Staying Connected in a Time of Social Distancing
…those who are isolated and maintain an ongoing spiritual presence says F. Douglas Powe Jr., Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, and James C. Logan, Chair of Evangelism…
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Episode 40: “You’re Already Doing It” featuring Kevin Harney
How is your congregation practicing evangelism? In this episode we speak with Kevin Harney about ways to improve your church’s organic outreach to connect better with those outside of your…
4 Capacities Needed to Multiply Your Church’s Ministry
…others directly impact the strength of your evangelism muscle. Characteristics of congregations with healthy, dynamic relationships include: The practice of strong welcoming behaviors — more than a program but a…
Fruitful Meetings Are About the Right Questions
…suggestions about relocating it to a downtown park location and converting into an evangelism opportunity instead of an insider event. By writing the item as a question, such as “How…
4 Key Lessons for Vital Small Church Ministry
…opportunities to share their gifts both inside and outside the church. 3. Outwardly focused community ministry can be a means of evangelism. It’s easy for a small congregation to become…
Breakthrough: Trusting God for Big Change in Your Church — An In-Depth Interview with Dawn Weaks
…(which we get a lot of). Seeing them offer that welcome, invitation, and attention to evangelism did my heart good every Sunday. We had people who came and joined us…
“Doing Justice Together” featuring Michael Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand
…Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand share with us a practical framework for doing justice together that reimagines discipleship, leadership, and evangelism as tools for change. Listen on Apple Podcasts…
8 Strategies for Reaching and Developing Gen Z
How can congregations build meaningful connections with young adults? Brandi Nicole Williams, Director for the African American Church Evangelism Institute, offers eight practical strategies for bridging the generational gap and…
Preaching in the Wake of Mass Trauma: An In-Depth Interview with Kimberly Wagner
…evangelism. So, I’m wondering if there isn’t a much broader audience for preaching in the wake of traumatic events than the congregation typically gathered on a Sunday morning? And how…
4 Key Characteristics of Missional Congregations
…C. Logan Chair in Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) at Wesley Theological Seminary. Missional congregations must be connected to their context, bound as a community by a common story,…
How Can the Church Respond to the Rise of the Nones?
…and cannot change Let’s begin with the things that cannot be changed. I think that no matter how effective the church was at evangelism or missions or community service over…
Sustaining While Disrupting
…become an either/or situation. Presenters Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Powe Jr. is director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism (an E. Stanley…
Sustaining While Disrupting
…F. Douglas Powe Jr. is director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) and Professor of Urban Ministry…
Telling Your Faith Story
…Church Can Thrive: Making the Connections that Build Healthy Congregations (Abingdon Press, 2003) by Harold Percy. Available at Cokesbury and Amazon. Related Resources 5 Essential Qualities of Effective Evangelism by…
Top Lewis Center Resources of 2022
…Knowing God Tags Change | Community Outreach | Evangelism | Funding | Leadership | Leadership Best Practices | Leading Ideas Talks Podcast | Reach New Disciples | Stewardship | Worship…
5 Trends Impacting Church Leadership for 2023
…Amy Kubichek Relationships Are the Key Ingredient in Successful Outreach by Doug Powe “Bivocational by Choice,” a Leading Ideas Talks podcast episode featuring Ben Connelly Hybrid Evangelism: The New Reality…
Improving Worship Attendance in a Post-Pandemic World
…is director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) and Professor of Urban Ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary….
Church on the Move
…in the exurbs, in the suburbs. Ann Michel: You present your vision of connecting with the community through the lenses of evangelism and community relations. But your ideas also have…
4 Ways A Weekday Childcare Webpage Can Connect Families with Your Church
…Used by permission. Related Resources Church Childcare Programs: Income Generators or Missional Opportunity? by Doug Powe 7 Ideas for Making Vacation Bible School an Evangelism Opportunity by Doug Powe The…
4 Audiences for Digital Engagement
…as many people as you can with the good news! Related Resources Hybrid Evangelism: The New Reality for Congregations, a free video from the Lewis Center 4 Keys to Moving…
Your Best Outreach Programs are Already in Place. You Just Don’t Know It.
…Church to the Community, a Lewis Center video tool kit resource Kindness is the New Evangelism by Andrew Ponder Williams Who is Looking for a Church Home? by John Zehring…
Palms in the Park on Palm Sunday
…On the day of the event, our Evangelism Team filled helium balloons printed with a smiley face, our church’s name, and the message “God loves you!” and took them around…
Church Childcare Programs: Income Generators or Missional Opportunity?
…initiate appropriate ways of building relationships. Related Resources 7 Ideas for Making Vacation Bible School an Evangelism Opportunity by Doug Powe The New Church Family by Ann A. Michel Engaging…
Tell Me About a Time
…what I truly value. It is the difference between Christianity as talk and as walk. All of us value evangelism, but when was my last spiritual conversation with a person…
Helping the World See the Church in a Different Way
…We don’t have any evangelism programs in the church, but we work hard to make the church attractive to those outside the church. We have used the proceeds of the…
The Church of the Good Air
…Out to the community and world – Mission Accepting and Assimilating people into the life of the church – Evangelism Caring for the Congregation – Congregational Care Educating for Discipleship…
Serving Our Young Adults
…Too often young adult ministry is seen only as a field of evangelism. Every mainline Protestant church I know is asking, “How can we attract more young people?” to help…
What Might Other Churches Learn from the Southern Baptist Membership Loss?
…Baptists on evangelism and conversions, but also their tendency to inflate church rolls. Pastoral success is often viewed in terms of “additions” and membership growth. The practices of keeping a…
Welcoming Newcomers to Your Congregation
…Presence of Newcomers Can Save the Church by Ann A. Michel Top 10 Learnings about Welcoming Newcomers by Keith Anderson Evangelism Today Requires New Wineskins by F. Douglas Powe, Jr….
Learning from the Mistakes of New Church Starts
…what the church’s vision should be Not having a critical mass before launching Vigorous evangelism ending after the early period No plan or people in place to work throughout the…
