Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Explain the urgency of evangelism

• Discuss the biblical foundations of evangelism

• Identify the five elements of the REACH acrostic and discuss their importance

• Summarize the responses to significant questions that surround evangelism

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker

• A Passion for Evangelism

Unit 1: The Urgency of Evangelism

• The Reality of Hell

• Examining Jesus’ Teaching on Hell

• The Reality of Death

• Approaching Your Culture

• Evangelism for the Glory of God

• The Fivefold Purpose of the Course: Purpose #1

• The Fivefold Purpose of the Course: Purposes #2–5

Unit 2: The Foundations of Evangelism

• Defining Evangelism

• Using Morphology Searching to Find People Who Evangelized in the New Testament

• Motivations for Evangelism

• The Hopelessness of Christless Culture

• Researching Families in the Biblical World with the Topic Guide

• Responding to a Christless Culture

• The Benefits of Evangelism, Part 1

• The Benefits of Evangelism, Part 2

Unit 3: Rely on God through Prayer

• The Importance of Prayer

• What to Pray

• Prayer and Spiritual Blindness

• Prayer, Opportunities, and Wisdom

Unit 4: Equip Yourself to Defend the Faith

• Defining Apologetics

• The Importance of Apologetics

• Finding All Uses of Prōtotokosin the Bible with the Bible Word Study Guide

• Apologetics, Confidence, and Removing Obstacles

• Apologetics and Doubt

• Jesus’ Response to Doubt

• Developing an Apologetic Bent

• Engaging the Culture

Unit 5: Accept Responsibility to Build Relationships

• Culture and Evangelism

• Awareness and Acceptance of Nonbelievers

• Surveying Jesus’ Interaction with Tax Collectors with the Factbook

• Four Ways to Connect

• Making a Strangerhood a Neighborhood

• Stages for ASSESSing Spirituality

• Using Gospel Harmonies to Compare Accounts of Jesus’ Crucifixion

Unit 6: Clearly Share Your Story

• Types of Storytelling

• How to Share Your Story

• Four Components of Your Story

• Sharing Your Story: An Example

• Leading People to Christ

Unit 7: Help Them Connect to Christ’s Community

• Baptism

• Local Church

• Evangelism

• Creating and Sharing Bible Reading Plans

• Bible Reading

• Prayer

Unit 8: Questions Surrounding Evangelism

• What Is the Role of the Holy Spirit?

• What Is the Role of Holiness?

• Using Grammatical Relationships to Examine Holiness in the New Testament

• What Is the Role of Spiritual Warfare?

• What Is the Role of John 14:6 in a Pluralistic Culture?

• What Is the Role of Fear?

• What Is the Role of Story?

• What Is the Role of Marriage and Family?

Conclusion

• Review of the Course

Details

• Title: ED121 Introducing Evangelism

• Instructor: Bobby Conway

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2014

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 5