Evangelism

A church coloring book? Sure, why not? It’s a creative and accessible way to teach both children and adults about the church and its traditions. Using drawings done by artists in the congregation also honors their talents.
This month we offer five resources on evangelism.
Simple actions like nodding hello to strangers while walking around the neighborhood can create a temporary connection that brings a shared closeness. Alan Bentrup explains his version of prayer-walking evangelism in his late…
Mary Cat Young shares her advice on how to approach the subject of evangelism to millennials. How do we get millennials into our churches? By getting ourselves in a place where we can see, hear and learn from them.
Samantha Haycock found that there are quite a few transferable skills between partially-blind, online dating and talking to strangers about Jesus. Often first dates proved fertile ground to practice spreading the Good News, a…
Taylor asserts that encountering others with love and respect is to undertake “the hardest spiritual work in the world… to love the neighbor as the self”
Easter is a day of joy and celebration, an Alleluia lived. In the Rev. Lisa Fischbeck’s church, Easter service includes a celebratory, participatory dance, making it known that faith lived in the light of the Resurrection is …
Obviously, whatever we think we cannot live without is where we should spend our time and treasure. Experience shows that problems arise when these areas are not nurtured.
If you want to get better at something, you practice. That’s true for sports, or musical instruments, or spiritual disciplines.
I hope you’ve kept up in our reading of Romans. If so, we’ve been in Romans 12 this week. As I read through this chapter, I’m struck by what Paul is pointing out.
Evangelism isn’t about music. It isn’t about liturgy. It isn’t about church politics. It sure isn’t about clergy. It’s about Jesus. And everything else is secondary.
And sometimes, it’s the everyday moments when we’re encouraged to share the love of Christ. These past two weeks have provided me some out-of-the-ordinary ways to practice evangelism.
How can your church use social media to help build community and share the love of God?
Prayerfully pour your heart out over a keyboard or a pad of paper. Whether it’s a paragraph or a trilogy, whether your story involves trauma or joy, loss or success, profound experience with God or unanswered questions about …
How have you seen folks living out their faith in the midst of their everyday lives?
In the middle of May, the Church observes the custom of Rogation Days. In the spirit of this tradition, we offer five resources to help your congregation get outside and into your neighborhood.
What is important about dinner around a table with our church family, or even our community?
Relationship building is evangelism.
How does your parish engage with its surrounding community?
Attendance, and budgets, and programs are important, sure. But are those the right questions? What new questions can we start asking?