Gospel Coach is not just an evangelism tool. Barna found that 73% of born-again Christians believe they have a personal responsibility to share their faith. But only 52% actually did so in the past year. That is a 21-point gap between conviction and action.
Lifeway research, conducted with Evangelism Explosion, names the reason: more than 4 in 10 Christians (42%) say sharing the gospel with a non-believer is scary — and the most commonly cited fear is being asked a question they cannot answer.
The Gospel Coach web app gives Christians a place to face those questions in private, without consequence, until they no longer feel afraid. By the time they meet a real-life agnostic neighbor or a coworker who wants to talk about faith, they have already had that conversation a dozen times.
Use Recommendations
Practice with a conversation partner before you ever sit down for coffee with a friend
Choose a conversation partner. You can specify in the first comment an age, gender, and even life experiences the person may have. As you chat with the person, you’ll learn some of their beliefs and practice how best to connect with them on those points.
With the outreach team before they ever knock on a single door
Need to canvass a neighborhood? Discover through demographic research what religious groups are present. Use Gospel Coach to help you with conversations that you may encounter. Show up at the door prepared.
With the family before you walk into a room
Meeting someone and talking to them during a crisis situation can be intimidating if you don’t share the same spiritual beliefs or faith traditions. Gospel Coach gives you a way to practice that conversation before ever needing to have it.
With the community you’ll meet on your missions trip
Tell the Coach where you’re going and ask it to set a scene with someone you might meet on the street there. Practice for two weeks. Arrive prepared.
Seminary and Bible College Classrooms
Professors can assign Gospel Coach as a class exercise and had every student practice a different conversation, then debrief together.
Youth ministry training
Introduce students to Gospel Coach with a hands-on learning segment. They can use their phones to access gospelcoach.ai or download the Life on Mission app to access it. Invite them to customize a scenario by choosing a conversation partner but choosing an age or circumstance they will most likely encounter.
How are you using or how will you use Gospel Coach? Let us know! Email us at [email protected].
