It’s not too early to plan for the 2014 On Target Evangelism Conference: Seek & Save. This February, from the 17th to 18th, believers will be gathering at the Torrance South Bay Marriot to hear featured speakers Miles McPherson and David Nasser, and be led in worship by the Travis Ryan band.
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We know that the car keys are a young person’s ticket to freedom and all kids know how to ask for them. But how do we get the keys to reaching a city for Christ? Interestingly, Chris Walker, a friend and co-laborer in the ministry of evangelism, has given us his 2 Keys to Reaching a City for Christ, which seeks to answer that question.
You’ll find that it’s focus is on our personal sharing as much as it is about church-wide efforts. So what are you waiting for? Get on over and read the article I just recommended or visit his website to see what else he has available to help you share your faith more effectively.
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Live dangerously and let me send you someplace else.
No Christian is immune from discouragement. If you don’t believe 
me, just read this biographical note from Paul, the Apostle. Maybe that’s one of the reasons God clearly commanded His people to “consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.” (Hebrews 10:24)
We hope these short ‘encouragement efforts’ spur you on toward the good deed of evangelism, with a heart of love.
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Forgiveness Ministries is dedicated to helping people develop a lifestyle of authentic, biblical forgiveness, and helping churches become better communities of forgiveness and not just communities of the forgiven.
How They Can Help with Evangelism
By hosting one of their Forgiveness Seminars, a church can
And, if you or someone you know would like to major in the forgiving behavior of our Savior, don’t wait for your church to schedule a Forgiveness Seminar. Visit their website and find out when one will be held near you.
For more information about Forgiveness Ministries, you may also contact the founder, Steve Diehl.
After all the ingredients have been measured correctly and blended together, and the dough is rolled out evenly, a cookie cutter becomes the natural tool to employ. But the spiritual journey of a friend can’t be shaped like cookie dough or cut into cute shapes. We’re too different for that.
Frank Viola, in his post, Rethinking How We Present the Gospel, shares at length how we can still be effective in God’s ‘kitchen’ by recognizing the differences in the people he brings into our lives. After you’ve had a chance to read it, come back and share which of the five points near the end of the article was most impactful to you.
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In a very real way, we are blameless before God because of Christ’s work on the cross and our faith in his death on our behalf. But in a day to day practical way, “blamelessness is a verdict reached by those who observe a life and compare it to a standard. Such a person or group has credibility, the first essential for effective evangelism. We must be good news before we share it.” (Joe Aldrich, Lifestyle Evangelism)
Of course the standard we live by must be worthy of the God we serve, but when it is, we become, as Joe Aldrich says so well, good news.
We’re not blameless though in our daily lives; at least I’m not. And we shouldn’t try and make people think we’re something we aren’t. They’ll know anyway and then they can add hypocrite to our other failures.
We usually think of having a fever as a bad thing, but when it comes to loving our neighbor by sharing our faith, we don’t want the ‘fever’ to subside.
Ways to Catch a Fever
According to Lee Strobel in his book, Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary, “…I take some time to review in depth what my life was like before I met Jesus. Though I was undeserving, He rescued me from a life of irrelevancy and an eternity of despair.”
Thinking of how gracious God has been helps Lee renew his desire to see friends and family come to faith in Christ. How about you? What will you review about God’s grace in your life if your enthusiasm toward evangelism ever starts to wane?
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We’ve Got the Power
Some say the best tools are power driven and I think that’s true with evangelism. We have the gospel, which is God’s power for the salvation of everyone who believes (Romans 1:16), and we have have the power God granted us when he saved us, which is the same power “as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead…” (Ephesians 1:19-20)
Another great power source is wisdom. You don’t have learn how to evangelize the hard way by making all the mistakes. You can gather information from people and organizations that God is using to equip his people to share their faith. You’ve learned about some of those ‘partners’ by reading our posts and we’d like to share another one with you.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
They have developed tons of resources such as, the gospel online, articles about sharing your faith, and even a music video painting the gospel in graffiti. Check out their other resources or let us know what ‘power’ God has given you to share the gospel, but don’t venture into sharing land without God’s power close at hand.
Stott’s Thought – Christianity by Definition…
“Christianity by definition begins with the historical figure of Jesus Christ. If God has spoken, his last and greatest word to the world is Jesus Christ. If God has acted, his noblest act is the redemption of the world through Jesus Christ.” John Stott – Basic Christianity
I think God has spoken and acted. He has said and done something beyond our human comprehension. The gospel we share with our friends and families is less an invitation than it is a declaration. God declares for all the world that in Christ, he has done for the world what we could never have accomplished on our own. That is the message we are charged with sharing and blessed for being chosen to convey.
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