Evangelism Extreme Make over

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Evangelism Extreme Make over
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Evangelism Made Easier

• This workshop will be divided into 3 areas
• Friendship Evangelism/or Peer Evangelism
• Social Network Evangelism
• 360 Degrees Evangelism

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Skinny on Evangelism

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vYxKGGven9_U

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Where do we start as Youth?

• There are 3 basic ways we can evangelize
• Friendship Evangelism/or Peer Evangelism
• Social Network Evangelism
• 360 Degrees Evangelism

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Peer/Friendship Evangelism

• FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM serves the purpose of
  evangelism through students living an authentic
  life and sharing Jesus with their unchurched
  friends.
• Peer outreach includes individuals who cross the
  natural path of your life. You can begin to
  identify the peers in your natural life path by
  learning to L.O.V.E. your lost peers

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WHAT PEER EVANGELISM INCLUDES

• L ocation
• Peers atornear your home.
• Brothers Sisters
• Dad Mom
• Relatives Neighbors
• O ccupation
• Peers at your job.
• Fellow employee
• Boss or Shift Manager
• Customers

• V acation
• Peers at play.
• Teammates and Coach
• Peers in the band
• Friends with same hobbies
• E ducation
• Peers at your school.
• Classmates in art, math, etc.
• Teachers
• Peers at lunch table or locker

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ETERNAL CPR

• The payoff for being trained in Eternal C.P.R. is
  the participation in the saving of a lifefor
  eternity!
• The process of ETERNAL CPR evangelism begins
  with
• Cultivatingbuilding bridges of friendship with
  spiritually lost peers by prioritizing time spent
  with them.
• Jesus was a friend of sinners (Matthew 1119).
• Evangelism begins by cultivating a friendship
  with a spiritually lost peer.
• Its not enough to be friendly (cordial, nice,
  etc.) with the lost we must build an authentic
  friendship by being intentional about listening
  and caring for the spiritually lost peers in the
  LOVE PATHS of our lives.

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ETERNAL CPR

• Plantingplanting the seed of your friendship
  with God by speaking the truth in love.
• After working on the love side by cultivating a
  friendship with the spiritually lost then we
  must
• Initiate planting the seed of your friendship
  with God with your spiritually lost peer.
• Ask questions that help peers view the spiritual
  dimensions of their lives and share your personal
  faith story.

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ETERNAL CPR

• Reapinggiving a clear presentation of the Good
  News about Jesus with a call to respond.
• Traditionally evangelism training has focused
  primarily on reaping skills. However, Jesus
  taught hat that cultivating and planting were the
  hard work of evangelism.
• John 437-38 (NIV) Thus the saying One sows and
  another reaps is true. 38 I sent you to reap
  what you have not worked for. Others have done
  the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits
  of their labor.
• But, there does come a time to share the Good
  News and call for a response by your peer,
  whether the reject or believe in Christ Jesus.

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Question Jesus Howd You do it?

• Jesus' model of evangelism
• Look at Jesus and His disciples
• He met them where they were and built a
  relationship with them.
• He dealt with them based on their personality and
  their gifts

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He met them where they were and built a
relationship with them.

• Matthew 418-22 (The Message)
•  18-20Walking along the beach of Lake Galilee,
  Jesus saw two brothers Simon (later called
  Peter) and Andrew. They were fishing, throwing
  their nets into the lake. It was their regular
  work. Jesus said to them, "Come with me. I'll
  make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I'll
  show you how to catch men and women instead of
  perch and bass." They didn't ask questions, but
  simply dropped their nets and followed.

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Wow You Understand Me!?

• Jesus in this text met them were they were.
• They first disciples (Peter, Andrew, James and
  John) were fishermen
• Jesus drew a comparison to where they were and
  what he wanted them to do.
• Fishermen ? Come I will make you fishers of men.

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He dealt with them based on their personality and
their gifts

• An example is the call of Paul
• Paul was a zealous in his ways (Acts 91-2,13)
• Paul was a leader and persecuting the saints
• But after God transformed him, Paul used his
  zealousness to preach the word of God and
  evangelize
• He used his leadership and strengths to plant
  churches and delegate to other to do the work of
  God.

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Real life example

• Say you are in a school play. You can talk to
  your fellow peer about Christ in a creative way.
• Start conversation , Who is the best director
  ever known? They may say various people (Steven
  Spielberg, Spike Lee).
• But you make reference to God saying that I know
  some one who writes our stories and he cares
  about all the characters involved.

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Real life example cont

• Then you can talk out bout the plot of Christ
  death.
• The introduction- God makes the world,
• Rising action- Adams sins causes a separation
  from God,
• Climax- Because of sin we need a Savior our
  Christ to bring us back to God,
• Falling action- we can be restored in
  relationship with God because of Christ and he
  loved us so much that he gave his life though
  death so we can have eternal life

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Friendship evangelism- ABC strategy

•  Students who commit to
• Act like a Christian- live an authentic life- be
  who you say you are, etc.
• Begin to pray for opportunities to share your
  Faith
• Communicate with Love

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Social Network Evangelism (Acts 18)

• 1) How should we live on social networks?
• what should your testimony be? who you are and
  how is Christ represented on your Facebook or
  Twitter Profile?
• 2) Will your testimony be called into question
  because of your posting?

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Friend Request Jesus

• When we use our FB or Twitters we basically Start
  from where we are, in your homes and then we
  project through  the social networks reaching the
  world
• Its sharing the gospel at a click of a mouse
• We need to show non-Christians, with their
  stereotypes and negative experiences of
  Christians, what Christianity really is.
• Twitter and Facebook are perfect media to do
  this.
• Christians can use social media to show the rest
  of the word what we're really about.
• Or, we can perpetuate the stereotypes we're
  fighting against.

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Here are some dos and donts for witnessing
through Facebook and Twitter. 778423
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Dont  Fake being perfect

• One of the stereotypes about Christians is that
  we are hypocrites who act like we live perfect
  lives because we have Jesus.
• We all know this isnt true. We all know that we
  struggle just like everyone else.
• Lets not pretend we are not broken just because
  we can edit our lives online.

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Do Talk about your struggles.

•  Now, some people think your status is a place to
  post vague, depressing commentary on your life.
  Im not saying we need to be downers, but we do
  need to be real.
• Talk about how you are struggling to find a job,
  but also talk about how you are praying on it. If
  we talk about our lives realistically, it gives
  us a way to show what God is doing in our lives.
• You can then go back and post about how God
  placed the right job in your lap or how your
  church family has been your support through a
  rough time.

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Dont Hate on people.

• If you are a Christian in real life, you need
  to act Christian online.
• Its easy to say things brutally or put others
  down online because it doesnt feel as real.
• We would never say some of the things we say
  online in person. 
• Remember Do not let any unwholesome talk come
  out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for
  building others up according to their needs, that
  it may benefit those who listen Ephesians 429.

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Do Praise the wonderful things Christians and
churches are doing.

•  Christianity gets enough bad press from fringe
  groups and fallen leaders.
• Make your page a place to show that not all
  Christians are like those that end up in the
  news. 
• For example Bro. Ryan preached a wonderful word
  in church today. I really received what he spoke
  about. Its cool to see a fellow youth working for
  God

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Dont use Christian terms any more than
absolutely necessary.

• Christians, like most groups, have our own
  terminology -- fellowship, edification,
  sanctification, etc.
• Try to keep this off of Twitter and Facebook.
  Non-Christians (and even some Christians) dont
  know what these terms mean, so using them will
  only alienate people following you.
• Put your faith in plain language.

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Do Make sure that you are not being vulgar or
cussing either.

•  We want people to understand us but we do want
  to be examples of what God calls of us.
• James 39-11 (Contemporary English Version)
• My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both
  praises and curses. We praise our Lord and
  Father, and we curse people who were created to
  be like God, and this isn't right. 11Can clean
  water and dirty water both flow from the same
  spring?
• Can a saved post and a cussing post both flow
  from a saved and sanctified Christian?

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Dont  Just dump Scriptures on your status.

•   Many people will just throw some scriptures
  online.  Many people will do this multiple times
  a day.  This can be a good thing that will speak
  to someone, but for many out there, they will
  just ignore or unfollow you. If you are trying to
  use your social media to evangelize, try
  something a little different.
• Example-John 1135 (KJV) Jesus wept.

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Do Post Scriptures with context.

•  When you post a scripture, also post something
  about its meaning, or your reaction to the
  scripture.
• Give it context for the non-Christians who are
  following you, and show that you are connected in
  some way to what you are posting.
• FB post John 1135-36 When Jesus wept it showed
  his humanness in that moment. God loves us and he
  weep with us as we weep and so on.

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360 Degrees Evangelism (2 Tim 22)

• Look at how Paul affected those
• a) Above him (his teacher Gamiliel, Ananias etc)
• b) His Peers (some of the apostles such as Peter)
• c) Generation below him (Timothy and others)
• d) The Church

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360 Degrees Evangelism (2 Tim 22)
His Teachers
Paul
The Church
His peers
His students Timothy and others
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How Paul was influenced by those

• Above him
• By his teacher Gamiliel (Acts 223),
• Ananias (Acts 9 13-19)

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How Paul was affected by

• b) His Peers
• some of the apostles such as Peter, Barnabus
• (Acts 9 25-26)

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How Paul affected those below him

• Generation below him
• Timothy and others (Acts 161-5)

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How Paul impacted the Church

• Paul taught the church the spiritual things of
  God then they in turn would go out and preach the
  word of God an many were added daily (Acts
  1422-23)
• He corrected them when they were wrong (1 Cor
  1117-22)

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Evangelism Explosion

• I. The introduction
• A Their secular life
• B. Their church background
• C. Our church
• D. Testimony personal and/or church
• E. Two diagnostic questions If you were to die
  tonight where would you go. OR If God says why
  should I let you into heaven what would you say?
• II. The gospel
• A. Grace
• 1. Heaven is a free gift
• 2. It is not earned or deserved
• B. Man
• 1. Is a sinner
• 2. Cannot save himself
• C. God
• 1. Is merciful therefore doesnt want to
  punish us
• 2. Is just therefore must punish sin.

• D. Christ
• 1. Who he is the infinite God-man
• 2. What he did he paid for our sins and
  purchased a place in heaven for us which he
  offers as a gift.
• E. Faith
• 1. What it is not mere intellectual assent nor
  temporal faith
• 2. What it is trusting in Jess Christ alone
  for our salvation
• III. The commitment (questionable doctrine (we))
• A. The qualifying question Does this make
  sense to your?
• B. The commitment question Would you like to
  receive the gift of eternal life?
• C. The clarification of commitment
• D. The prayer of commitment
• E. The assurance of salvation
• IV. The immediate follow-up
• A. Bible (seven-day call back appointment)
• B. Prayer
• C. Worship
• D. Fellowship
• E. Witness

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Evangelism Gone wrong!!

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vISLVrcJjaLglistLL
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Avoid the 7 deadly sins of evangelism
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Deadly Sin 1- Scheming

• Hundreds of well meaning and so not so well
  meaning leaders that are promoting subtly
  dishonest scheme specifically designed to entice
  and fool people into hearing the gospel and
  getting saved
• I.e.- Bible tracks that look like 100 dollar
  bills, seminars looking secular but having altar
  calls at the end..
• 1 Tess 23 says we are not to lure people into
  Gods kingdom under false pretenses

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Deadly Sin 2-Scalp Hunting

• A stereotypical scalp hunter is a religious
  fanatic whose all-consuming passion us it fill a
  daily quota for Jeeeeee-suss huh

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Deadly Sin 3-

• Screaming
• No explanation need

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Deadly Sin 4- Selling Jesus as if hes a Juicer

• They make a great presentation and looking for
  ways to close the deal.
• It makes people run and hide and not answer doors

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Deadly Sin 5-Stalking

• This is someone who is over aggressive and cant
  handle the word NO
• We all have a free will and we can make a
  decision they my say no just for that season or
  for a eternity its up to them

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Deadly Sin 6-Sermonizing

• A sermonizer is a Christian who has all the
  answers when no one is asking any questions
• Motto You dont need to listen to the experts
  in the field because after all you have me!

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Deadly Sin 7-Spectating

• This is someone who so afraid- afraid of
  rejection that may be a result of speaking up for
  Jesus and afraid of failing in attempt to share
  the gospel.
• Fear of rejection and fear of failing is are the
  excuses that the vast majority of Christians use
  for not evangelizing.
• We must ask God to remove this fear that we dont
  become selfish Christians.
• Someone shared the word with us, why not share it
  with others?

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Wrap Up Questions

• What evangelic approach seems easier for you to
  do? (Friendship Evangelism/or Peer Evangelism,
  Social Network Evangelism, 360 Degrees
  Evangelism)
• Think of Five Friends or family members that you
  would like to share the gospel with, how will you
  do so?

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References

• Evangelism training, Professor Mccloud, Nyack
  College
• Evangelism (article)
• How to Witness Through Social Media (article)
• Irresistible Evangelism by Stevn Sjogren, Dave
  Ping, Doug Pollock
• Peer to Peer Evangelism (1500 to 2000 words) by
  Eric Liechty (Sonlife Ministries - Leadership
  Development)
• SADDLEBACK JR. HIGH "FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM"
  EXAMPLE An interview with Kurt Johnston, Jr. High
  Youth Pastor, Saddleback
• Special thanks to the South Ozone Park Church of
  God of Prophecy, Youth Evangelism Team Senior
  Pastor, Bishop Linval Hendricks Youth Pastor,
  Min. Viveen Murray and Youth / Resource
  Co-ordinator, Dana Blackwood.