6 Week Evangelism Small Group Guide

Small groups are a great place to find help and encouragement in sharing Christ with nonbelievers.

I propose one accountability group as an Evangelism Training Small Group.

Here is a sample 6 week group to increase the number of evangelism conversations.

Week One

• Read together Mt. 28:18-20 and Acts 1:8. Use a flip chart or poster paper to list as many observations as you can from these verses.
• How you would define your “Jerusalem?”  Is it a neighborhood, workplace, your circle of acquaintances, or something else?
• Do the same with “Judea” “Samaria” and “ends of the earth.”
• Brainstorm how your small-group members can reach their Jerusalems. Write your ideas on a flip chart or poster paper.
• Commit to pray daily for one another to become more evangelistic.
• Ask group members to spend the next week asking the Lord for the names of three people they can reach out to.  See Evangelism Prayer List
• Close in prayer.  Read How to Lead an Evangelistic Prayer meeting.

Week Two

• Tell each other about the three people you want to share Christ with.
• Divide into prayer partners, and pray for each other and the people on your lists.
• As a group, brainstorm ways you can reach out in kindness to your three people. Refer to the ideas you came up with last week.
• Look at gospel scripts and work at getting to know just one.  See How to Use a Gospel script
• Role-play sharing the gospel with each other using these presentations.

Week Three through Six

• Discuss your evangelistic conversations since the prior meeting.
• Debrief the conversations (see below) to discern what worked and what didn’t.
• Plan an outreach event–a picnic, hike, potluck dinner, etc. Invite the three people on your outreach list, plus others who come to mind.
• Continue role-playing your gospel presentations. Discuss together how to answer difficult questions that arise in your conversations with nonChristians.
• Dismiss again till next time.

Debriefing the conversations

Some questions I like to ask are:

1. “How did God point out that person to you?”
2. “Where did you notice God was already at work?”
3. “What was their spiritual thirst?”
4. “What would you do differently?”
5. “What did you share about Christ?”