Evangelism Training In Michgan May 07

Evangelism Conference: PostScripts from Michigan

By EvangelismCoach • May 1, 2007

Evangelism Training

I’m back from a 3 day Evangelism Training Seminar at the Lake Ann Camp, just outside of Traverse City Michigan, where I taught on conversational evangelism.

The group of folks came from a variety of denominations: Lutheran, Baptist, Independents, Presbyterian, Christian Reformed, and a few others.

Many came from the local area, and one couple came from Canada. I even met author Ken Kreh, who has written a book entited “I See Him, I see Him,” and runs a website at I See Jesus.net.

From Fear to Freedom:

Many come to our 3 day Evangelism Training Seminar with major fears about evangelism.

People have stereotyped ideas about evangelism, have had embarassing experiences with evangelists, and in many cases feel afraid to share their faith for fear of messing it up or destroying a friendship. Fear and nervousness is a sublte atmospheric subtext of the evangelism conferences I enter. This seems to be normal for the network circles I run in.

The main thrust is all about the sovereignty of God, the initiating work of the Holy Spirit in evangelism, and listening to the Holy Spirit.

By the end of the workshop or conference, many have said “You have helped me move from fear of evangelism to a freedom to share my faith.” (See Testimonials)

My style is conversational evangelism, starting where my conversational partner is, rather than bringing them to a predetermined theological starting point. My goal is to help another person along in their spiritual journey to discover God through Christ.

Thanks!

I want to express my deep thanks to the fine folks who attended this weekend. You gave me great grace, a warm welcome when my flight was 5 hours late and I missed the opening of the event, and many of you have given me feedback to help grow the material.

You all were a blast to laugh with, and I enjoyed those times of sweet fellowship around the table. Feel free to send me an email (or use the contact form to the right) to stay in touch.