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Simple Growth Steps. For more effective Personal Evangelism. Give a shout out. Twitter: I’m on a live teleseminar with @EvangelismCoach Facebook http://www.Facebook.com/EvangelismCoach.org. Who am I?. EvangelismCoach.org. Evangelism Training for Mission Agencies Church Planters - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Give a shout out
• Twitter:– I’m on a live teleseminar
with @EvangelismCoach
• Facebook– http://www.Facebook.com/
EvangelismCoach.org
EvangelismCoach.org
• Evangelism Training for – Mission Agencies– Church Planters– Pastors– Churches– Ministry Volunteers
• All the Americas• Online
Definition of Evangelism
Joyfully sharing the good news of the sovereign love of God, and
calling people– to repentance– to personal faith in Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord– to active membership in the church, and – to obedient service in the world.
Definition adopted by the 202nd General Assembly, 1990
Give an Invitation To Church
• Easiest to do.• 80-85% will accept if
invited.• 2% of Christians give
invitations.• 37% link their conversion
to an invitation to church
Recent Stories of God’s Work
• Can you talk about your current experiences of God?– Forgiveness– Healing– Provision– Being used in blessing others– Prayer and Guidance
Exercise
• What is God doing in your life today?– Avoid generalizations -- e.g., “God helps me in my life”– Give a recent story– Right now, within the last month.
My Conversion Story
• General testimony of my conversion• How you came to own your faith• The journey you took.• The backstory.• How you found Christ
My Story--Conversion
• Acts 26 Model - Conversion– My life before Christ (v. 4-11)– Meeting Christ (v. 12-18)– Life with Christ (v. 19-23)
My Story – Gradual Awareness
• Gradual Awareness: 2 Tim 3:13-15– Early Christian influences• Paul, Mother, Grandmother
– Owning it myself - (v. 14, 15)– Life with Christ
From Info to Experience
• Where is God in your story?– Significant Events– Important Moments– Turning points– Key influences– Experiences of God– Needs being met
Bill Easum said:
“Until we can answer the question ‘What is it about
your experience with Jesus that your neighbors can’t live without?’
we’ll never turn the church around.”
Source: Hitchiker’s Guide to Evangelism (13)
Composing your story
• What’s your single greatest ‘so what’ about your relationship with Jesus?
• Who were you before, and who are you now, as a result of Christ’s intervention?
Coaching Corner
• Spend some time journaling your story so that you can get very familiar with it.
• Free Testimonial Discovery Tool: – Http://www.EvangelismCoach.org/Engage
Coaching Corner
• Ask permission of a non-Christian friend to have a listen to your story. – Ask them what they didn’t understand so that you
know where you need to clarify. – They may point out some wholes that you need to
fill in.
The Gospel
• Now brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel that I preached to you, which you have received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved. . .
• That Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture, that he was raised on the third day, and that he appeared . . . .
Default Settings
• Four Spiritual Laws• Do Vs. Done• Then What?• HAND• FAITH• FIRE (From Relay training)• Most Important Thing• Way of the Master• Evangecube• Romans Road• Two Ways to Live
Free List
• List of Gospel Scripts– Http://www.EvangelismCoach.org/Engage
Help with a Decision
• Explain how you surrendered– Prayer– Self offering– Respond to an Altar call
• Ask What Keeps you from following Jesus today?
What did you do?
• How does one surrender a life to Jesus?– Pray to receive Jesus? – Believe? – Make a commitment? – Answer an altar call? – Pray in the middle of the night?
Sinner’s Prayer
• Lord, I’m sorry for the things I have done that are offensive to you and others.
• Please forgive my sin• I surrender my life to you and invite you to fill
it with your love• Help me to follow you all the remaining days
of my life.
Steps to Simple Growth
• Give an Invitation to Church• Tell Your Story• Gospel Story• Invite people to make a decision
My own Curriculum
• Fear Free Evangelism 5 CD Set– www.FearFreeEvangelism.com
• Hybrid– Relational / Contact / Missional– Conversational
Free Resources
• To get your free resources visithttp://www.EvangelismCoach.org/Engage
• Copy of the slides• Free MP3 recording of evangelism seminar.
Share your Story
http://www.Facebook.com/Evangelismcoach.org
• Ask a question• Make a comment• Share a story
No smart phone right now?• Text “Like EvangelismCoach.org” to 32665
– Works if your cell phone is connected to your profile