Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest

Evangelization Tools

"Intro to Orthodox Evangelization" Video - With the help of Fr John Matusiak we have recently completed a ten minute "pilot" video, describing the fundamentals of sharing the Good News as Orthodox Christians. You may view the video via this Flash Link Future short videos dealing with the stories of converts and what they found in the Orthodox Church, tips for personal evangelization and parish activities. Stay tuned. If you have suggestions please contact the parish health facilitator.

Inquirers Class - We have completed version 1 of a three session Inquirers Class. The class is designed for a group setting to be taught by priests, deacons or lay catechists.
To download a PowerPoint version that can be edited and customized to your needs, if you have PowerPoint software, click here Once you open it save it to your hard drive.
For a .pdf version click here

Evangelization Articles

Mystery Worshipper Reports

By Joe Kormos, Parish Health Facilitator

What if a complete stranger visited your parish and offered totally honest feedback on what they expereinced. Would you be interested?

Attitudes That Enable the Church to Grow -- and Attitudes That Don't

A reprint from "Church Growth and Evangelization - The Basis and the Basics"

Actions Speak Louder Than Words -- How Do I As An Orthodox Evangelize

by Fr. Eric Tosi

Evangelism pure and simple is to “preach the good news of the Gospel.”
We are called to live out this good news in our daily lives.

Evangelization by Allurement

by Fr Vladimir Berzonsky

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them, teaching them to observe all I have commanded you….” Evangelical Christians, Baptists, and others fulfill that order in ways more obvious than Orthodox people... and quite well. ...Why we don’t go and do likewise?