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The word “evangelism” means taking the good news
about salvation through Jesus Christ to other people. Jesus evangelizes
today through us, because we are His body (1 Cor. 12:27). How
do we learn to evangelize? Mainly by doing it. This is a “field
experience” course.
Each student finds an opportunity to be part of an evangelistic
program for at least 11/ 2 hours per week, usually at his or
her own church, and then turns in weekly report forms. A book
report completes the course. (2 units per quarter)
There’s nothing more exciting than winning someone to Christ.
Jesus said, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner who repents (Luke 15:10), and believers everywhere
rejoice, too, when a new believer is born into the kingdom. But
what are some good ways to bring people to Christ? This course
will prepare you to share your faith effectively and, even better,
bring souls to salvation in Christ. (2 units)
Throughout the world today there is a “sameness” in
every major urban center, no matter what country it’s in.
And there’s an urban mindset that’s
different from that of people in smaller communities and the
countryside. The people of the world are rapidly moving to megalopolises
that now comprise the majority of the world’s population.
These people require an evangelistic approach different from
those in small towns and rural areas. This course will teach
you how to reach the residents of the large cities of the world
today. (2 units)
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” says
the world. As a result they have a hard time comprehending salvation
as a free gift (Rom. 6:23), or that someone would be genuinely
concerned for them without wanting something in return. Yet in
the Roman Empire the early Christians gradually won over the
forces of evil by serving others selflessly. Servant Evangelism
is a plan to serve people in this way with the result that some
of them will eventually see God’s
love and be won to Christ. (2 units)
What is the most effective method of evangelism? The answer really
is quite simple. When a person comes to see himself as a sinner,
and comes to the knowledge that God is the one who can save him,
that person is converted to Christ, accepts Jesus as Lord and
Saviour and is born again. There is a genuine, passionate energy
that every believer experiences when he or she falls in love
with Jesus Christ. Each believer, from the moment of rebirth,
becomes a unique method of evangelism. In this course you will
see that evangelism is not a particular program or technique,
but is the person who, without even being able to articulate
what he does, accomplishes great triumphs, unexplainable to others,
but entirely natural to him. This course is designed to correct
modern misconceptions of evangelism and to teach you how to discover
the unique method of evangelism that God has created for you.
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