The Propel Podcast

In this presentation from the evangelistic innovation track at the 2023 Propel Conference, David Klinedinst delivers insights into keeping Christ at the center of evangelism while retaining the distinctive Adventist message. He emphasizes the importance of presenting various doctrinal topics in a way that highlights Jesus' teachings and love. He also covers practical aspects of evangelism, like how to interact with the audience, respond to their needs, and connect on a personal level. It's a presentation focused on integrating Christ's teachings into every aspect of evangelism and church growth strategies.

Episode sponsor: Pacific Press and Adventist Book Center

The Propel Church Growth Conference is coming back to Vancouver, WA, April 28-May 1, 2024.

What makes an effective church website? This talk by Larry Witzel, in the Evangelistic Innovation track of the 2023 Propel Conference, is all about how to turn your church website into an evangelistic engine. He shares some reasons why that’s important, reveals some key things that every church website needs to be effective as an outreach site, reports on some brand new research about church websites, and talks about Google advertising, which is a great way to make sure your church website gets seen by people in your community.

Episode sponsor: The Hope of Survivors

The Propel Church Growth Conference is coming back to Vancouver, WA, April 28-May 1, 2024.

In the first presentation from Monday night's main session of the 2023 Propel Conference, Dr. Roscoe Shields Jr. talks about self-control, looking at Galatians 5. In our spiritual lives, we often face situations that require self-control and focus to overcome. Self-control is one of the fruits of the Spirit, and with that power of the Holy Spirit, we can control our passions and impulses, placing them in service of God. And when we are guided by the Holy Spirit, God will use us to grow His Kingdom.

Episode sponsor: It Is Written

Richie continues with the practical details of how to hold evangelistic meetings, talking about things like evangelism marketing, building your teams of volunteers, and how to make an appeal for decisions. If you want to improve your own effectiveness at holding evangelistic meetings, you’ll get a lot from this episode. This was the 4th breakout session in the reaping meetings track at the 2023 Propel Conference.

Episode sponsor: EvangeLead

In this episode, Richie Halversen gets into the practical nuts and bolts of how to hold evangelistic meetings, covering everything from vision and seed sowing to budgeting and style. This was the 3rd breakout session in the reaping meetings track at the 2023 Propel Conference.

Episode sponsor: eAdventist

In this episode, Dr. Roger Walter explains that asking for decisions is a crucial step in the evangelism process. He points out the power of decisions to overcome emotional and mental barriers, describes a number of variations in how to ask for decisions, and explains how repetition prepares the soil of someone’s heart to make a life-changing decision. This was the 2nd breakout session in the reaping meetings track at the 2023 Propel Conference.

Episode sponsor: Adventist World Radio

David Klinedinst talks about how to do visitations as part of your reaping meetings. He makes the case for visiting people in their homes, even in this post-Covid world. Then he offers some practical tips on how to approach each visit, some guidelines on what to talk about, and how to ask for decisions. This was the first breakout session in the reaping meetings track of the 2023 Propel Conference.
 
Episode sponsor: InterestTracker

Richie Halversen talks about ways you can meet felt needs in your community, the power of grace, and the importance of letting God’s Spirit empower life change in new believers. This content is from the Tuesday morning main session at the 2023 Propel Conference.

Episode sponsor: Adventist Information Ministry

In this final breakout session in the Bible study training track at the 2023 Propel Conference, Sarah Grant talks about SermonView's LeadGenerator program, which guarantees Bible study leads every month, as well as InterestTracker, the cloud-based CRM for managing interest on their way to membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She also shares some tactics for making first contact with interests and communication strategies for building that important relationship.

Episode sponsor: AdventSource

In this presentation from the Bible study training track, Cyndi looks at Isaiah 58 and talks about how Sabbath should be a day of liberation and life. This is the day Jesus did so many of his miracles on, and she asks if in our traditions we have lost the true meaning of the Sabbath. She also talks about the importance of having a discipleship program for new members to help them integrate into the life of the church, and how Sabbath should be a day of outreach. Part 3 of 3.

Episode sponsor: SermonView Evangelism Marketing