Saturday, October 4, 2008

Evangelism Equipping Program

I'm a proud hiker on The Wittenberg Trail. Earlier this year Pastor Bill Cwirla from The God Whisperers posted a great way to evangelize.

This is Rev. Cwirla's 7-Step Evangelism Equipping Program™

  1. Talk to people about sin and Jesus' death and resurrection wherever and whenever you can.
  2. Don't worry that people will think you're weird, you are.
  3. When possible, invite them to church and hang with them through catechesis to their Baptism.
  4. Practice talking sin and Jesus with folks in your congregation, most of whom are Christians already, but hey, if you can't talk about sin and Jesus in church, where can you?
  5. Memorize the small catechism so you'll have something intelligent to say and don't just blather on and on about yourself.
  6. Don't worry about failure; God works through that too.
  7. No ifs, ands, or buts when it comes to faith in Jesus or it isn't "good news." If you don't know what that means, go back to catechism.