiring hope.

Jesus in the Workplace: How Faith Mixes With Work—Part 1

Ed Stetzer: "When we begin to see our jobs as critical to God’s plan for our lives, the gospel can be preached more robustly."

Jesus in the Workplace: How Faith Mixes With Work—Part 2

Ed Stetzer: "Many people look to Christian education as a way to guard their children and to isolate them from secular ideologies."

3 Ways to Disagree With Nonbelievers

"We should desire real discourse for the good of the causes we believe in and for the good of the world that we care to convince."

Cutting-Edge Florida Church Network Rediscovers the Life of Mission

“If you want people to live in a different way, you have to promise them change—the possibility of a different kind of church.”

Vanishing Evangelism: The Sobering Case of Church Plants and Evangelism

“Two-thirds of church plants have mostly connected with people who were already a part of a church.”

BLESS: A 5-Step Path to Relational Evangelism

"For the formerly unchurched, relationships played a part in 57 percent of the decisions to return to the church."

‘Why Me?’ An Atheist and Drug Addict Finds God

“I was not seeking God. I was not calling out to him or even thinking about God. For God to do that for me is crazy."

7 Things Google Teaches Us About American Evangelism

Thom Rainer: "Disobedience to the Great Commission is not the best approach to lead a church to health and growth."