Does the church today still have the same zeal for the lost as the early church did? This article discusses evangelism in relation to this.

What is the task of the local church in regard to evangelism? The author looks at three aspects of church life: worship, fellowship, and witnessing.

This article is about every believer's task in evangelism and witnessing. The author discusses witnessing in your direct vicinity, stressing that the church must be preserved, but also increase in size.

This is an overview of evangelism. The author also discusses the task of every believer in evangelism.

This article is about being a missionary church and the work of evangelism from within a congregation.

For evangelism to function well in a church, it must have a shared vision, a shared impetus, a shared dependence, a shared experience, and shared resources.

This article is about the church's task in missions. The teaching task of the church, missions and church membership, and missions and discipleship is also discussed in this article.

This article is about the relation of the missionary and the church. The service of a congregation in the mission work is also discussed.

This article is about the relation of evangelism and worship.

This article is about support and supervision necessary with church planting.

This article is about the church and evangelism and the office of evangelist in the church.

When new members join a Reformed church, who needs to adjust, they or the church? This article discusses the question, looking at the matter of tradition, and from there demonstrating that it is not always wrong to go against a respectable tradition.

Is evangelism "sowing" or "harvesting"? This article explains that this can be a false dilemma, that the two ought not to be separated. The Bible gives both tasks to the church, as illustrated from John 4, which shows how the sower and reaper are joined together and rejoice together. And so we are urged to fulfill our evangelistic task well.

This article looks to cut through the dilemma in the title, showing that a faithful church should do both at the same time. It lays a stress on church discipline, by which it will "repel" some of its own members. And it urges the church never to be "repulsive" to outsiders.

This article looks at a couple of example in order to cut through the dilemma sounded in the title. It shows that a church's practice of evangelism ought not to wait until its theory is perfected, because that may never happen.

May the need for building up the body of Christ be used against the need to save souls? This article explains that this is a false dilemma. Both aspects are integral to the work of the church—the preaching of the gospel is meant the preserve the saints and equip them so that "their faith goes everywhere."

This article addresses the dilemma sometimes posed in a church, namely, whether it should prioritize home mission or foreign mission. The author explains that ultimately this is no dilemma, that the best support the home church can give to foreign mission is by being fully active in local evangelism.

This article considers whose responsibility within a congregation is the work of home mission. It shows from Ephesians 4:11-16 that the leadership is to equip the saints to fulfill the task of home mission or evangelism. It does consider the degree to which consistories, and possibly major assemblies, might be involved in the work of evangelism.

This article discusses the organization of evangelism activities in the local church. Among other things it suggests that materials be produced for sharing, it considers the merits of Sunday schools and Vacation Bible Schools, it discusses street preaching, radio broadcasting, and a special office of evangelist.

Who should be on the frontlines in evangelism, according to Scripture? This article discusses the respective role of office-bearers and members in this matter. Taking his cue from Ephesians 4:12, the author suggests that office-bearers need to equip the congregation for evangelism.

Defining mission work as the official sending of the church to go and make disciples by preaching and witnessing to the good news of Jesus Christ in all nations through the power of the Holy Spirit; this article gives biblical grounds for understanding mission in this way. 

This article highlights five challenges of church planting. It also points to the blessings that flow from church planting.

Apologetics can be a great tool for church planting. From 1 Peter 3:15 this article shows how this is so.

This article explains that without preaching there will be no church planting, because preaching is the heart and soul of any church plant.

From Matthew 28:18-20 this article makes the case for church planting.

What does it mean to be a missionary church? This article considers Acts 11:19-21 in context. From these verses the author draws several important lessons regarding what it might mean for a church to be a missionary church.

Contextualization and culture are terms that come up when talking about the church and evangelism. This article highlights three important things the church can learn from these terms. It then argues that what the church needs most is biblical culture cultivated by God’s Spirit. This culture is characterized by five things that are essential for reaching out.

This article considers what spiritual leadership should look like in a church planting setting. It explains the importance of elders and deacons in such a setting.

Epaphras is an illustration that church planting and church ministry can only be carried out through prayer. For it is through prayer that we express that church growth is God’s work, not ours.

Evangelism is a responsibility of the church. This article argues, however, that within Reformed churches it is a responsibility that is not fulfilled. The article points to five hindrances to this responsibility of the church.

This article shows how contextualization affects the way the church does evangelism and missions, and it calls for an alternative way to communicate Christ to the culture.

This article is about being a missionary church. The author discusses God’s relation to the church and the world, the kingship of Christ, the mission task of the church, and church planting.

The church is always in need of gospel workers/missionaries. This article shows that the church must understand that compassion is at the heart of mission work—mission work and pastoral care go together. The church must also pray for gospel workers. This is the call of the Lord Jesus in Matthew 9:37.

This article looks at Paul's method of evangelism, as well as some common objections or excuses around evangelism.

This article looks at the question of organized evangelism and personal evangelism.

This article outlines an evangelism strategy for churches reaching out in their local area.

This article is about the local church as evangelism agent. The author first looks at church, world and missions, then at four mission principles for the local church.

Church planting should not only focus on the city and urban areas, because there are tens of millions of people scattered throughout small and rural communities who are not worshipping Jesus Christ. This article explains the obligation, reasons, and vision for rural church planting.