ENGAGING: Every believer sharing as a trained witness

“Now everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation . . .
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ; certain that God is appealing through us, we plead on Christ’s behalf, ‘Be reconciled to God’” (2 Cor. 5:18, 20, HCSB).

Are you ready to engage personally in sharing your faith “as you go” about your daily business?

Are you prepared to engage in witness training? Sometimes the training is new, sometimes it reminds us of what we already know and it provides accountability.

Are you prepared to engage lost people with the gospel and network for evangelism?

Christ-followers must take personal responsibility for sharing Christ in their Jerusalem—across the street, around the block, to their friends, coworkers, and family if they are to fulfill the Great Commission. Others will be called to leave their comfort zones and cross significant geographical or cultural barriers to share Christ as missionaries.

Just Imagine!

• Trained Christ-followers effectively sharing the gospel as they go.
  
  
• Starting small groups to intentionally present the gospel to lost people.
  
  
• Starting new churches.
  
  
• Believers living with a passion for lost people that comes out of the overflow of an intimate walk with God.
  
  

Engaging:

Here are some ideas to equip your congregation in evangelism and engage them in your community.

1. Create an environment for passion-driven evangelism.
• Communicate to your congregation a biblical view of lostness and salvation and model a passion for evangelism.
• Share fresh evangelism stories and testimonies either live or through video clips, power point, etc.
  
  
2. Provide training for a variety of personal evangelism approaches. Here are some helpful resources.
• One Hour / One Day –NAMB
• CROSS Evangelism Training, www.mostimportantthing.org - NAMB
• HeartCall (women’s evangelism) – NAMB
• NET – NAMB
• Share Jesus Without Fear –Lifeway
• FAITH – Lifeway
• Becoming a Contagious Christian
• RELAY – NAMB
• One on One: Evangelism Made Simple – Louisiana Baptist Convention
• One Won 1 – Mississippi Baptist Convention Board
• Equip Students: www.studentz.com
• Sharing God’s Special Plan with Children –NAMB
• Dealing with Objections & Worldviews
• www.4truth.net
• The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus – Habermas & Licona
• The Case for…series – Lee Strobel
  
  
3. Involve your people in opportunities to share the gospel. Here are some helpful resources.
• Servanthood Evangelism Manual –NAMB
• Ministry Evangelism (His Heart Our Hand) - NAMB
• Evangelism Response Center (ERC) - NAMB
• Intentional Community Evangelism (ICE)
• Off-campus Bible studies to engage unbeliever
• Whatever your passion is, make it evangelistic
  
  
4. Offer a variety of venues for evangelism to take place
• Host intentional evangelism events like block parties, mission trips, etc.
• Reach students through ministries like World Changers and Power Plant.