Evangelism Resources

An article at ChristianityToday.com explains challenges surrounding outreach efforts at the Beijing Olympic Games. Legal restrictions put in place by the Chinese government forbids passing out Christian literature, holding Christian ceremonies or rallies, or holding any other organized Christian event. Many Christian organizations in the United States are still making an effort, however, by encouraging Christian athletes to talk to fellow athletes about their faith.

¿Alguna vez intentó hablar con alguien sobre su fe y no encontró las palabras indicadas? De ser así, entonces Sendas hacia Cristo es lo que usted necesita.

Una guía de utilización de este recurso está disponible en GBOD:

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Considere el estudio de los cuatro librillos de la colección Sendas hacia Cristo en el siguiente orden:

La Junta General de Discipulado ofrece este manual como una descarga capaz de archivo PDF. El manual ofrece sugirió recursos, así como en pequeños grupos período de sesiones se describen las preguntas y el debate.

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Originally published at Offering Christ Today Online , a publication of GBOD

We are approaching the beginning of a new year in the Christian calendar. Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Christ again into our world and into our lives — for some, maybe the coming of Christ for the first time. We look to Christmas when God came in Christ Jesus as Emmanuel, God with us. What a gift — this time of year when we remember again and focus on the message of the angels:

by Daniel Benedict
Originally published at www.GBOD.org/worship

Most congregations find they have to dust off the back pews on Christmas Eve. A lot of people show up for what is both a major feast of the church and a major cultural holiday. The following are some rather unsystematic suggestions for extending hospitality to all on Christmas Eve and at any other times that God welcomes strangers:

The General Board of Discipleship offers this manual as a dowload-able PDF file. The manual offers suggested resources as well as small-group session outlines and discussion questions.

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By: Robert Schnase
Publisher: Abingdon Press (2007)

This book outlines for clergy and lay leadership practices for becoming a more outreach and mission-oriented church faithful to making disciples for Jesus Christ.

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations author: Robert Schnase asin: 0687645409

Bishop Scott Jones of the Kansas-West Annual Conference shares insights on how congregations can be more evangelistically effective in his 20 Components of an Evangelistically Effective Congregation available as a download-able PDF file.

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Obispo Scott Jones de la Kansas-oeste Conferencia Anual comparte ideas acerca de cómo las congregaciones pueden ser más eficaces en la evangelización en su artículo Comonentes de una Congregacion Evangelisticament Efectiva. Descargue el artículo a continuación.

Artículo publicado originalmente en www.kswestumc.org.

Bishop Scott Jones of the Kansas-West Annual Conference shares insights on how congregations can be more evangelistically effective in his Congregational Evangelism Workbook in a download-able PDF file.

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Bishop Scott Jones of the Kansas-West Annual Conference created a DVD series the coaches the local church to becoming Evangelistically Effective Congregations. The series includes three DVDs.

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“Evil. The very word has the power to conjure up a sense of threat and make us stop and wonder. Why is there evil? What is it exactly? Where does it come from?

The General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church offers at various times and locations Walk to Emmaus, a spiritual formation event to help develop leaders and disciples of Christ. The program encourages those who attend to seriously consider Jesus' model of servanthood and how they too can be a servant to others in their daily lives.

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A blog post at EvangelismCoach.org shares the best way NOT to welcome a visitor to your congregation.

Most churches have an unofficial dress code that visitors don’t know. When a visitor appears to break the dress code, how does your church react?

Does your reaction help the mission of evangelism, or does it create an environment that is hostile to evangelism? ...

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Chris Forbes of MinistryMarketingCoach.com posits that social networking can be an invaluable tool for pastors and lay leaders to build relationships with parishoners and non-parishoners outside the traditional means of communication.

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