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YOUR RESOURCE GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM

33 FOR ASSISTANCE: | EVANGELISMYOUR RESOURCE GUIDE TO1 FOR ASSISTANCE: | OF CONTENTSINSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THIS GUIDEMY SPIRITUALLY SEEKING FRIENDSSPIRITUAL THRESHOLDSMYCRAVINGS CARDSPERSPECTIVE CARDSSOUL CRAVINGS: PREQUELCRAVE: THE THINKING SERIESJESUS: FACT OR FICTIONTHE JESUS FILM & THE JESUS FILM MEDIAKNOWING GOD PERSONALLY BOOKLETKNOWING GOD PERSONALLY DVD AND MAGAZINESATISFIED? BOOKLETTHE LIFE CARDTHE LIFE DVDTHE LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONTREASURE: JESUS IS WORTH EVERYTHINGBURSTING your BUBBLEMY STORYONLINE MENTORINGHOMEBUILDERSSUMMER SPORTS CAMPSLEADER IMPACT FORUMSNATIONAL EXPEDITION TEAMSDRIMET hreshold 1 Threshold 2 Threshold 3 Threshold 4 Threshold 5 Threshold 6 Training materialEvents2 FOR ASSISTANCE: | FOR USING THIS GUIDESTEP 1: Pray

Resources - Evangelism tools custom-tailored to specific spiritual thresholds. (Pages 6 - 20) Training - Equipping you to use evangelism tools. (Pages 21 - 24) Events - Doing evangelism together with others to reach your friends for Christ. (Pages 25- 31) STEP 4: Take action!

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1 33 FOR ASSISTANCE: | EVANGELISMYOUR RESOURCE GUIDE TO1 FOR ASSISTANCE: | OF CONTENTSINSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THIS GUIDEMY SPIRITUALLY SEEKING FRIENDSSPIRITUAL THRESHOLDSMYCRAVINGS CARDSPERSPECTIVE CARDSSOUL CRAVINGS: PREQUELCRAVE: THE THINKING SERIESJESUS: FACT OR FICTIONTHE JESUS FILM & THE JESUS FILM MEDIAKNOWING GOD PERSONALLY BOOKLETKNOWING GOD PERSONALLY DVD AND MAGAZINESATISFIED? BOOKLETTHE LIFE CARDTHE LIFE DVDTHE LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONTREASURE: JESUS IS WORTH EVERYTHINGBURSTING your BUBBLEMY STORYONLINE MENTORINGHOMEBUILDERSSUMMER SPORTS CAMPSLEADER IMPACT FORUMSNATIONAL EXPEDITION TEAMSDRIMET hreshold 1 Threshold 2 Threshold 3 Threshold 4 Threshold 5 Threshold 6 Training materialEvents2 FOR ASSISTANCE: | FOR USING THIS GUIDESTEP 1: Prayerfully identify 5 friends you intend to introduce to Jesus Christ.

2 Write down your friends names at, My Spiritually Seeking Friends (Page 3)STEP 2: Evaluate where your friends are spiritually. Read, The Process People Go Through In Becoming a Christian for help evaluating which spiritual thresholds your friends identify with. (Page 4) Mark spiritual threshold progress for each friend. (Page 3) STEP 3: Review resources available for each spiritual threshold. Resources - EVANGELISM tools custom-tailored to specific spiritual thresholds.

3 (Pages 6 - 20) Training - Equipping you to use EVANGELISM tools. (Pages 21 - 24) Events - Doing EVANGELISM together with others to reach your friends for Christ. (Pages 25- 31)STEP 4: Take action! Select a threshold-specific RESOURCE for each friend and write down an action step. (Page 3) Schedule a date and time to meet with your friend. Pray for your friend and actively share Christ s a Christianbecomes curiousopens to changeseeks after Godenters the kingdom3 FOR ASSISTANCE: | :My next steps:Where is this person spiritually?

4 Name:My next steps:Where is this person spiritually?Name:My next steps:Where is this person spiritually?Name:My next steps:Where is this person spiritually?Name:My next steps:Where is this person spiritually?MY SPIRITUALLY SEEKING FRIENDS trusts a Christiantrusts a Christiantrusts a Christiantrusts a Christiantrusts a Christianbecomes curiousbecomes curiousbecomes curiousbecomes curiousbecomes curiousopens to changeopens to changeopens to changeopens to changeopens to changeseeks after Godseeks after Godseeks after Godseeks after Godseeks after Godenters the kingdomenters the kingdomenters the kingdomenters the kingdomenters the kingdom4 FOR ASSISTANCE: | 1.

5 TRUSTING A CHRISTIANIn order for postmodern people to be open to the gospel, they have to have a trust relationship with a Christian. The key to building trust is listening to and understanding the current reality of people s lives. Only in the safety of a trust relationship will today s Canadian feel comfortable exploring relationship with Jesus 2: BECOMING CURIOUSThe art of asking questions that connect people s current reality of life to God is an essential part of building curiosity. Asking questions like, What do you crave in life?

6 Creates opportunities for Christians to help your friend connect these realities to s t s a ChristianBecomes curiousOpens up to changeSeeks after GodEnters the Kingdom1 This section adapted from: Everts & Schaupp, I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus, Downers Grove, IV Press, 2008. Used with with process people go through in becoming a ChristianResearch and experience have shown that in today s world, people pass through discernible phases as they come to follow Jesus.

7 These spiritual thresholds trace the postmodern journey from distrust to trust, from complacency to curiosity, from meandering to seeking to finally making the choice to enter the ASSISTANCE: | 3: OPENING UP TO CHANGEYour friend will generally open up to change when they see faith being worked out in your own life. When people start considering the possibility of God, they will look at whether it is real in your life first. Does faith in Christ work for you? This is where your faith story becomes powerful; showing your friend that relationship with God is not only possible but very good 4: SEEKING AFTER GODAs your friends begin to seek after God they ask very difficult questions.

8 Is Jesus really God? Can I trust the Bible? If there is a God, why do so many bad things happen? By now, your friends realize there is a void in their lives but, intellectually, they are on a quest to discover if Christianity is really true. Providing convincing and accurate answers to these questions is very important at this 5: ENTERING THE KINGDOMIn order to enter the Kingdom, your friend must take the final step of repenting, believing and giving their life to Christ. In return your friend receives the immeasurable hope and love found in relationship with Jesus.

9 There are many people who pass through the spiritual thresholds to this point but never take this final step. Yet those who come this far inherit the forgiveness, freedom and eternal life found only in Jesus Christ. Important Note: Transitioning from one spiritual threshold to the next is a wonderful and mysterious work of God. It is possible to GUIDE someone through one of these phases in one meeting. However, in today s spiritual climate, progress through all of the spiritual thresholds will likely be a process of ASSISTANCE: | ASSISTANCE: | A CHRISTIANSUGGESTED RESOURCE : myCravingsTARGET AUDIENCE: General audienceHOW TO USE IT: Use myCravings resources to start spiritual conversations in a unique way.

10 Listen attentively and ask genuine questions. As you build trust, your new friend will naturally become curious about your perspective on the same questions. Use these opportunities to share your faith OVERVIEW: myCravings resources are EFFECTIVE , non-threatening tools to spark spiritual conversations. Each tool features high-quality pictures cards which are great springboards for spiritual conversations, inviting people to talk about their deepest cravings. These resources train and equip Christians to engage others through asking questions and TO GET IT: Direct friends to the FREE myCravings survey hereDownload the myCravings app at the iTunes Store herePurchase myCravings cards online here 8 FOR ASSISTANCE: | A CHRISTIANSUGGESTED RESOURCE : PerspectiveTARGET AUDIENCE: General audienceHOW TO USE IT: Hand someone one category of Perspective cards.


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