Evangelism Help!

I know made a specific promise for my next post, but that will have to wait until later. This is currently on my mind so I figured I could post this first :)

Most of my evangelizing has been tackling the problems at hand in conversations in person or on the internet. We’ll post statuses on facebook about baptism, spiritual gifts, etcetera and then respond to whatever people say about it. Although it’s important to talk about these things when evangelizing (they are necessary), I’m starting to think that I should ask for bible studies with those people before I answer to what they said about “deeper” subjects. Of course, I’m not saying it’s wrong to tackle what they say immediately, but I think it would be more effective if we started from the beginning. I’m starting to discover that people will not change their views on a lot of things because they don’t have the proper foundation for their belief. Most problems can be solved when one understands the difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament. If everyone believed the truth on that subject, think of how many problems might be eliminated! There is not just one way to evangelize, but I think there are techniques that are more effective than others, depending on the situation and the person. Generally, there is an order for things to discuss and understand before attempting to move over higher hurdles. I hope this list will help you all in evangelizing and being more effective in converting souls to Christ.

           

1.     (sometimes the first step will need to be proving God exists and/or that the bible is His inspired, inerrant word by which we are to live. For now, we’ll just assume they believe in God and the bible)

1. Difference between the testaments. They must understand that we are under the new law and why.

2.  The bible is the only authority for religious matters (not parents, preachers, friends, etc.)
(depending on the person, you might need to discuss the spiritual gifts issue at this time)

3.   Part of the plan of salvation: hear, believe, repent, confess

4.   Christ established only one church, all others are false.

5.   Baptism saves us and adds us to Christ’s church (I think it’s important to discuss the church before/during the baptism conversation)

6.   Identifying marks of the church (no mechanical instruments, the name, the organization, etc.)

7.   Alcohol, drugs, gambling

8.   Modesty, attendance, works of the church

9.   Other things

Like I said before, these steps need to be discussed and also understood. We can’t move past baptism if they don’t agree with what the bible says about baptism, for example. This doesn’t HAVE to be the order that we always use, it’s just a personal judgment call, but I think this is a good guideline to go by.

**easy ways to evangelize**

1. Open Bible Study series

You can order these here
I think this is in a book format when ordered from this site, but I’m sure you can email them and ask how to get them in pamphlet form (so you can have multiples of each lesson and have them separate for different studies)

2. Fishers of Men bible study pamphlets

Go to this link and ask for the bible study series.

3. We Care Bible

This is a small bible that starts you at one place and leads you to exactly where you need to go next. Anyone can use this for study.

You need to contact Mark Williams to order this

4. “Business” cards

Just google business cards and you can find blank ones (sometimes even for free) that you can create to hand out to people at the grocery store, with your tip, etc. Write your invitation to your congregation, with contact information, and plan of salvation. Whatever you want to. You can also put that you’re willing to do bible studies with them. This is an easy way to reach out to people that you don’t know.

5. The Church of the Bible by JC Choate

This is a book that has instruction with questions regarding the true church. You can send this to family and friends, give it as a gift, or go through it with someone. Tell them to let you know of any questions or confusion that they have.

This book can be found on several websites. Just google it. You can order a bunch of them for a low price.

I know there are other things out there, so if you have suggestions, please leave a comment. I would appreciate your information!

Here’s the challenge: In order to use these techniques, we have to GET OUT THERE and ASK for studies! Most of the time, people will not come to you and ask you to study with them. We have to initiate! It’s scary, but we must be willing to suffer for Christ. Go make the devil angry!!