In Preaching Articles: "What is Evangelism?" showing 1-15 of 53

Megaphones And Soapboxes: Is Street Preaching Worth It?

By Greg Stier on May 14, 2018

Greg Stier offers insight into the effectiveness of hard-core street witnessing.

Tags: Evangelism, Witness, Preaching, What is Evangelism?

Does Street Evangelism Really Work?

By Greg Stier on Mar 27, 2018

Evangelism specialist Greg Stier discusses the veracity of street evangelism and how best to win people for Christ.

Tags: Evangelism, Salvation, Lack, Evangelism How To

How To Do Justice And Not Undermine Evangelism

By Don Carson on Apr 25, 2018

How do Christians work for justice in the world and not undermine the centrality of evangelism? Don Carson responds.

Tags: Evangelism, Preaching, Evangelism How To

How To Pastor An Evangelistic Church

By Ed Stetzer on Jan 24, 2021

Pastors, do you know what an"evangelistic church" looks like? Are you even taking the time to share the gospel?

Scripture: Ephesians 4:10, 1 Corinthians 11:1

Tags: Evangelism, leadership, challenge, Sharing Your Faith, Setting an example, evangelism, Leadership  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching And Evangelism: 20 Sermon And Worship Resources

By Sermoncentral on Jul 27, 2018

Encourage your church to live out the Great Commission every day with 20 powerful preaching and evangelism resources.

Tags: Evangelism, Worship, Preaching

Backyard Bbq Evangelism: A New, True Parable Of Outside-The-Church-Walls Ministry

By Karl Vaters on Sep 28, 2017

"Don't force people to do ministry your way. Help them with the ministry they're already passionate about."

Tags: Evangelism, Outreach, Spiritual Gifts, Body of Christ, Innovation, evangelism barriers, reaching the lost, evangelism planning, Conversational Evangelism, Unique Gifts  (view more)  (view less)

What It Really Means To Preach Grace

By Dr. Richard Ganz on Aug 31, 2018

How a chance encounter changed one pastor's preaching forever, all because of a misunderstanding.

Tags: Evangelism, Scripture, Arrogance, Share, unbeliever  (view more)  (view less)

How To Lead 48,000 People To Jesus

By Sermoncentral on Nov 21, 2016

Saddleback isn’t normal, but it is reproducible. The principles that they have used work in any size or shape of church. It just takes leaders who will listen, hear, and implement. Pray. And believe.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11

Tags: Evangelism, meeting needs, Evangelism How To, evangelism planning

Is Your Church Lying?

By Greg Stier on Mar 10, 2018

When it comes to evangelism, a mission statement can turn from big black letters on a church marquee to a little white lie that the church is telling the community.

Scripture: Acts 4:31

Tags: Evangelism, Church, Gospel, Honesty, Church General, Evangelism How To  (view more)  (view less)

3 Lessons I Learned From Jerry Rice About Preaching

By Derwin Gray on Feb 21, 2018

Evangelism Linebacker Derwin Gray talks about how he became a better preacher by admiring NFL record-holder Jerry Rice.

Scripture: Ephesians 3:16-19

Tags: Evangelism, Witness, Gospel, Sports, Preaching, football, Christian Witness, Evangelism The Lost  (view more)  (view less)

The Reverse Altar Call

By Greg Stier on Oct 5, 2016

Sometimes the words “altar call” trigger images of sawdust trails and endless verses of “Just as I am” with preachers prodding, pushing and persuading sinners to come forward down the aisle in front of God and everyone.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:2

Tags: Evangelism, strategy, Evangelism How To, Evangelism The Lost

Are You An Aquarium-Keeping Leader?

By Steven Furtick on Dec 13, 2011

Steven Furtick: "Focus on the people you want to reach and you’ll keep the people you want to keep."

Scripture: Mark 1:1-10:10

Tags: Evangelism, Discipleship, leadership, Preaching, Evangelism The Lost  (view more)  (view less)

4 Ways To Keep Your Evangelistic Edge In Preaching

By J. John on Apr 2, 2020

"I believe that if a preacher will take these four principles and apply them, then the Lord will honor them, and they will see people turn to Christ."

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:5

Tags: Evangelism, Preaching, Evangelism How To

The Gospel In Every Sermon

By Greg Stier on Apr 27, 2018

Greg Stier offers three reasons for sharing a clear Gospel message in every sermon.

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Tags: Evangelism, Gospel, Preaching, Invitation, Evangelism How To  (view more)  (view less)

10 Reasons Not To Give An Altar Call

By Thabiti Anyabwile on Mar 13, 2020

Thabiti Anyabwile offers a compelling argument against the use of altar calls. We invite you to share your thoughts and opinions.

Scripture: Numbers 1:1, Numbers 1:1-5:1

Tags: Evangelism, Preaching, altar, Evangelism How To