Suffering from “evangiphobia?” Been turned off by evangelistic methods in the past? Trying to figure out how to start spiritual conversations with your friends, co-workers, and family members without turning them off? … then maybe it’s time to learn how to create some “God Space”! Doug Pollock, author of “God Space”, and co-author of the award winning book, “Irresistible Evangelism” will be serving as our guide in this interview to help us cross the us / them divide.

To view the full interview with Doug Pollock, sign up for a ServeCoach membership right here.

About Doug Pollock

Doug’s passion for spiritual conversations has taken him to 36 different countries, six of our seven continents, and throughout most of the United States. Doug is committed to helping Christ followers increase the quality and quantity of their spiritual conversations in natural, doable, and practical ways. He is convinced that the church must leave the building on Sunday equipped to engage the culture with conversations that create plausibility for the Christian faith in the Monday through Saturday world.

You can find out more information about Doug at this website:http://www.godsgps.com/godsgps-my-information/

How do we commit to the long haul project God is working out through you? Pastor Doug Roe shares in depth many words of wisdom as he reflects on 20 years of reaching out in his city. Doug connects with the heart when he explains the vital importance of having a deep call from God.

To watch the full interview, visit ServeCoach.com.

About Doug Roe

Doug Roe is the Founding Pastor of the Dayton Vineyard, “A pretty good church.” Doug planted the Vineyard 15 years ago. Doug’s passion is to reach broken, hurting people from all walks of life, restoring dignity and empowering people to do ministry. His life mission is “to leave Dayton better than I found it.” In Doug’s approach to ministry, he strives to be both spiritual and smart at the same time. With the help of some good friends, the Dayton Vineyard has grown from a few people to regular attendance of more than 3000 per week.

This is one of the most moving expert interviews to date. Pastor Ike Reighard shares with us how his trek has taken him from large churches he has started all the way to smaller works that have been renewed. This is the story of renewal.

How many times have you seen churches that have lost the steam that was once behind their backs? To lose momentum is not the end of the world for any of us. It is however a significant factor to mix in with what we are facing. God is up to the notion of renewing congregations. We need to have a hopeful approach to things. We are hopefully going to find the way forward in all that is going on.

There are multitudes of churches in America today that have great facilities but lack the essential leadership that is needed to put those facilities to the proper use. Ike  believes we are standing on the edge of some great changes in the American church scene. We need to open our hearts to doing things a little differently however. We are the ones who are able to rearrange the details of the local church such that the old can work with the new. With the interworking of the old with the new we can build churches that are going to be established in full on strength.

To watch the full interview, visit ServeCoach.com.

About Ike Reighard

Ike has served at Piedmont Church since January 2006 (as Interim Pastor) and became the Lead Pastor in February 2007.  Prior to Piedmont, over his career he was the Founding Pastor of NorthStar Church in Kennesaw, Georgia; he was the Lead Pastor at the North Campus of First Baptist Church of Atlanta; he was the Senior Pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Georgia (recognized as the 2nd fastest growing church in the Southern Baptist Convention under his leadership.)  While serving at NorthStar Church and Piedmont Church, Ike was the Chief People Officer of Homebanc Mortgage in Atlanta, Georgia (recognized for four  consecutive years as one of Fortune Magazine’s Best Companies to Work For while he was the CPO.)

Ike is the author of three books – Treasures from the Dark, Discovering Your Northstar, and Discovering Your Northstar Journal.  He  has co-authored a daily devotional book with Zig Ziglar that is scheduled to be released by Tyndale House in the Fall of 2009.

Ike is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Mercer University (B.A. – Religion.)  He earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry  degrees from Luther Rice Seminary.

Ike and his wife Robin have two daughters – Danielle and Abigail.

We join Pastor Dave Workman as he shares with us the power and excitement of “E2” – here we get into the notion that evangelism is an easy matter at some points but it is a complicated one on other counts. We need to come to see the notion of evangelism as something that can be learned from each time we go out to engage the community. God desires to specifically lead us along the lines of what we are up to in terms of getting a spiritual plan going.

Imagine you get with your team, you pray for specific guidance, then when you are able to discern the direction God is providing you can be led out in an especially effective way.

He illustrates this approach to sharing God’s love with lots of stories that convey the excitement we can get from being led by God’s Spirit.

Along with the message we come to share there is the question of how do we best convey that notion of God’s love. God has a lot to say about that. With E2 we are getting involved in an adventure that takes us out into the highways and byways of life – E2 shows us that we can relax and allow God to direct our paths as we get involved in the lives of others. We are going to learn a lot about how to hear from God in the context of the evangelism conveying of things. God can lead us to the right place, the right time, the right setting. He has much to say about that if we are listening. E2 is an approach to doing evangelism that allows us to hear of God’s plan to connect with people we are out there to love.

To see the full interview, head on over to ServeCoach.com.

Dave Workman is senior pastor of Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, a church of over 6,000 weekend attendees. Starting in 1985, the Vineyard pioneered a unique form of outreach called servant evangelism. Workman is considered an atmosphere architect in the evolution of the church. After leading worship for twelve years and developing celebration/programming teams for eight weekly celebrations, he began regularly teaching as a primary speaker. In 2000, Dave stepped into the role of senior pastor. He and his wife, Anita, live in Mason, Ohio, and have two grown children.

For some ministry encouragement that is so strong it is almost tangible, listen in on this highly practical interview.

We will be talking about Prophetic Evangelism as Doug says, two words that are usually discouraging and misleading to most Christians. But don’t get the wrong idea here – this topic is not for the overly spiritual. Prophetic evangelism is something that almost anyone in the Church can relate to and practice in a powerful way.

Doug shares in engaging ways (make that hilarious) how just about any of us can connect with the community in profound and encouraging ways. If you or your people lack courage in connecting with the community, this interview is for you.

To see the full interview, visit http://www.servecoach.com.

About Doug Addison:

Doug had a dramatic encounter with Jesus in 1985 after having a reading done at the Berkley Institute for Psychics. Since that time, Doug’s passion is to reach people who don’t know God’s love. Doug has been a pastor and church planter and is the author of the book, Prophecy, Dreams, and Evangelism.

Doug and his wife, Linda, are founders of InLight Connection located in Santa Maria, California. Doug is a stand-up comedian who teaches courses on finding your destiny, hearing God, dreams and visions, and understanding the supernatural. Doug also trains and leads Dream Team and Prophetic/Power Evangelism outreaches throughout the United States and around the world. You can find out more about Doug and his ministry at http://dougaddison.com/ and http://propheticevangelism.com/.

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Steve Sjogren
Lead Coach
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We are so excited about all that is going on at ServeCoach we are nearly splitting into twins around here!

Great things are in the making with all that we are up to. By now you have hopefully had a chance to look around the site a bit and have become familiar with what we have designed for you. We are adding new aspects and features to the site each week as you can see.

For example, we just activated the Messages aspect to the site. You can now listen in on a number of the outward focused messages that have found their way into the galleys of our site. There you can study what messages given on a weekly basis can sound like when a leader is steering his church in an outward direction. I agree with Rick Warren when he says the commentaries of today are the weekend messages of other pastors. There is nothing like a rousing message given by a pastor in a live setting – you can hear how it “preached” – how it was received in a live setting with real live response not too long ago with a crowd that is not too different than yours.

If you are curious about the monthly Interviews With An Expert, we just posted the schedule for the next 3 months of interviews that I will be doing. I have to tell you, I cannot wait to talk to these leaders in ministry! I know that I will gain new insights and ideas when I talk with them, and I hope that you do as well when you watch the interviews.

We have also added our Weekly Tips section.  I recommend you share this feature to friends and associates you are connected with in ministry by encouraging them to sign up for the tips at the home page of ServeCoach. These tips are helpful at various levels in ministry and life in general. You will find them to be little “gifts” you might like to impart to those around you as you move forward in life and ministry at the speed of life.

We will be connecting the dots on these features and many others that are coming online with ServeCoach in the not too distant future.

I hope you are enjoying the life-giving nature of this as much as I am enjoying seeing the life of God flow through to you and others on the receiving end of things! God is on the move as people are outflowing the life of God.

Keep Walking in the Outflow!

Steve Sjogren
Lead Coach
ServeCoach.com