Mastering Outreach & Evangelism
Overview
Developing a Church that Impacts Its Community
You want your church to make a difference in the lives of people. Yet you're often frustrated. Why aren't your church members better able to meet the needs of their neighbors, be salt and light in their neighborhoods, and spread the gospel?
Mastering Outreach and Evangelism, the third volume in the Mastering Ministry series, identifies the challenges you face in leading a church to significant, people-centered outreach. But more important, it offers ways you can get your congregation focusing outward and committed to making a difference.
The authors represent churches that use a variety of means to accomplish the task. Combined, their insights provide a well-rounded picture. This book will help you to motivate and deploy your people to share the richness of the gospel through ministries of compassion and evangelism.
Top Highlights
“First, evangelism must be a personal priority for me. If I don’t live it, I can’t preach it with conviction.” (Page 29)
“Evangelism for us isn’t relegated to a time slot, nor to one or two types of activities. In short, evangelism is practiced as a way of life. It’s not surprising, then, that barriers come down, and that people hear and believe the good news of the gospel. As Jesus said, ‘By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another’ (John 13:35, kjv).” (Page 24)
“Fourth, the method must have integrity if my intentional modeling is to be effective.” (Page 31)
“Evangelism is everything we do to make faith in Christ an option. It includes sharing the good word and doing the good deed.” (Page 17)
“‘Nowhere in the Bible is the world exhorted to ‘come to church,’ ’ says Richard Halverson. ‘But the church’s mandate is clear. She must go to the world.’” (Page 7)