Vitals Week 2 Evangelism

At City Growth Church we believe EVANGELISM is one of the five integral or "vital" concepts tht mold and shape who we are and how we serve. Evangelism - Share like Jesus(Witness to the lost) How can I best communicate Jesus to this person? 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Evangelism can never be “one size fits all.” Each encounter will be different. A. Everyone Is Different Our personalities, our schedules, our intricacies set us apart. B. Everyone Is the Same Our need is all the same, we have a God shaped hole. Five Keys to effective witness 1. Be friendly. For many of us, the initial challenge is not making disciples, it’s making friends. Matthew 7:12 2. Keep the gospel in view. Anything might come up: politics, reasonable curfews for teenagers, the exact dimensions of heaven. But through it all, the goal is to steer the conversation back onto the road of gospel clarity and conviction. Col. 4:3–4 Eph. 6:12 3. Invite them to be your guest at a gathering of Christians. You want your non-Christian friends to see Christian love reverberate in other people’s lives. Let these gatherings serve as an appetizer before the entrée—when they see Christians gathered together as local churches worshipping the risen Savior. John 13:34–35 4. Ask them to read through one of the Gospels with you. Many non-Christians, even those who grew up in churches, have actually never read the Bible. Yet they often have all kinds of opinions about God, Jesus, Christians, and truth David Helm’s One to One Bible Reading. It includes an eight-meeting plan through the Gospel of Mark 1 Cor. 1:18 5. Keep the bigger picture in mind. Let me encourage you to remember that success in evangelism doesn’t depend on your skill, personality, or immeasurable Bible knowledge It’s the Spirit of God who uses the Word of God as told by the people of God—and all of this is done for the glory of God. Mark 4:26–27 Rom. 10:15