Hi everyone,
Over the holidays, we have been working on a new web site which will unite congregations for evangelism. This web site will also help churches grow.
Please just click here to see what it’s all about! I pray you and your church would join in!
For the furtherance of the Great Commission!
Julian and the ESI team.

I went to visit my aged Mum (88) in Whangarei for Christmas.
On the way there, just south of Wellsford, I rounded a bend and there in front of me was a man coming out from the deep bush which lined the road.  As soon as his feet hit the road, his thumb went out. It was 7 am.
After a positive experience picking up a hitch hiker a few days ago, I immediately pulled over for this man too.  Let’s call him Mike.
Wow! What an interesting story he had to tell!
He …

The other day I was travelling back from Whangarei, and just out of Wellsford, on the open road, was a hitchhiker.
He was a Maori, mid 30′s, unshaven, rough looking, pony tailed, with a small bag (not like the guy in the picture at left!).
As soon as I saw him I started the classic ‘would I, won’t I’ dialogue in my head. I looked over at my passengers seat and it was covered with bits and pieces. As I drove passed him I decided it was ‘No’.
But driving away from him, …

This was a dream I had today, the 20th December, 2011.
It was about 6:30am. I dreamt I’d just bought some evangelism resources and with them was a small pamphlet.
The pamphlet told me the truth about the state of evangelism in New Zealand.
As I began reading it I became more and more discouraged.
I read that many years ago there were many youth workers who did evangelism but as time went on, there were fewer and fewer.
Eventually only one young person was out there evangelising.
I also read that the churches in my …

Every church wants to be effective in evangelism, yet very few churches actually have a strategy for it.
 
 
 
As the saying goes ‘if we fail to plan, we plan to fail’.
So, to avoid failing with evangelism, we need to formulate a specific strategy.
The dictionary defines the word ‘strategy’ like this:
“a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim”
So, what’s the overall aim of your church in evangelism? What’s your plan to get there?
What does the Bible say we must include? Exclude? Where does one start? What are the …

This is a good question.
Please take a few moments to watch this video.
Bless you guys and keep up the great work of evangelising the world!
http://youtu.be/F31grNuRTV0

Hi, my name is Iain Dickson. I am the minister at Te Puke Presbyterian Church.
I thought I would write to you about the encounter we had yesterday – I’m still buzzing.
I am now starting to train other people in my church how to do evangelism.  Paul taught Timothy, so I need to follow that example.
Three of us were out and about sharing the gospel to six households in Te Puke yesterday. 
I was teaching two Christian ladies how to give the gospel by using the survey. Both were very apprehensive about knocking on doors and …

From time to time I receive emails from people about their adventures in evangelism. Below is an account from a young lady called Benedicte.
Hi Julian,

 
I hope you are well. Today, I paid for the evangelism resources I bought from you. 
Also, today, I used the red laminated booklet (one of the tools your produced for delivering the gospel) for the first time .
This morning, I went to Botany Shopping Centre (a suburb in Auckland) to have coffee with a friend, then I sat down and read the red laminated booklet and …

Hi everyone,
Just because South Africa didn’t win the rugby world cup does not mean God is not at work in their country. In fact, quite the contrary. God has exported some of their finest church leaders to New Zealand.
Whether they are spies planted here by the South African Rugby Union we don’t really know.
Suspicions were raised when Henry and the coaching staff were approached by SA pastors residing in NZ, offering to pray for the All Blacks in their dressing rooms prior to test matches.
Once in the All Black dressing room, …

Greetings everyone, I am Iain Dickson, Minister at Te Puke Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. My photo is below.

This afternoon I was prompted by the Lord to head to a different street in Te Puke and go door to door doing evangelism.  The Holy Spirit inspired me to do this after attending a Church DNA change conference a few months ago.   At that point in my ministry, I had become frustrated just discipling existing Christians. I wanted to get out of my office and personally reach the lost with the gospel.
I took my evangelism …

Hi everyone,
A lot of people have been asking for the last hour and a half of the Church DNA change conference so here it is! This gives the ‘how to’ on how to mobilise a church for evangelism.
Please click here to view!

National Evangelism Point Person Co-Ordinators
I would like to introduce Chris Redstone and Renee Tobin to you, our new National Evangelism Point Person Co-ordinators.
 
What’s an ‘Evangelism Point Person?
Good question. As a team, we recognised that pastors and ministers are busy people.
After attending the DNA change conference, they want evangelism to be central in their church but they just don’t have time to drive all that needs to be done to achieve this end.
Enter the evangelism point person (an EPP) in a local church!
This person works alongside the leader in a church …

Hi,
Just want to let you know that the second to last DNA change conference for the year is happening in Hamilton on the 28-29 of October. This is only about a week away now! See www.churchdnachange.com for more details.
Do you want to really bless and help us?
If you have friends or family or other Christians you know in Hamilton or around Hamilton, please can you let them know it’s happening and encourage them to go along? That would be fantastic!
The new format of the conference is huge – less slides, …

Hi everyone,
Like you, I have taken a great interest in Iain Dixon, the Presbyterian Minister in Te Puke. It’s been quite amazing to see how God is working in his life as he started venturing into his community going door to door seeking and saving and praying for the lost.  He is re-enacting the book of Acts! It takes guts and courage to break out of old ways, but through the Holy Spirit’s power, Iain has broken out of his church bound mould!
What is happening is so inspirational in fact, …

Hi everyone,
Many people from various churches have attended the DNA change conferences already this year.
We are wanting to establish an ‘evangelism point person’ in every church.
Working with and alongside their pastor/minister, this person is responsible for heading up evangelism in their church.
Please click here Evangelism point person in a local church to read the job description.
If you think this could be you, we would like to talk to you! Please email julian at julian@esisite.com

Today I went into a cafe to treat myself to a buffet breakfast.
When I got out of my car, I picked up my iphone and head set, and a follow up booklet, because I have learnt to always be ready.
Once inside, I could see there were only a few customers eating, and only two staff members, apart from the chef who was busy in the kitchen.
I paid for my breakfast and as  I was eating it, I started to process the possibilities of giving the gospel to the two staff …

Hi everyone!
We have two church DNA change conferences coming up in Tauranga (14-15 October) and Hamilton (28-29 October).
You could play a small part in furthering His Kingdom by phoning or emailing friends you know in these two cities about this event to let them know it’s happening.
Some of the testimonies coming out of these conferences are truly amazing and God glorifying.  God seems to be really working through these conferences to give some people a REVELATION of evangelism, a burden for souls, and a vision for the lost.
So, please take …

Yesterday, I went to the Warehouse to looking for something, and as I entered the door, a man got my attention excitedly.
Hey, you’re the religious guy! he said, eyes aflame with life, and beaming smile.
How are you, I said.
Great. Hey, you spoke to me two weeks ago outside when I was on my break. Do you remember?
Yes, I said. I remember well.(I’d shared the gospel through www.biblein11.com and my iphone and given him the follow up booklet called “How To Be Sure Of Going To Heaven When You Die”)
Well, he …

Hi everyone
Quite a few people have been asking for a summary of how to change the DNA of their church to make it evangelistic.
The slide below (from the conference) summarises each of ‘road markers’ which must be established in a church if it is to return to the DNA of Jesus.
These road markers are the absolutely non-negotiable truths on the road to recovery of the DNA of Jesus in a local church.
These are the truths you want all the people in your church to be ‘on the same page’ about. …

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the prayer and fasting that is going on at St Andrews in Te Puke, New Zealand. Judy (one of my elders) and I are sensing a real openness to the gospel as we go around evangelising.
You would be pleased to know we led two people to the Lord today. We knocked on the door of one house and a young Indian man by the name of Teji welcomed us and invited us inside for a cup of tea. We readily accepted and then started to give a brief survey to find out if the church is still …