"When I started as Senior Pastor in 1999, there were 12 people attending our church. I worked hard to help the church grow, but after a few years of hard toil and little growth I knew something more had to be done to involve the people in growing the church.
   After attending the Making Friend's seminar I realized that there was a way to teach people about winning souls to Christ by showing them the easy steps in sharing Christ through everyday encounters with people in all areas of their lives.
   To make a long story short, we have experienced a 30% growth in about four months. I would encourage all churches to exercise this method of growing a church, not just for the unsaved, but also for the spiritual growth of your members."

Gary Whaley
Pastor
Cornerstone Christian Church
Grove City, OH

"Making Friends for Heaven's Sake is one of the most useful and helpful seminars I have ever attended. It treats an area that has been widely neglected in our efforts to advance the gospel, namely how to develop relationships with people who do not believe at this time. I would highly recommend Making Friends to anyone who is serious about advancing the gospel in his or her sphere of influence."

John Ed Robertson
Philadelphia Metro Ministry Leader
The Navigators

"After being a pastor for some twenty years I realized I had a major problem. On the one hand, in theory I loved lost people and wanted to win them to Christ. On the other hand, I had no close friendships with non-Christians. I needed to know how to develop a normal, authentic friendship with a lost person that would hopefully result in a spiritual conversation about Jesus at the proper time. Making Friends For Heaven's Sake did that for me and for my congregation. The seminar helps build relationships, recognize significant moments in the developing friendship and make personal evangelism a lifestyle rather than a periodic event. It's completely biblical in its approach and will release God's people to be more effective for Him. As a result of the seminar, our people and I feel much better equipped to reach out to our lost friends and relatives. At a recent get-together of seminar "alumni", I was very excited to hear how many of them are intentionally praying for lost people in their circles of influence and creatively developing and deepening those friendships. Several have already had the opportunity to share the good news of Jesus with their friends. Praise the Lord!"

Rick Breusch
Pastor
Sawmill Baptist Church
Powell, OH

"Making Friends gave us a refreshing, new focus, which is unique in evangelism training -- on the heart of God for outreach and the value of the people we are reaching. Our people developed not only usable skills, but a new and authentic love for their unbelieving friends. The training showed us that lost people are not the "enemy" to be conquered or the "game" to be hunted, but valued friends to be loved and respected right where they are. Once a Christian truly grasps that heart, evangelism flows much more naturally and vibrantly through relationships. The true test of evangelism training is whether its participants embrace the value and lifestyle of outreach long after the training is done. Making Friends produced that effect in our people, many of whom have led their friends to Christ in the days since the seminar. Our people have taken the principles and values of the seminar and have turned them into a lifestyle of actually loving and reaching their lost friends."

Tom Bennardo
Pastor
Life Community Church
Hilliard, OH

"Making Friends for Heaven's Sake helps seminar participants grasp the heart of Jesus and, as His representatives, offers us very clear ways of building authentic friendships with non-believers. Bill and Tyler make this excellent course material come alive with their personal experiences and well-placed humor. Our people loved it."

Jay Halley
Senior Associate Pastor
The Chapel of Akron
Akron, Ohio

"The gospel is more than information; it is a tantalizing, reaction-causing, life-preserving reality that brings people into a vital relationship with Jesus. Making Friends for Heaven's Sake provides the framework and tools to do that in a way for people to work smarter, not harder, in a way that fits our overly busy lifestyles. I'm convinced the tools learned here will help our church truly love unbelievers and grow in Christ-likeness... especially in having a heart for the Lost!"

David Nelson
Pastor of Christian Education
First Presbyterian Church
Stanley, NC