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Fresh Air for Evangelism Training

The way from God to a human heart is through a human heart.
Samuel Gordon
The world is far more ready to receive the Gospel than Christians are to hand it out.
George W. Peters
"I know I'm supposed to witness, but I tried it once, and I felt like a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman, trying to sell something nobody really wanted. After that I told myself, Never again." Most pastors have heard something like that over and over.Getting people to do personal evangelism is one of the toughest challenges we face. Many parishioners remain plagued by fear, guilt, and negative attitudes in this area, and consequently they don't reach out to others. How can we get around these walls of inactivity to make effective witnesses out of ordinary Christian lay people?Becky Pippert, an evangelism specialist with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, has found keys to making personal witness both enjoyable and fruitful. From years of experience in the field, she shows how one-on-one evangelism can be changed ...
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