evangelism
prayer, care, and share
relational evangelism strategy
This relational evangelism strategy that
can be done in a six week time span or longer.
Prayer - 2 weeks
Make a list of 5-10 names of non-Christians that you
know or would like to get to know and write them on
an index card or sheet of paper. These people could
be friends, classmates, or acquaintances who don't know
Christ.
For two weeks, pray every day for the people you listed
on your card.
- pray for them during your devotional
time with the Lord
- partner with a friend and pray
for each other's lists
- pray for your lists during small
group time
Encourage others in your small group to do the same.
This develops encouragement and accountability, and
allows more students to be involved in praying for the
friends.
Pray that God:
- will give you opportunities
to share the gospel
- that hearts will be receptive
- the gospel will penetrate hard
hearts
Resources
-
Where Do I Start?
help in coming up with your list of 5-10 people
-
Top Ten List
Help on coming up with a list of lost friends to
pray for
- Praying
for You by Howard Tryon
Praying for You shows how to use prayer as the foundation
for caring relationships in which one can share Christ
with others.
Care
Over the next two weeks, look for opportunities to
care for the needs of the people on your list. Simply
asking questions and listening goes a long way. Maybe
you could invite your non-Christian friend to do something
with you. The event is not important, but the fact that
you are investing your life in someone else is what
matters.
Ideas
- have lunch with them
- go shopping together
- watch a ball game or go to a
game on your campus
- get coffee or dinner out
- eat together in the cafeteria
- play video games
- watch a movie together in your
room or apartment
- if appropriate, invite them
to your small group
The goal is to deepen your relationship with your friend
so that there is mutual trust and respect. It will allow
you to communicate your love for them as a person before
you share the gospel.
Continue to develop depth with your friends throughout
the six weeks and after One Day of Faith.
Resources
Share
The final two week period is designed to give you opportunities
to share the gospel with your friends. Hopefully, a
deeper relationship has been built, making discussion
of spiritual issues less threatening to both parties.
Think through how you want to share the gospel with
your friend and what tools you want to use (personal
testimony, gospel tract, or other).
Have an evangelism training event at the beginning
of the last two weeks to teach students in your movement
how to share the gospel. This will give you and other
students in your group confidence in sharing the message
with their friends on One Day of Faith.
Resources
-
Communicating
Your Testimony
Worksheet to help you write and communicate your
testimony
-
Five
Clicks to Sharing Your Faith
Interactive website that will help you prepare and
communicate your personal testimony
-
How
to Initiate and Have a Spiritual Conversation
 file
-
Hand
To Hand
An evangelism strategy to reach out to your friends.
You can also use this strategy to train others.
-
How
to Introduce a Friend to Christ
Have you ever been in a situation where you
felt the time was right, the person was interested-but
you just couldn't think of what to say? This resource
will prepare you to communicate the gospel easily
and effectively.
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