Faith Sharing
This page contains tools for faith sharing and outreach that have been submitted by users or found by the Administrator. To be included here the material must be freely distributable to any who intend to actively aid in the spreading of the Gospel! However… The site administrators do not guarantee that all submitted material will be free of copy write or trademark restrictions (we are not perfect, but if we do discover a violation the material will be removed).
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Material that I post on this Tools page (not necessarily tools that I link to at other sites) can be considered copyleft under the creative commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported scheme. A human-readable version of that license is available here.
Here are some materials I wrote and that I use at my home congregation, Bethany in Alexandria Va – Administrator.
Door To Door Evangelism Survey Form
Answer support sheet for Door To Door Evangelism Survey Form
Personal Participation Pew Card
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SED Personal Evangelism Speakers Bureau:
These individuals from all over the SED are available to encourage and equip people in your congregation to share their faith. The Lord has given them various gifts, so my advice would be to chose someone that has gifts in the area of ministry you would like to pursue, and who lives close by.
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Pastor John Rickert has contributed a tool
Tell Everyone what He has Done!
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From the SED office:
Outreach Groups Resource Directory_6-7-2010
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Videos:
Faith Sharing Tools For Individuals
Books:
The quarterly newsletter for The 72—Partners on the Road, a ministry of LCMS World Mission. Included items: reports from teams of The 72 and congregation leaders about recently completed assignments, posting of assignments for the upcoming quarter, encouraging messages from Rev. Al Tormoehlen, the director of The 72 ministry, as well as LCMS World Mission – Director of Outreach Scott Snow. The newsletter also includes ideas for side-door events and a Q&A section to address various thoughts within the both outreach ministry in general or specific concerns of The 72.
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From the Reader’s Guide:
When you read books that make a case for believing in God, you quickly get the feeling that they are written primarily for those who already believe. The authors of such books tend to gloss over the hardest questions about God.
Timothy Keller is different. Not only does he not shy away from the hard questions, he addresses them with the seriousness they deserve. And while The Reason for God can and should be read to great benefit by believers, it’s a valuable resource for skeptics. Keller speaks to serious doubters, agnostics, and atheists with the same respect he would show to members of his Manhattan church. The Reason for God is worthwhile reading for believers who seek a more reasonable basis for Christian faith, and for nonbelievers who are open to reasoned arguments in favor of God’s existence.
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The authoritative reference work on major cult systems for nearly forty years. Working closely together, Ravi Zacharias and Managing Editors Jill and Kevin Rische (daughter of Dr. Martin) have updated and augmented the work with new material. This book will continue as a crucial tool in countercult ministry and in evangelism for years to come. Among cults and religions included are: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormonism, New Age Cults, the Unification Church, Baha’i Faith, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and more.
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New Evidence that Demands a Verdict
Amazon.com Review
Bestselling author and Christian apologist Josh McDowell hopes The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict will further document historical evidence of the Christian faith. As such, it is a straightforward compilation of notes prepared for his lecture series, “Christianity: Hoax or History?” The entire book (over 750 pages) is laid out in outline form, which makes it easier for researchers, scholars, and students to access. As a result, this is not reflective fireside reading. Rather, it is a tool for locating supporting “evidence” whenever the need arises. Part I addresses the trustworthiness of the Bible; Part II offers historical evidence and supporting attestations for Jesus’ claim to God; Part III addresses “radical Christian criticism” of the Bible; Part IV is devoted to quelling the voice of numerous skeptics, including “a defense for the existence of miracles” and “answers to divergent worldview.”
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Holy Conversations: Talking About God in Everyday Life: God is back on the agenda. Today people are fascinated by spirituality, and they have lots of questions. Who better to talk with them than Christians? Trouble is, many of us don’t know how to talk about our faith or are uneasy about religious salesmanship and canned evangelistic formulas. We are afraid of button-holing others, being offensive or saying something wrong. We simply don’t know how to express our faith naturally–in everyday language. In Holy Conversation Richard Peace teaches us how to engage in easy and comfortable conversation about the good news of Jesus–the pressure is off. Using small, easy steps, he explains the gospel in plain language and encourages us in practical ways to share our faith with friends, neighbors and colleagues.
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Fronm one of the reviews on Amazon.com:
“As part of his research Jacob Preus, president of Concordia University (Irvine, California) has written a very practical book showing a variety of metaphors the Holy Bible uses to convey the Gospel–the Good News that Jesus Christ has died for the forgiveness of your sins…. With short chapters, a fluid writing style, and an emphasis on both exegesis and practical theology, Preus provides a book that will both inspire the imagination, challenge the Christian (no matter her level of Spiritual Maturity), and better equip the Christian to spread the Good News of Salvation…or Rebirth…or Adoption…or a number of other metaphors. Highly Recommended.”
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Big Ways, Little Ways: 30 Ways – Big and Small – to Tell Others About Jesus
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This booklet from Creative Communications for the Parish is a very friendly and a helpful tool. It begins with Jesus who died for our sins so that we may be forgiven, live in God’s love, be there for one another, and someday enjoy eternity. That’s it. That’s what we want to share with others. This little booklet has 29 suggestions for activities that one may do to share the Good News. From “wearing the Good News” to “remembering your Godchild” to “looking and listening for an opportunity”, these simple actions of faith will encourage you to share Jesus.
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If you are looking for a good Bible study for a Fall class, you might consider Mission from the Cross – Lay Reader’s Edition by Dr. Klaus Detlev Schulz. This book provides a contemporary look at mission, including crucial topics such as cultural anthropology, communication styles and linguistics, strategic and ecumenical issues, and much more related to what mission is and how mission is accomplished. In speaking of mission and our involvement in mission, Dr. Schulz writes: “All Christians are involved in mission after having received the good news of their reconciliation with God through Christ. They have the desire of sharing that wonderful news with others without selfishly protecting and withholding it from people who live estranged from God. Mission is the measure of the Church’s health.” Dr. Schulz is Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Pastoral Ministry and Missions at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne IN.
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Faith Talks: An Interactive Workshop for Sharing the Gospel
The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) is pleased to offer a new resource for faith sharing. Faith Talk is an interactive faith-sharing guide and outreach training program. Faith Talk leads participants through a process of recognizing personal opportunities for faith-sharing, effective listening, and celebrating the encounters which God provides. The goal of Faith Talk is that each individual will be compelled to share the Gospel, pray for and recognize opportunities to do so, and then confidently live and speak the faith.
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