A six week evangelism study small group to hold each other accountable in personal evangelism to increase the number of conversations. If you want a group that doesn't simply study evangelism, but does it, here is a one approach
I compiled a quick list of evangelism presentations in answer to question I received. I link to each one of them for further research. The goal is not "Which one is right?" or "Which one is best?" Rather, pick one and master it.
The gospel story is the one story that all Christians must master and know well. Here is a list of gospel stories that you can choose from. Learn one of these really well and you will remove a lot of fear in personal evangelism. Practice them regularly and with friends in real life.
My faith has found a resting place, Not in device nor creed; I trust the Ever-living One, His wounds for me shall plead. I need no other argument, I need no other plea; It is enough that Jesus died, And that He died for me. — Hymn, My Faith has found a resting place …
Cary Schmidt has written a useful introduction to the gospel: Done.: What most religions don’t tell you about the Bible. Its chapters cover the basic gospel script of Do Vs. Done as the framework for a simple explanation of the gospel that allows someone who is considering Christianity to examine the biblical evidence and reasoning …
Evangelism is a spiritual work. When we make it a human work, we feel pressure to get a decision. feel unprepared to handle every possible objection. feel insecure in presenting what we personally know about Jesus. Rather, Evangelism is the work of the Holy Spirit. But even with that in mind, we are prone to …
Imagine the scenario: You and a non-Christian friend are sitting in a Starbucks, talking about life, drinking a cup of coffee. In a relaxed and safe manner, the talk naturally turns to your faith in Christ. She looks at you and asks with complete sincerity: “What is the gospel?” How would you answer? How would …
Beyond Belief by Patrick McElroy is subtitled Live a Consistent, Spiritually Powerful life. From the back cover: “a book about breaking free from a spiritually weak life to achieve the consistently powerful one that is available to every believer. It’s a Bible Study 101 that guides reader to a greater revelation of God.”
I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community. See Part I of Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part I See Part II of Evangelism Where You Live – A Review Part II This …
The foundational focus of Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community is to present a philosophy of ministry that should work its way into the DNA of a church congregation. A way of doing ministry in which Christ followers model, encourage, and equip others to be salt and light servants where they live . . …
I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community. Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I’ll be pulling out a few themes. What’s not working? The authors ask: …
let me share some possible starting scripts that you can use yourself, or develop more fully into a resource you can use at your church.
This past week, I’ve had fun with some new friends in Palmer Alaska, while teaching The Evangelism Dunamis. One of the joys I get in my travels as an evangelism trainer is meeting new people all over the country. Pastors from various denominations and gifted lay ministers. At this conference, new mission outreaches were launched …
Here are a 10 practical tips on personal evangelism. Each of these links will take you to further explanations and articles on these items.
I remember a model of evangelism that felt like a sales pitch. I would attend a seminar and learn the newest script for evangelism. The idea is that I would learn a series of conversational steps that would help people See their need for Jesus Make a decision to follow Christ Repeat a prayer after …
In doing research for this series on gospel scripts, I found another outline called FAITH. It seems pretty good and could be a simple tool to share your faith. Scripts are not automatic The purpose of a script is to provide you an outline to share your faith when the Lord provides the opportunity. You …
"Do versus Done" is very simple gospel presentation to think through, and gets at one aspect of the gospel message.
The key to using gospel scripts is to know ONE "inside out"so that your explanation is crystal clear. The idea is that you can use it at any given moment, or as they say, you can "do it in your sleep" (a phrase meaning that you can explain the script without having to think too hard because you are so familiar with it). Once you are deeply familiar with one, then add another one to your skill set.
I have a friend who gave me his personal business card. On the back, however, was a brief little gospel script. This might be a useful idea for a person to give away, and makes for a little conversational piece. Of course, the script is not complete. It doesn’t explain everything that is contained in …
As evangelists, we need a “Default setting.” A default setting is a gospel script that we have mastered so well that it is second nature to use it. A default setting enables us to explain a few points of the gospel clearly when its appropriate.
