In Sermon Illustrations: "Evangelism"

The National Association Of Evangelicals ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

The National Association of Evangelicals represents 56 denominations and 45,000 local ...read more

How To Evangelize Jehovah's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010

How to Evangelize Jehovah’s Witnesses David Reed has much experience to draw from when teaching Christians to evangelize Jehovah’s Witnesses. He was a preacher and elder there for many years. Now his book, Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse is in its 32nd printing and has sold more than ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-31

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

An Atheist's Perspective On Evangelism

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2014

Perhaps you've heard of Penn and Teller the comedy team who has worked Las Vegas for years. Penn Jillette is an atheist, but he recorded a video journal a few years ago telling the story about a man who waited to speak to him after one of their shows. Penn said the man was a successful businessman ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Tags: Atheist, Evangelism Urgency

Is Evangelism Too Hard?

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014

Jenn Hopkins writes of attending a funeral several years ago. "There he lay, dead. He was gone and unsaved. Lived a life and then, in the flash of an eye, he was in Hell. Someone I loved and respected was gone and so was my opportunity to share the Gospel with him. His funeral was in a church, one ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-13

Tags: Evangelism, Hell

Denomination: Methodist

Evangelism Through Fellowship

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015

Charles Moore writes, “Alan and I met 20 years ago. We were both students at Cal Poly. I was a freshman and he was a junior. As a physics major, Alan was both intelligent and articulate. How Alan got on with his studies, however, is still a mystery to me. Alan was vritually blind. He could not see ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:33-38

Tags: Evangelism, Fellowship, Community

Denomination: Methodist

Evangelism: Aquariums And Fires

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

EVANGELISM: AQUARIUMS AND FIRES The late Sam Shoemaker, an Episcopalian bishop, summed up the situation this way: "In the Great Commission, the Lord has called us to be--like Peter--fishers of men. We’ve turned the commission around so that we have become merely keepers of the aquarium. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

World Evangelism Statistics

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 5, 2022

If you say that Jesus is waiting on the Church to get the Gospel out before His return, let me give you a few statistics on the challenge the Church faces. We have almost 8 billion people on our planet right now. There are almost 2.4 Christians in the world today. If 500,000 people were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19-20

Tags: Salvation, Gospel, Missions, Witnessing, Lost, Great Commission, Evangelism  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

De-Evangelizing The Neighborhood

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2022

A few years ago I heard a story of a church that looked as though they were really thriving. They had about 500 people attending, had many outreach ministries reaching their community, and many people were coming to Christ and to church through their ministry. The problem was that the church was ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:24-25

Tags: Fellowship, Community, Small Groups

Evangelizing Is In Fact The Grace And Vocation ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 19, 2010

Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Catholic

The Work Of Evangelism Is Never Complete Until ...  PRO

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004

"The work of evangelism is never complete until the one evangelized becomes an ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Baptist

The Work Of Evangelism Is Never Complete Until ...

Contributed by Scott Epperson on Jul 1, 2007

"The work of evangelism is never complete until the one evangelized becomes an ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Pentecostal

Internet Evangelism: The North American Mission ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Internet Evangelism: The North American Mission board of the SBC has appointed its 1st missionary devoted entirely to Internet evangelism. Siam & Jennifer Rogers will coordinate all of the agency‘s Internet evangelism efforts. Over 140,000 people visit their evangelism sites each month with an ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Evangelism Is The Spontaneous Overflow Of A Glad ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Evangelism is the spontaneous overflow of a glad and free ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

There Are 32 Million Evangelical Boomers In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

There are 32 million evangelical boomers in the U.S. today. ...read more

Tags: Religion

32% Of Evangelical Protestant Churches Are In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

32% of evangelical Protestant churches are in a strong financial position vs. 13% ...read more

Tags: Church Growth

Barna Research Reports Evangelical Christians ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Barna Research reports Evangelical Christians constitute just 7% of the adult U.S. population while 31% are non-evangelical born agains. ...read more

Tags: Faith

Evangelism Is Not A Professional Job For A Few ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead the unrelenting responsibility of every person who ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15

Tags: Evangelism How To

55% Of Evangelical Protestants Identify ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

55% of evangelical Protestants identify themselves as “conservatives.” 14% who claim to be “liberal?” (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

55% Of Evangelical Protestants Identify ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

55% of evangelical Protestants identify themselves as “conservatives.” 14% who claim to be “liberal.” (Foster ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Pastors & Marriage: 88% Of Evangelical Ministers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Pastors & Marriage: 88% of evangelical ministers and 69% of mainline Protestant ministers in the U.S. are currently on their first marriage. 8% of evangelical pastors have been divorced compared to 23% of ...read more

Tags: Divorce