evangelism
Faced with declining numbers, Southern Baptists focus on evangelism
By Adelle M. Banks — June 13, 2017
PHOENIX (RNS) The largest Protestant denomination has lost members for 10 years in a row and has baptized fewer people nine out of the last 10 years.
For some churches, opportunity knocks at Christmas
By Kirkland An — December 23, 2016
(RNS) Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois hosted almost 60,000 people at its main campus for Christmas services last year, seeing a healthy bump in numbers among people also known as "Chreasters."
God? Meaning of life? Many Americans don’t seek them in church
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 28, 2016
(RNS) “Are a lot of Americans on a conscious journey to learn who Jesus Christ is? I don’t think so,” said LifeWay Research's Scott McConnell.
Bishop Michael Curry’s vision: A world transformed by the love of God
By Adelle M. Banks — October 28, 2015
(RNS) Curry will be installed as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church on Sunday (Nov. 1). He talked to RNS about some of the challenges ahead.
Pastors flock to North Dakota’s oil boom to save souls
By Maryann Eidemiller — September 25, 2014
(RNS) It takes a lot of workers to fuel North Dakota’s oil boom -- and the hard-working, lonely and boring lifestyle foments all manner of sins and vices. Evangelists say it's prime territory for spreading the message of Jesus.
Nursing home evangelism: Preaching at the last ‘bus stop to eternity’
By Adelle M. Banks — July 23, 2014
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) Welcome to the world of nursing home evangelism, where teams of lay evangelists target senior citizens for one last chance in this life for glory in the next.
Update: Evangelist Billy Graham released from hospital
By Katherine Burgess — November 21, 2013
(RNS) “Mr. Graham was alert and in good spirits during his stay,” said Dr. William R. Hathaway, chief medical officer at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. “We are pleased with the results of Mr. Graham’s evaluation.”
Catholics try their hand at old-fashioned evangelism
By Tim Townsend — April 25, 2013
SHREWSBURY, Mo. (RNS) About 125 Catholics packed a basement conference room -- most of them lay people, many of them older. They gathered to learn how to spread the faith, a concept that is both fundamental to Christianity and nearly foreign to modern Roman Catholics.
Missionary fellowship put big emphasis on the littlest converts
By Tim Townsend — July 10, 2012
WARRENTON, Mo. (RNS) "Ask at what age a Christian formed a relationship with Jesus Christ, and 85 percent will say before their 15th birthday," says Reese Kauffman, president of Child Evangelism Fellowship. The Missouri-based group spends $5 million on its international missions, focusing especially on children. By Tim Townsend.
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