About Lyle Pointer

Facilitator of Evangelism Resources,
Mission Strategy USA/Canada, Church of the Nazarene

Lyle Pointer lives to gather and to grow great people for God and His church. His desire includes reaching lost people, bringing them into a loving relationship with Jesus, and sending them out as witnesses to a holy life.

Ministry:
He presently serves as Professor of Evangelism at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. Simultaneously he is part-time senior pastor at the Blue Springs First Church of the Nazarene. Other involvements include Facilitator of Evangelism Resources for his denomination, church growth consultant, and chairman of the board of Carved In Stone: A Faith Formation Foundation.

Family:
Lyle was born into a family of six children. His dad and mother were bi-vocational pastors in the Northwestern United States. Lyle and Paula married 32 years ago and have adult daughters, Lana and Brooke. He enjoys playing racquetball.

Education:
Lyle graduated from Northwest Nazarene University with a BA in Religion. He then earned a Master of Divinity and a Master of Religious Education from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Fuller Theological Seminary granted him a Doctor of Ministry in 1978.

Experience:
He pastored Nazarene churches in North Dakota, California, and Idaho. He has served as Minister of Evangelism and Pastor’s Associate/Program Administrator at Bethany First Nazarene Church, Bethany, Oklahoma. For nine years he taught Practical Theology and Christian Education at Southern Nazarene University. He presently teaches evangelism at Nazarene Theological Seminary and serves his denomination as Coordinator of Evangelism Resources. Trained by Fuller Evangelistic Association, he works as a Church Growth Consultant.

Writing:
Lyle co-authored Evangelism in Everyday Life and Deep Questions, Direct Answers. He writes for church periodicals, develops curricula for pastors and leaders, and creates training programs for personal evangelists and resources for Christian lay workers.

Speaking:
He trains people in evangelism, church growth, leadership and spiritual formation throughout the Nazarene Church and across denominational lines. He regularly teaches evangelism in the Order of the Flame, a Wesleyan-Methodist training ministry. He starts and teaches Sunday school classes.

Associations:
Lyle has served as liaison for his church to the Wesleyan Commission on Evangelism and Mission America. For years he has been a member of the Association of Case Studies, The American Society for Church Growth and The Academy of Evangelism in Theological Education.