Releasing the hidden evangelist in every Christian---Picture all of your church members as evangelists who: Demonstrate a contagious Christian character ... Build spiritually strategic relationships ... Direct conversations toward matters of faith ... Communicate their faith in a style that's personal and natural ... Explain biblical truths in a style that's personal and natural ... Explain biblical truths in everyday language ... Respond to the most common objections to Christianity. Becoming a Contagious Christian is a proven course designed to equip believers for effective evangelism in today's world. It avoids stereotyped approaches that feel intimidating to many Christians. Instead, it shows ordinary believers how they can share the gospel in a natural and powerful way while being the person God made them to be. Each session's exercises, discussions, self-assessments, and video vignettes give step-by-step guidance to help participants become effective communicators for Christ to those around them. Used with nearly 1,000,000 people---Becoming a Contagious Christian is an innovative and unparalleled program for training Christians in relational evangelism. Becoming a Contagious Christian works with any size group, from small groups of 4-9 to Sunday school classes and other large groups of 10 to 150 or more. It can be presented successfully in any of the following formats: ---Three sessions of two hours each---Six sessions of 50 minutes each---One, two, or three-day retreats---Or adapt it to fit the needs of your church! Becoming a Contagious Christian materials include: ---2 DVD Videos---Leader's Guide---Participant's Guide---PowerPoint CD-ROM---copy of Becoming a Contagious Christian book. These components are also available separately. 6 sessions (flexible format); 2 180-minute DVD videos.
See William G. McLoughlin , Revivals , Awakening , and Reform : An Essay on Religion and Social Change in America 1607 to 1977 ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1980 ) . 12. George Gallup , Jr. , and George O'Connell , 4 THE ...
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... Harry Jackson , did a marvelous job of mobilizing the youth , especially on the East Coast . As with any undertaking of great merit , there are always numerous behind - the - scenes workers whose names often go unrecognized to the ...
London : Darton , Longman and Todd . 2001b . “ The Alpha Programme : Some Tentative Observations of State of the Art Evangelism ... Jeremias , Joachim . 1971. Eucharistic Words of Jesus . London : SCM Press . Johnson , Maxwell . 1999.
Presbyterian Board of Education to a teaching position at Haines Institute in Augusta, Georgia.58 Haines Institute was founded and led by Lucy Croft Laney, a former slave. As Laney's apprentice, McLeod was further directed toward ...
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Carriers of the Fire: The Women of the Welsh Revival 1904/05 Their Impact Then,Their Challenge Now
Lance saw that his life was like a traveler without a road map . Lance remembered that Sharon and I had told him that “ Christ wanted to give him new life . ” Right there , driving down the highway in his Volkswagen Bug , Lance decided ...
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