Team Evangelism

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Team Evangelism
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Team Evangelism

• Understanding the Task

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is not a normal evangelism
  training course.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is not a normal evangelism
  training course.
• Team Evangelism is designed for the 90 who dont
  have the gift of evangelism.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is not a normal evangelism
  training course.
• Team Evangelism is designed for the 90 who dont
  have the gift of evangelism.
• Team Evangelism does not force people to become
  someone they are not.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is people working together for
  the benefit of the whole.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is people working together for
  the benefit of the whole.
• Christians teamed with Christians.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is people working together for
  the benefit of the whole.
• Christians teamed with Christians.
• Spiritual gifts teamed with Spiritual gifts.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is people working together for
  the benefit of the whole.
• Christians teamed with Christians.
• Spiritual gifts teamed with Spiritual gifts.
• Laity teamed with leadership.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is people working together for
  the benefit of the whole.
• Christians teamed with Christians.
• Spiritual gifts teamed with Spiritual gifts.
• Laity teamed with leadership.
• The Church teamed with God.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is people working together for
  the benefit of the whole.
• Christians teamed with Christians.
• Spiritual gifts teamed with Spiritual gifts.
• Laity teamed with leadership.
• The Church teamed with God.
• Methods teamed with methods.

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Team Evangelism

• Team Evangelism is people working together for
  the benefit of the whole.
• Christians teamed with Christians.
• Spiritual gifts teamed with Spiritual gifts.
• Laity teamed with leadership.
• The Church teamed with God.
• Methods teamed with methods.
• People teamed with methods.

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Team Evangelism

• False Evangelism Presuppositions

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Team Evangelism

• False Evangelism Presuppositions
• Any Christian can become a dynamic soulwinner.

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Team Evangelism

• False Evangelism Presuppositions
• Any Christian can become a dynamic soulwinner.
• I need intensive training before I can share.

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Team Evangelism

• False Evangelism Presuppositions
• Any Christian can become a dynamic soulwinner.
• I need intensive training before I can share.
• I must be more spiritual before I can share.

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Team Evangelism

• False Evangelism Presuppositions
• Any Christian can become a dynamic soulwinner.
• I need intensive training before I can share.
• I must be more spiritual before I can share.
• Spiritual Christians are concerned about everyone.

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Team Evangelism

• False Evangelism Presuppositions
• Any Christian can become a dynamic soulwinner.
• I need intensive training before I can share.
• I must be more spiritual before I can share.
• Spiritual Christians are concerned about
  everyone.
• A Christian will soon have no unchurched friends.

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Team Evangelism

• False Evangelism Presuppositions
• Any Christian can become a dynamic soulwinner.
• I need intensive training before I can share.
• I must be more spiritual before I can share.
• Spiritual Christians are concerned about
  everyone.
• A Christian will soon have no unchurched friends.
• Sharing Christ is a now-or-never situation.

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Team Evangelism

• False Evangelism Presuppositions
• Any Christian can become a dynamic soulwinner.
• I need intensive training before I can share.
• I must be more spiritual before I can share.
• Spiritual Christians are concerned about
  everyone.
• A Christian will soon have no unchurched friends.
• Sharing Christ is a now-or-never situation.
• I need to be able to push for a decision.

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News
• SBC Baptisms have hit their lowest levels in 21
  years.

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News
• SBC Baptisms have hit their lowest levels in 21
  years.
• 89 of SBC Churches are not experiencing healthy
  growth.

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News
• SBC Baptisms have hit their lowest levels in 21
  years.
• 89 of SBC Churches are not experiencing healthy
  growth.
• From 1991 to 2004 the U.S. population grew 15.
  However the number of unchurched adults went up
  92.

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News in MN and WI

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News in MN and WI
• In 2008 our Baptism ratio was the lowest ever.

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News in MN and WI
• In 2008 our Baptism ratio was the lowest ever.
• It costs us 1,798 to baptize one person through
  our Church Planters. (866/profession)

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News in MN and WI
• In 2008 our Baptism ratio was the lowest ever.
• It costs us 1,798 to baptize one person through
  our Church Planters. (866/profession)
• Our church planters baptize .6 persons/month.

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Team Evangelism

• The Bad News in MN and WI
• In 2008 our Baptism ratio was the lowest ever.
• It costs us 1,798 to baptize one person through
  our Church Planters. (866/profession)
• Our church planters baptize .6 persons/month.
• Our church planters lead 1.3 persons/month to the
  Lord.

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Team Evangelism

• We have to become Apostolic Again!

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Team Evangelism

• We have to become Apostolic Again!
• We need to practice Mt. 2819-20

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Parting Shots
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Parting Shots

• Recently saved people are more amazed by our
  silence than they were offended by our witness.

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Parting Shots

• Recently saved people are more amazed by our
  silence than they were offended by our witness.
• Christianity is a movement to be advanced not an
  institution to be maintained.

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Parting Shots

• Recently saved people are more amazed by our
  silence than they were offended by our witness.
• Christianity is a movement to be advanced not an
  institution to be maintained.
• Failure to Launch The reality of most of our
  church plants when it comes to evangelism.

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Parting Shots

• You will accomplish more in the next two months
  for the Kingdom of God by developing a sincere
  interest in two other people than you will ever
  accomplish in the next two years by trying to get
  two people interested in you.

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Parting Shots

• If every Southern Baptist would concentrate on
  just one person this year with the goal of having
  that person accept Christ and become baptized.
  We would blow the roof off all our baptism
  records.

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Parting Shots

• If every Southern Baptist would concentrate on
  just one person this year with the goal of having
  that person accept Christ and become baptized.
  We would blow the roof off all our baptism
  records.
• (even with a 97.5 failure rate.)

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Parting Shots

• What will be said of the MWBC
• church planting evangelism efforts in 10 years?

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Parting Shots

• What will be said of the MWBC
• church planting evangelism efforts in 10 years?
• What will be said of your evangelism efforts?