Simple Growth Steps
Discover practical strategies for personal evangelism with this comprehensive guide. Learn to effectively invite others to church, share your stories of faith, and communicate the Gospel message. With tips tailored for church planters, pastors, and ministry volunteers, you will empower yourself to joyfully share God's love and call others to faith in Jesus Christ. Explore the four essential steps: inviting others, telling personal stories, understanding the Gospel, and helping others make a decision for Christ. Start transforming lives through effective evangelism today!
Simple Growth Steps
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Simple Growth Steps For more effectivePersonal Evangelism
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What is Evangelism? Finding the PresbyteriansIn my Neighborhood
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
Opportunities • Launch of a New Sermon Series • Special Events • Nudge of the Spirit
Group Exercise • Write down names of 5 people you can invite to church for February
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.
When is the right time? http://www.EvangelismCoach.org/store
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
My Default Setting • Bridge Illustration
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 visit http://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
Your turn • What is one change or action you will do this week as a result of being here?