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LatestPrayerNovember 5, 2026 · 3 min read

What Is Advent? Meaning, Themes And How To Celebrate It

What Advent means, when it starts, why it looks back to Jesus' birth and forward to His return, the traditional themes and the Advent wreath, and simple ways for individuals, families and churches to keep it.

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Outreach3 min read

How To Invite Someone To Church At Christmas (What To Say, And What Not To)

Christmas is one of the easiest times of the year to invite someone to church. How to choose who to invite, what to actually say, how to make it easy to say yes, what to do on the day, and how to follow up — without pressure.

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Evangelism3 min read

Evangelism For Introverts: Sharing Jesus Without Becoming Someone Else

You don't need to be loud, outgoing or a natural talker to share your faith. A practical, biblical guide to evangelism for introverts: one-to-one conversations, listening, writing, hospitality, prayer, and doing outreach in a way that fits how God made you.

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Discipleship2 min read

How To Start A Small Group Bible Study (A Simple, Practical Guide)

Small groups are where many Christians grow most — and where new believers find a home. How to start one: who to invite, where and when to meet, a simple format, what to study first, leading discussion, and keeping it healthy.

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Discipleship3 min read

What Is The Kingdom Of God? Jesus' Central Message, Explained

The Kingdom of God was the heart of everything Jesus preached. What it means, why it is 'already here' and 'not yet', how you enter it, what it looks like in ordinary life, and what it means to seek it first.

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Evangelism3 min read

How To Share Your Faith On Social Media (Without Being Preachy)

A practical, biblical guide to sharing Jesus online: what to post, telling your story, responding to comments and messages with grace, consent and safety, avoiding arguments, and pointing people to a next step.

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Discipleship3 min read

I Just Became A Christian — What Now? Your First 30 Days With Jesus

Just gave your life to Jesus? Welcome. A warm, simple guide to your first 30 days: what just happened, assurance when doubts come, reading the Bible, praying, finding a church, baptism, telling someone, and what to do when you mess up.

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Discipleship3 min read

How To Read The Bible For The First Time: A Simple Plan

Never read the Bible before? Where to start (hint: not page one), how the Bible is organised, choosing a translation, a simple daily method, a 30-day starter plan, and what to do when it's confusing.

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Evangelism3 min read

Street Evangelism: A Beginner's Guide To Sharing Jesus In Public

A practical, biblical beginner's guide to street evangelism: how to prepare, where to go, conversation starters that actually work, sharing the Gospel simply, staying safe and respectful, handling rejection, and following up.

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The Church3 min read

How To Run An Evangelism Training Night At Your Church

Most Christians want to share their faith but don't know how. A practical plan for a single evening that equips your church: the agenda, practising the Gospel and testimonies in pairs, praying for people, going out together, and keeping the momentum.

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Discipleship3 min read

What Is Discipleship? How To Follow Jesus — And Help Others Follow Him

What discipleship means, how Jesus made disciples, what following Him involves day to day, and a simple, practical way to disciple a new believer — so a decision becomes a lifelong walk with Jesus.

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Prayer3 min read

How To Pray For Someone In Person (Without Making It Weird)

A simple, respectful guide to offering prayer and praying with someone face to face: how to ask, how to listen, what to say, praying for healing with care, respecting boundaries, and following up.

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Evangelism5 min read

How To Preach The Gospel Outdoors: A Biblical, Practical Guide To Open-Air Preaching

Open-air preaching is as old as the Church. A practical, biblical guide to preaching the Gospel outdoors: what to say, how long, sound and permission, answering hecklers with grace, loving the neighbours, and inviting a response.

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Festival Playbook4 min read

How To Recruit And Train Volunteers For A Church Outreach Event

Every outreach event runs on volunteers. The roles you need, how to recruit through churches, safeguarding and screening, a simple training-night plan, the day-of briefing, and how to care for your team so they come back.

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Outreach4 min read

Christmas Outreach Ideas For Churches That Actually Reach People

Christmas is the one season most people are open to hearing about Jesus. Practical, low-cost Christmas outreach ideas for churches — carols in public, personal invitations, serving people alone at Christmas — and the January plan most churches forget.

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Evangelism4 min read

How To Lead Someone To Christ: A Simple, Biblical Guide

A clear, step-by-step guide to the most important conversation there is: praying first, listening, explaining the Gospel simply, inviting a response without pressure, praying together, giving assurance, and the next steps that turn a decision into a disciple.

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Evangelism3 min read

What Is Evangelism? A Simple, Biblical Definition (And How To Start)

What evangelism is, what it isn't, why every Christian is called to it, and how to start this week — a clear, biblical answer for anyone who has ever felt unsure, unqualified or afraid.

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Festival Playbook3 min read

How To Plan An Outdoor Worship Night In Your City

An outdoor worship night is one of the simplest ways to lift up Jesus in public — and a great first step toward a full festival. Venue and permission, sound, the program, prayer and the Gospel, weather, safety, and the follow-up after.

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Prayer3 min read

What Is Revival? A Biblical Look At Spiritual Awakening

What revival is, what it isn't, what Scripture and history show about it, the marks of a genuine move of God, and how ordinary believers can pray and prepare for revival in their own city.

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Evangelism3 min read

Gospel Tracts: Do They Still Work? How To Use Them Well

An honest, practical guide to Gospel tracts today: when they help and when they don't, how to choose a good one, how to hand them out graciously, digital tracts and QR codes, and the mistakes to avoid.

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Evangelism6 min read

How To Give An Altar Call At An Outdoor Event — And Care For Everyone Who Responds

A biblical, practical guide to the Gospel invitation at a festival or outreach: preaching for a response, inviting without pressure, training a response team, praying for healing with care, connect cards and consent, and what happens in the first 48 hours.

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Festival Playbook6 min read

How To Plan Baptisms At An Outdoor Festival

A practical, biblical guide to public baptisms at an outreach event: permission, the tank, water and safety, who baptizes, preparing each person, the day-of flow, and following up so a baptism becomes a beginning.

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Mission6 min read

The Harvest Is Real: Kingdom Impact From Hamilton To The Nations

70+ people gave their lives to Jesus and 50+ were baptized at Jesus Festival Hamilton 2026. Here is the fruit behind it — twelve years of street evangelism, Love on The World, SIX33 — and how you can partner with Daniel and Katie Ziedins through e3 Canada to plunder hell and populate heaven.

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Mission5 min read

Plunder Hell, Populate Heaven: An Invitation To Partner

Daniel and Katie Ziedins have spent twelve years taking the Gospel to the streets of Hamilton and beyond. Now they serve with e3 Canada and I Am Second, and the vision is bigger than ever. Here is what it is, why it matters eternally, and how you can stand with it.

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Outreach5 min read

Church Outreach Ideas That Actually Reach People

Eleven church outreach ideas arranged by how much they ask of you — this week, this season, this year — with why each one works, how it usually goes wrong, and the follow-up step most lists leave out.

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Evangelism5 min read

How To Share Your Testimony In Three Minutes

A simple, honest structure for telling your story of coming to Jesus — before, the turning point, and after — in about three minutes, without preaching, exaggerating or making it about you.

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Discipleship6 min read

The First 48 Hours: How To Follow Up With A New Believer

Someone said yes to Jesus at your event. What you do in the next two days matters more than everything you spent nine months planning. A practical, honest guide to follow-up that actually keeps people.

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Prayer4 min read

How To Pray For Your City (Without Running Out Of Words)

Every festival we've ever held started with someone praying for their city by name. Here's a simple, sustainable way to do it — including what to pray when you don't know what to say.

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The Festivals3 min read

What Actually Happens At A Jesus Festival

Never been to one? Here's honestly what a day looks like — what to expect, what's expected of you, and why people who came sceptical stayed all afternoon.

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Outreach2 min read

Serving Your City When Crisis Hits

The Church should be the first through the door when a community is hurting — not the last to organise. Here's how to be ready before you need to be.

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Discipleship3 min read

Kingdom Work Outside Of Sunday

If ministry only counts when it happens on a platform, then most of the Church is benched most of the week. Scripture disagrees.

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Mission3 min read

2.3 Billion: The Great Commission In Numbers — And On Your Street

The scale of the unreached world can either paralyse you or aim you. Here's how to hold the global number and your own neighbourhood in the same hand.

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The Church3 min read

Why City-Wide Church Unity Is Worth The Effort

Getting churches to work together is slow, awkward and occasionally discouraging. It is also the thing Jesus prayed for — and the thing a watching city notices most.

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Festival Playbook3 min read

What Happens After The Festival: Turning An Event Into A Movement

The stage comes down on Sunday. Most of the fruit is won or lost in the two weeks that follow. Here's how to build the part nobody photographs.

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Evangelism3 min read

How To Share The Gospel With Someone You Already Know

Most people don't meet Jesus through a stranger. They meet Him through someone who already loves them. Here's how to start — without being weird about it.

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