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I.C.E. Intentional Community Evangelism

• A Ministry of the
• North American Mission
• Board.
• North Point Parkway
• Alpharetta, GA 30022
• Direct Personal Evangelism

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Topics to Study
The Neccesity of Being a Soul Winner.
The Need for Reaching our communities.
How to witness in the community.
Different methods to witnessing.
Street and Multi-housing witnessing.
Hindrances to Evangelism and the Armor of God.
How to overcome Hindrances to witnessing.
The Spiritual Realm and Witnessing.
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The Power of the Holy Spirit in Witnessing.
Follow-up Evangelism
New Christian Assimilation.
Reproducing Intentional Soul Winners.
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The Neccessity For Being a Soul Winner

• Divine power to witness, Jesus said, Acts 18
  you will receive power.
• Divine urgency to pray, He urged us to pray to
  the Lord of the Harvest, Luke 102
• A Divine summons to Witness Matt. 2819-20
• A Divine necessity to proclaim the gospel, 1
  Cor. 916

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The Need for Reaching Our Inner Cities

• Times have changed our cities and communities.
• Homeless population, prosperity.
• Many false teachers.
• Jesus Christ is the answer to the need in the
  inner city.
• In the strategic cities lives the third largest
  population and most are unsaved.
• The key to revival is to reach the inner city.
• As the church goes, so goes the nation.

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How To Witness in the inner City.

• Proper Attire
• Christian Tee-shirt.
• Comfortable walking shoes.
• Items needed
• Back pack for tracts, bibles, stickers, pens,
• Bottled water, breath mints, and a cap

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The style or method

• Share with everyone you can.
• Rely on the Holy Spirit.
• Keep the Gospel simple.
• Focus on Jesus death, burial and resurrection.
• Give a clear invitation, ask if they understand.
• Lead person in a prayer.
• Affirmation, ask where is Jesus.

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Different Methods of Witnessing

• Be all things to all men to win some.1Cor. 922
• Prayer Walking cultivates the soil, the heart.
• Prayer
• asks God to intercede.
• tears down spiritual strongholds.
• prepares you to witness.
• prepares people to receive the gospel.

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Why Hand out Tracts

• Gospel Tract Distribution/GTD is quick and easy.
• Plows the hard pack ground.
• Creates opportunities for sharing Jesus.
• Lets people know God loves them.
• Communicates Gods forgiveness.
• A simple way to carry the gospel.
• Reveals your obedience to God.

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How to use a tract.

• Introduce yourself and offer the tract.
• Ask for assurance of going to heaven.
• Ask if you can share what God says.
• Fold in half and focus on one page at a time.
• Explain sin and ask person if he is a sinner.
• Ask if what you said makes sense
• Ask if want forgiveness of sin.

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Marked New Testament

• Romans Road
• Romans 116, 323 623 58 109-10, 13
• Ask if makes sense.
• Ask if want Gods forgiveness.
• Ask if want to invite Jesus into heart.
• Lead in sinners prayer/record decision.

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Evangecube

• Soul winning cube with pictures of gospel.
• Appeals to all ages and cultures.
• Can use any Scriptures to share gospel.
• Point of decision at end.
• Follow-up with cube.
• Immediate follow-up pray,read, join church and
  begin witnessing.

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The heavenly radiance on the right represents
God. God is perfect and without sin. God loves
us. God does not want us to perish, but to have
everlasting life. But, our sins must be removed
in order to have eternal life with God.
Man in Sin is separated from God
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Christ on the Cross
The Bible says, God demonstrates His own love
for us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us. (Romans 58) The Bible also
says that, God so loved the world that He gave
His one and only Son (Jesus), that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish, but have
everlasting life. (John 316)
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Christ on the Cross
God loved us so much that He sent His only Son
Jesus Christ to earth as a man. God made Jesus
die on a cross to pay for our sins with His
blood. He took our sins into His body on the
cross so that we could come to God. (I Peter
224, 318)
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• Men buried Jesus in a tomb. (Mk 1542-47)
• They rolled a huge stone in front of it. (Mk
  1547)
• The soldiers guarded the tomb. (Mt 2762-66)

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• God sent an angel to roll away the huge stone (Mt
  282)
• God raised Jesus from the dead! (Acts 232)
• Soon afterward, God took Jesus back to heaven
  (John 2017)
• Jesus has paid the price for our sins, and Jesus
  has conquered death. (Rev 117-18)

Christ is Risen
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The Cross is the Bridge to God Jesus is the
only way we can come to God. Jesus says in the
Bible, I am the way, and the truth, and the
life no one comes to the Father (God) except
through Me. (John 146) Through Jesus, we can be
forgiven of all our sins and be with God forever.
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The Cross is the Bridge to God But just knowing
about these things is not enough! We must choose
to put our faith in Jesus - to trust in Him to
save us from sin. (Eph 28-9) If you do not take
the step of trusting in Jesus, then your sins are
not removed! (Hebrews 42)
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The Choices Heaven Hell The Bible says that
whoever believes in Jesus has eternal life and is
not judged. But whoever does not believe in Jesus
has been judged already and the wrath of God
remains upon him! (John 316, 18, 36) The penalty
for sin is death, but eternal life through Jesus
is a free gift from God.
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The Choices Heaven Hell What choice will you
make? Trust in Jesus Christ to be forgiven and
have eternal life? (In Heaven top panel) Or
reject Jesus Christ and suffer eternal punishment
in fire? (In Hell bottom panel)
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Love God and All People You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind. This is the great
and foremost commandment. And a second is like
it you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
(Matthew 2236-40)
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Pray to God Constantly In prayer you can thank
and worship God, ask for His help, confess your
sins, and pray for others. Be anxious for
nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests
be made known to God.
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Study the Bible Daily Start with the Gospel of
John read chapter one each day. Like newborn
babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that
by it you may grow in respect to salvation... (I
Peter 22) If anyone loves Me, he will keep My
word Jesus in (John 1423)
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Meet With Other Christians God commands that
Christians meet regularly for worship, prayer,
Bible Study, and helping each other. ...not
forsaking our own assembling together, as is the
habit of some, but encouraging one another...
(Hebrews 1025)
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Tell Others About Jesus God wants us to tell
other people How to Have Eternal Life with God by
trusting in Jesus to save them from sin. You can
use the EvangeCube and the information from this
website to talk to others about Jesus! And He
(Jesus) said to them. Go into the world, and
preach the gospel to all creation. (Mark 1615)
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Hand Method
Acts 319

John 1010
John 112
John 114
1Cor. 153-4
John 316
Romans 323 623
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Hand method

• Scriptures from the NET Strategy.
• Thumb How I use to live before Jesus Rom. 323
  623
• Index Finger The truth about God,John 316
  Gods plan for you.
• Middle fingerTruth about Jesus Jn 114, He died
  in my place, 1 Cor. 153-4
• Ring fingerHow I received Jesus, He affects my
  life Jn 112

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• Hand Gospel continued
• Little fingerHow Jesus provides for me. Changed
  life, Jn 1010, better life in Jesus.
• Open palm Receiving Jesus, Acts 319 turn from
  sin to Jesus
• Give your life to Him, Romans 1013
• Hand shake, welcome to Gods family

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Any Strategy

• Your Personal Testimony (The NET)
• Many tracts to use.
• Other strategies.
• Become comfortable using one.
• Dont limit yourself.
• JUST GET ONE AND SHARE IT!

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Street and Multi-housing Witnessing

• It is easier to witness in the urban context.
• People are more open to the gospel/ needs.
• The witness must be prepared spiritually,
  Biblically, and physically.
• We witness because we have been changed by faith
  in Jesus Christ.

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Preparing to Witness

• Scripturally memorize Bible verses for soul
  winning.
• Devotionally Quiet Time with God/ Morning.
• Biblically knowing Gods Word equals spiritual
  growth.
• Physically Rest and Dress(proper attire)

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The strategy for the urban context.

• Witness with everyone you encounter.
• Dont use churchy words.
• Share from the overflow of your walk with God.
• Keep gospel clear and simple.
• Give opportunity to receive Jesus into heart.
• Get information and leave tract and Bible.

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Immediate Follow-up

• Ask if meant prayer, where is Jesus?
• Fill out decision card
• Name, address, phone, Age,
• Review four baby steps pray, read, tell, worship

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Hindrances to Evangelism

• 1 Corinthians 912c But we endure all things so
  that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of
  Christ.
• Many hindrances to soul winning.
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil.
• The Devil does not want us to witness.
• He will try to keep you from sharing Jesus.

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The Hindrance of the Devil

• Number 1 tool is FEAR/ not to witness.
• Fear of rejection, disappointment and danger.
• Number 2 tactic is discouragement in witnessing.
• Discourage through not sharing gospel, not seeing
  people saved, personal situations.

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Demonic Distractions

• Arguing with lost person.
• Arguing with a religious person.
• Time Wasters to share gospel.
• Prejudice feelings of all kinds racial,
  economic, gender, the have/have nots.
• The SIN of Prejudice is the same as all sin.

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The World tries to distract you.

• 1 John 519 The world is the domain of the devil
  
• Romans 323 Mankind has a sinful nature.
• Gal. 57 The world will try to keep you from
  witnessing.
• Gal. 16 The world will promote a false gopsel.

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The World

• Scholars will tell you Christianity is
  foolishness and be silent.
• The Liberals will tell you to there are many
  roads to God.
• Tolerance of all religions and to embrace all
  life styles.
• To keep silent allows the Devil to insert his
  agenda without resistance.

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The Flesh

• Romans 75 Everyone sins according to his or her
  own lusts or cravings. controlled by the sinful
  nature. Man cannot fault the devil for his sin.
• Gal. 517 For the flesh lusts against the
  Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh and
  these are contrary to one another, so that you do
  not do the things that you wish.
• We can have VICTORY by submitting to God.
• Romans 618 we are to serve righteousness.

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The Answer to Overcoming sin?

• John 330 we must die to ourselves so that Jesus
  can have liberty to work in and through us.
• Colossians 27 we must allow the Word of God take
  root in our souls.
• We must decrease and Jesus must increase.

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How to Overcome Hindrances

• Romans 837 In Jesus we are super conquerors
• 1 John 19 Confession of sin. Confess daily.
• 2 Thess. 31 Pray for each other. Pray daily
  seeking to be empowered by God

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Overcome with Prayer

• Pray for the lost individual
• 1 Timothy 21-4, it is Gods desire for all men
  to be saved.
• The persons greatest need is to be saved.
• Eph.619 Pray for boldness to witness.

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Overcome with the Word

• Gods word is the standard for how we live.
• There is power in the Word to convict of sin
• Hebrew 412 says Gods word is alive and cuts to
  the very soul.
• Gods word is the tutor for bringing people to
  Jesus.

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Memorize God's Word

• There is a battle for the mind.
• Proverbs 237 what you think is how you will act.
  
• Think right and you will live right.
• Gods Word is putting on God Armour
• Pray on Gods Word in our minds

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Focus on Jesus

• John 146, Jesus is the only way to God.
• John 1030, Jesus is God in the Flesh,
• John 858, Jesus is equal with God, because he is
  God
• Philippians 413, we can do all things in Jesus

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Praise and Worship

• Deuteronomy 65 you shall love the Lord your God
  with all your heart and soul and might
• We are to love God with all our being.
• Psalm 911 We are to dwell in the Most High God.

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Confidence in God

• Proverbs 326 God is our confidence
• Hebrews 416 We can approach the throne of God
  with confidence.
• Proverbs 281 We should be confident because we
  are righteous.

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The spiritual Realm and Witnessing

• Luke 2231 and 1 Peter 58-9 tell us the the
  Devil is seeking to hinder us from witnessing.
• We have victory over the Devil in Jesus Christ.
• Ephesians 619 pray for boldness.
• Philippians 413 we can do all things through
  Jesus.

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God at work

• Luke 1017-20, The disciples reported how they
  had dominion over the demons.
• They were joyful to have gone out to witness.
• God will test your faith.
• James 12-4 Testing results in perseverance.

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The Holy Spirit and Prayer

• Effective witnessing depends on the role and work
  of Holy Spirit.
• Prayer is the key to soul winning.
• Prayer is petitioning God to work in the lives of
  lost and the witness.
• It is the avenue by which Gods power flows.
• Why pray? E.M. Bounds wrote, that prayerhelps
  the mouth to utter the truth in its fullness and
  freedom.

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The Spirit and Witnessing

• The Holy Spirit uses those who are available.
• Romans 1014-15 Others cannot hear nor believe
  unless someone proclaims Jesus.
• Acts 214-40 the Spirit will empower you to speak
  the gospel to others.

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Where to cast your net?

• The Spirit will impress upon you with whom to
  witness.
• Acts 8 the spirit led Philip to go to the desert
  and witness.
• Luke 51-10, Jesus our fish Finder Jesus will
  show you where to fish.
• He is responsible for you catching the lost.

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Follow-up Evangelism

• Follow-up is the weakest link in evangelism
• Only intentional follow-up will result in lasting
  fruit (disciples) of evangelistic efforts.
• What is follow-up? The means of contacting a
  prospect.
• Up to four weeks is effective follow-up.
• Follow-up evangelism is Biblical. John 4

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Who is to do it?

• Acts 13 15 18 Paul did follow-up evangelism on
  all three journeys.
• Acts 1419-20 In Lystra, Paul was stoned, and
  went back.
• Acts 1536 He returned to the Brethren and
  visited them.
• Acts 1421-22 Luke wrote about follow-up They
  preached the good news in that city and won a
  large number of disciples. Then they returned to
  Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the
  disciples and encouraging them to remain true to
  the faith.

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The Experts say.

• Dr Thom Rainer, Dean of the Billy Graham School
  of Missions and Evangelism and Church Growth
  said, Effective evangelism results in fruit
  bearing disciples in the local church. Evangelism
  that results in free-floating converts with no
  visible commitment to a local church is
  ineffective evangelism.

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Three Step Process

• The three steps to effective follow-up are
• Educate
• Assimilate
• Evaluate
• Why do these three steps? Because
• Salvation is the front door to the church and
  discipleship is the back door nailed shut.
• Goal is to make Christians who are committed to
  Jesus Christ!!!

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Form a Team

• Begin an evangelistic outreach strategy
• Form teams through Sunday School and Bible study
  groups.
• Age based evangelism produces better results.
• Best mentoring for evangelism discipleship takes
  place in small groups.

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Step 1Educate in the gospel

• Person got saved and needs reaffirmation
• Review the decision.
• Encourage how to live for Jesus.
• Needs to get saved
• Follow up praying person will be saved.
• Restate the gospel.
• Explain any portion that seems confusing.

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Assimilation Process

• Surveys show that the most effective evangelistic
  churches get new Christians involved into Bible
  study groups.
• Celebration Baptism
• Plugged into Sunday School or Bible study
• Assign a couple of individual to mentor.
• Ineffective Churches produce converts with no
  commitment to the local church.

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Evaluation Process

• Find if anyone else in the home needs to hear
  about Jesus.
• Woman at the well, she went back told others
• Acts 16 Philippian Jailer took Paul to his home
  and his whole family got saved.
• Follow-up evangelism is returning to the home and
  Educate, Assimilate and Evaluate

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New Christian Assimilation

• Bible is our source for assimilating process
• Acts 2 is a model. Guidelines for assimilating
  people into the church body.
• Share the gospel, response time, immediate
  follow-up, believers baptism.
• What is ASSIMILATION? Just getting people
  connected to the church. How?People connecting
  with each other.

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The Model Acts 241-47

• People devoted to the teachings.
• Results were rapid growth.
• Teach a new believer Biblical concepts
• What to use? NAMBs Follow-up materials.
• Beginning Steps For New Christians
• The Bible Gospel of John

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Must be intentional

• One follow-up specialist wrote that the Church
  must spend at least 6 months discipling a new
  believer.
• Survey 2000- 23,000 to see 1 baptism. 73,000
  to house baptistry
• Jesus never intended to see us win souls and
  leave alone to try to figure out the Christian
  walk.
• Jesus wants Committed Christians, not Pew
  Potatoes.

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Practical Tools

• New Christians Class, the basics
• New Members Class, how the church works and what
  is expected of them.
• New Sunday School Class
• Care Groups or small Groups
• Meal with the pastor
• Quarterly New Member Reception
• Spiritual Gift Test and place of service.

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Why is discipleship important?

• Statistics in a large church reveal. Of New
  Believers who joined a discipleship class the
  first week after joining church.
• 90 percent finished a ten week basic follow-up
  class.
• Only 70 percent finished if waited two weeks.
• Only 30 percent finished if waited 3 weeks.
• You must be intentional in mentoring new
  believers in the things Jesus has commanded us to
  obey (Matthew 2819-20)

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What to teach a new Christian?

• How to pray, spend with God.
• Personal Bible study time.
• Attend Church weekly. Sunday worship and Bible
  Study.
• Tithe, support Gods ministry on earth and in
  heaven.
• Witness as a lifestyle Witnessing is caught not
  taught.
• Personal Spiritual Growth is learning how to eat.

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Reproducing Intentional Soul Winners

• Jesus taught witnessing in his own life.
• He taught his disciples.
• John 135-51, Jesus first witnessed to his future
  disciples.He personally witnessed wherever he
  went.
• Matthew 13 He expounded on witnessing and
  responses to the gospel.

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Keys to Effective evangelism

• Selection Intentional mentor and apprentice. A
  seasoned soul winner to mentor.
• Association, a one-on-one time to teach
• Necessity, 1 Cor. 916, compelled by the Spirit
  to witness.
• Everyone is called to be a soul winner.

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• Accountability, Jesus held his disciples
  accountable in their witness encounters. Luke
  910 He told them what he expected from them
  Mark 834
• Submission, A surrendered witness will seek to
  glorify His Savior by telling others how He can
  change their lives.
• Reproduction, Matt. 2819-20 instructs us to
  Make, Mark and Mature new disciples.

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• Make means to be in the active mode of lifestyle
  witnessing.
• Mark means to be in the active mode of plugging
  people into the Church and Bible Study.
• Mature means to teach new believers how to live
  for God and to tell others about Jesus.
• Evidence of matured Christian? Fruit
• Doing all things that Jesus commanded us.