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Our 2025 Goal
Listen to 2,000 new stories this year.
Initiate conversations, listen to the stories of friends, neighbors, or family members, and celebrate with us! Write the name of the person on a ping-pong ball and drop it in a story bin. Learn about how to celebrate with us by clicking here.
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Weekly Evangelism Coaching
We want to help you "Know Their Story" this year. To do that we created weekly evangelism coaching. You select whether you want an email in your inbox or a text reminder each week for 12 weeks. Then for the next 12 weeks you get a coaching tip to help you grow in your goal of learning new stories this year.
Ways to get the coaching
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Sign up for the email list and get the weekly coaching tip delivered to your inbox each Tuesday at 7am. This is the easiest and most convenient way.
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Text Reminder
Sign up to get the weekly coaching tip as a text reminder each Tuesday. This text will contain a link to the tip each week.
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Get Both
You can sign up to get both an email and a text message each week to make sure you never miss a coaching tip.
Read the Coaching Articles

The Know Their Story initiative has been all about learning to notice and love the people around you. It’s about stepping into conversations where others...

In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he wrote something surprisingly humble and deeply insightful: “For I long to see you so that I may impart...

This year, you’re likely to meet people who want to share their stories—but who may have no interest in hearing the gospel. Some of those...
Evangelism Coaching
Sign up for weekly evangelism coaching and get a new coaching tip each week to help you "Know Their Story" this year. You can sign up for the email version or for a text message each week with your coaching tip.

8 Week Evangelism Course
Engaging the Public Square with a Better Story
A unique online course where you’ll transform in just 8 weeks from an uncertain and overwhelmed Christian to a confident evangelist, equipped with practical tools, authentic relationship-building strategies, and insights to help you navigate our post-Christian culture. The course is normally $197, but through our partnership with Spread Truth we are able to offer it for only $47!
8 wk Evangelism Course
Sign up for the 8 week online evangelism training course from Spread Truth. This course will teach you how to initiate conversations, address hard questions, learn storytelling, and fulfill the great commission. The course is just $47 through our partnership with Spread Truth.
Know Their Story Podcast
Ep 1 – Listening with Love with Pastor Ritch
Episode Summary: In this episode of Know Their Story, host Jimmy Houck, Outreach Minister at Bethany Church, sits down with...
Ep 2 – Growing as a Listener with Pastor Ritch
Episode Summary: In this episode of Know Their Story podcast, host Jimmy Houck, Outreach Minister at Bethany Church, continues the...
Ep 3 – Loving People Well with Jimmy Houck
Episode Summary: In this episode of Know Their Story, host Tyler Collins, Media and Communications Director at Bethany Church, sits...
Ep 4 – Love That Listens in Action with Pastor Josh Beakley
Episode Summary: In this episode of Know Their Story, host Jimmy Houck, Outreach Minister at Bethany Church, sits down with...
Ep 5 – Small Conversations, Big Impact with Julia Jast
Episode Summary: In this episode of Know Their Story, host Jimmy Houck, Outreach Minister at Bethany Church, sits down with...
Ep 6 – Joining God’s Work: Everyday Evangelism with Chinedu Ugorji
Episode Summary: In this powerful episode of Know Their Story, host Jimmy Houck, Outreach Minister at Bethany Church, sits down...
Ep 7 – Friendship First, Reaching the Nations in Peoria with Mandy Hobbs
Episode Summary: In this episode of Know Their Story, host Jimmy Houck talks with Mandy Hobbs, one of the team...
Celebrate with Us!
Initiate conversations with those around you. Listen to their story, ask questions, and be curious about their life and circumstance. Each time you hear a new story this year:
- Grab a ping-pong ball.
Write the name or nickname of the person.
- Drop the ball into a story bin.
