The following discussion and self-assessment questions come from the book, Signs of Life: Catholic, Mainline, and Conservative Protestant Congregations in Canada. (Authored by Bill McAlpine, Joel Thiessen, Keith Walker, and Arch Chee Keen Wong)
- How central is evangelization in your congregation?
- Do you teach and preach on this topic?
- How is your church equipping and empowering its members to evangelize?
- How might you resource your members so that they have adequate training, grow in confidence, and diminish in heir fear of rejection?
- In what ways do you encourage members to intentionally build relationships with those outside the Christian community?
- Do you provide opportunities for people to evangelize through a church-wide initiative, like Alpha or something akin to it?
- In what ways do you publicly acknowledge and celebrate new people to the Christian faith?
- Finally, do you monitor the addition of new Christians to your parish, and if so, do you compare your figures from one year to the next? Do you note if those numbers are flat or in decline?
Other articles:
- 15 Habits to Evangelize on a Daily Basis
- The Church’s Mission
- Three Barriers to Building An Invitational Culture In Your Parish
- The Relational Evangelizer
- Doing Church at Home
- The Blind Girl
- A Group of Frogs
- The Elephant Rope
- A Shared Faith is a Growing Faith
- In The Shoes Of The Unchurched
- Parish Evangelizing Cells
- Six Unique Features of Missional Parishes
- Steps Towards Becoming A Missional Parish
- What Is Evangelization, And How Should It Be Carried Out?
- Discussion And Self-Assessment Questions For Parish Evangelization
- A Missional Church Is A Church That Prays
- The Jesus Prayer: A Method To Pray At All Times
- What can help children raised Catholic continue practicing the faith as adults?
- An Example of a Missionary Parish: Phoenix First Assembly of God
- Satan’s Tactics
- Learning to Be a Missionary
- When We Cry Out To God, He Answers
- Presence and Proclamation
- Saving Those Who Are Lost
- Saint-Nazaire Parish: The story of a missionary transformation
- Small Groups and Evangelization
- Evangelizing By Inviting People To Receive Jesus As Lord And Saviour
- You Will Receive Power…
- Have You Heard About the Law of Three Hearings and Seven Touches?
- Three Habits of a Fruitful Christian Life
