Helpful Questions for the Evangelist

By EvangelismCoach • September 17, 2007

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I like to use questions in my conversations with people to help them think about matters of faith.

Questions help draw people into conversations, and likewise can help further a conversation along rather than me making declarations all the time.

I was looking at an article by Paul Hazelden about The Modified Engel Scale (Complete). The Engel Scale (use your favorite search engine to find more information) was developed several years ago to help map out evangelism as a process.

It presupposes that conversion is a linear event, that happens after a rational conclusion of examining the evidence that one needs a solution for sin and that Jesus is that solution.

We are a generation that often thinks with its feelings, so I no longer think that the scale is helpful. My own conversion was without any understanding of my sin — I just knew I needed to follow Jesus. I understood what that meant as I began reading the Bible later.

But, I digress. At the end of the article, there is a list of questions that can be helpful to the evangelist. I refer you to the article for the larger contex. The Modified Engel Scale (Complete).

These are some possible questions to help determine where a person is on the revised scale.

Let me ask you this?
What questions do you like to use in your conversations?