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Bringing the Church to Your Community “If your church closed down today, would your town know that you were gone? Would they miss you?” When …
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10 Tips for Welcoming Visitors Most churches are thrilled to see visitors attend services. Often we can reach these people with the gospel; other times …
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Speedway Evangelism Pastor Laird Baldwin, Bible Baptist Fellowship, Brookville, Ohio, shares the following account that may be an idea starter for outreach in your church: …
Coffee Giveaway
In everything our church plant does, we seek to implement our mission of putting God’s love in action by Biblically building worship, relationships, and churches. …
Outreach Top Ten
Would you like to jump-start your church’s evangelism efforts? Pastor Robert Cowman shares outreach ideas in which your church people can easily participate. Plan now …
Community Cookout
In a church-wide effort to reach and serve the community of Hobart, IN, Central Baptist Church hosts an annual Hobart Community Cookout. The event offers …
Outreach Webinar Coming Soon
15 Summer Outreach Ideas That Any Church Can Implement! Webinar will be presented by Jim Vogel, GARBC associate national representative, on June 3. Drawing from …
Conversation Starters
Our church studied the book One Thing You Can’t Do in Heaven by Mark Cahill. In the chapter “If They’re Breathing, They Need Jesus,” the …
Together We Can Evangelize More!
Did you know you can access a multitude of evangelism ideas from past issues of the Synergy newsletter? Electronic issues of the Reach Out category …
Phone Book Calling
Our church connects with our community by calling residents listed in our local phone book. During our conversations, we ask how we can pray for …
Ministering to Addicts
Our church became interested in helping people with addictions in 2005, when former Pastor Greg Stine became burdened for our county. At that time Barron …
Community Education and Cable Broadcasting Outreaches
As a pastor, I have the responsibility of training and equipping our people with fresh ideas and utilizing technology that God has given to us. …
Christmas Program Outreach
Now is a good time to start preliminary planning for your church’s Christmas program. Pastor Steve Poludinak describes the program used for outreach by Tri-County …
Football Team Dinner
Last fall our church hosted a team dinner for the local football team of Park Falls High School. Our people served chili to all the …
Improving Your Church’s Visibility from the Road
A well-designed church sign can result in increased visitor foot traffic to your church. Make sure your outdoor sign is an asset to your church, …
Community Relationship-building Event
In my work as a Youth Summit community sponsor I help teens in the local school develop leadership projects that benefit our community. The students …
5 Ways to Get Out of Your Rut and into Your Community
Everybody can do it! Is your church small? Does it have limited resources? That’s our church, but our bridge-building and outreach can go against the …
Chaplains Open Ministry Doors
Fire and police departments, hospitals, nursing homes, corporations, sports teams—all are venues that are many times open to the ministry of a chaplain. Help your …
Open Cupboard Ministry
Our body of believers is a small church that reaches out to its community in a big way. On the third Saturday of every month, …
Karate for Christ
Capitalizing on our community’s interest in karate, our church has found a unique evangelism opportunity through the Karate for Christ program. Our mission is to …
Serving in the Rain—Going All Out for Visitors
Reach Out Sneak Preview of a Baptist Bulletin article by Jeff Hodgin They were a young couple in their early-to-mid twenties. He carried the baby …
Mapping Visitors
Reach Out In our church’s efforts to improve our follow-up of visitors, we found a city map to be a helpful tool. When originally attempting …
How to Connect with the Unsaved
Reach Out When listening to a sermon recently, I was stirred by this statement: “The unsaved are not our enemy, they are our mission field.” …
Gas Buy Down
Reach Out Facilitating a gas buy-down event is simple; the most difficult part is securing a venue for the event. I approached gas stations, saying, …
Making Friends in the Marketplace
Reach Out At a conference of the Wisconsin Association of Regular Baptist Churches, Pastors Pete Mothershead and Scott Bixby challenged and instructed us in the …
Family FunFest
Reach Out Our church sponsors an annual Family FunFest, offered free of charge to the surrounding community. A 5K run starts the day with approximately …
Recognizing Public Servants
Reach Out As a volunteer chaplain for our local fire department, I have witnessed many things our public servants deal with day by day. It …
Fiesta de Futbol
Reach Out Our church’s community has the highest percentage of Hispanic people of any county in Michigan; many are full-time residents. Since soccer (futbol to …
Cruise-In
Reach Out Our church looks for ways to gain an audience for the gospel. Recently we hosted our first Cruise-In, a Saturday afternoon classic vehicle …
Concert in the Park
Reach Out As a new church plant in a small county-seat town, we have capitalized on the availability of a quaint park and a pavilion …