Church Steps Outreach Material Updated
I just updated the “Church Steps” outreach material page on the blog Church Steps Outreach One of the biggest questions people have when faced with blazing a trail into a new (or old but forgotten) arena is what can this look like? If you can help people see what something can look like you remove […]
Outreach – Things Are Finally Starting to Click
Several months ago we started to organize our outreach on Wednesday night (read more about the approach here). We have always had a lot of visitors at Northwest but since we started doing this, we have had a ton of first time visitors, pretty much every week. We have also had a lot of people […]
Helping Christians Become More Evangelistic
A modern worldview fixes everything with information. The problem is, that doesn’t work. You know this already. You know the tendency…that when a problem arises (people aren’t evangelistic enough) that the solution is always the same (have more lessons on it). And if people don’t get it, what do we do then? Teach it even […]
Three Verses and One Question to Motivate Outreach
Luke 6:46 – “Why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not do what I say?” Matthew 28:18-20 – “18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son […]
The Vast Majority of Lost People Will Need A Bold Christian To Initiate the Conversation
There are those rare occasions when someone comes up to you with someone who is hungry for God and who wants to study. Everything is all lined up, the person has the desire and you just have to lay things out for them. It is always awesome when things work out that way. The problem […]
Are We Using Our Evangelists?
Many congregations offer little opportunity to use their evangelistically minded people. It was Lifeway or Rainer who said roughly 2% of church goers are actively inviting people. Since studying with someone can be even more intimidating than inviting them, I would guess the % of people studying with a non-Christian is even smaller. It is no […]
Was This Written in 1962 or 2012?
“The thoughtful Christian will admit that in these days the church is not leading the number of people to Christ that it should…Is there a cause for this failure? Can we find a [solution]? Surely there must be both…The failure is due to a lack of effort after any method. The solution must be found […]
Updated Jesus 101 Study
I have made revisions to the Jesus 101 study and wanted to let you know that and post the new pdf. This is the evangelistic study of Mark that we put together here at Northwest so that we can start getting more people engaged in Bible study with non-Christians. So far this study has been […]
Why Did the Early Church Have Explosive Growth?
We don’t know exactly how many followers Jesus had when he ascended into heaven. In 1 Corinthians 15:6 Paul tells us that Jesus appeared to over 500 of his followers. Then in Acts 2 Peter preaches and 3000 more are baptized. In his book The Forgotten Ways Handbook, Alan Hirsch says that by the year […]
Evangelism’s Two-fold Purpose…It’s Actually Happening!
Over the past few months I have been writing about our new evangelistic push at Northwest we are calling Church Steps. One of the things that has become clear is that evangelism has two purposes. One is the stated purpose of evangelism itself – reaching lost people. The second is the product of the process […]