1. Have small groups make a point of inviting friends and church visitors to their meetings, you’ve made evangelism a part of small groups without having to do anything terribly elaborate.
  2. Plan special services and encourage members to invite friends and family.
  3. Give up your seat for a visitor. Look for visitors to speak to before and after services. Invite visitors to lunch. (Most will say no, but all will be impressed.) Invite visitors to your Bible class and small group – and escort them to the classroom. Help visitors get their kids to the children’s class. Greet visitors – even though you’re not part of the greeter team.
  4. The preacher should personally call all visitors. This is not written in the Bible, but the churches where the ministers cares enough to call grow.
  5. Train members how to act like Christians in order to invite others to Jesus. In one church the minister encourages his members to tip 20% every time they eat out. He wants every restaurant in town to know that the members of XYZ Church care about waiter and waitresses. He coaches the members to initiate spiritual conversations: “Is there something going on in your life that I could pray for?” Somehow he got the idea that people should be glad to see a member of XYZ Church coming because they are never rude, always thoughtful, and always striking up pleasant, friendly conversations with perfect strangers.

Excerpts from an article by Jay Guin titled: “Advice to a New Elder: Evangelism.” Dated July 31, 2016