Developing a Bold Witness for Christ as a Church Planter

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Developing a Bold Witness for Christ as a Church
Planter
By Dr. Tom Cheyney
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The evangelistic harvest is always urgent. The
destiny of men and of nations is always being
decided. Every generation is strategic. We are
not responsible for the past generation, and we
cannot bear the full responsibility for the next
one but we do have our present generation. God
will hold us responsible as to how well we
fulfill our responsibilities to this age and take
advantage of our opportunities. - Billy Graham
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Planting your Church from the Harvest

• Proven Methods of Personal
  Evangelism

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How NOT to Evangelize

• Scream the gospel on the busiest corner in your
  focus community
• Wear a 3-piece suit and carry a huge black Bible
  when you go out to witness.
• Begin witnessing with TURN or BURN!

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How NOT to Evangelize - contd

• Talk about your church but not Christ.
• Send out direct mail, work on your computer, plan
  the services, organize your teams, BUT dont
  share the gospel with individual people.

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Evangelism is a

• PASSION not a PROGRAM!

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PASSION

• How can a person develop a passion for
  evangelism?
• 3 ways
• Powerful Experience Mark
  519
• Pointed Scriptures Acts
  18 Matt. 2818-20
• Personal Involvement

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POTENTIAL

• How do you reach your potential in evangelizing
  your focus community? You must be
• STUDIOUS
• --Become the EXPERT on your FOCUS AUDIENCE.
  --Develop a PROFILE.
• SENSITIVE
  --Project your love for people.

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POSSIBILITIES

• What are possible approaches to personal
  witnessing?
• Printed tracts
• Testimony/story/Net Evangelism Training
• Roman Road
• Marked New Testament
• Ministry evangelism
• Evangelism Explosion or Continued Witnessing
  Training
• Draw the Gospel

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I. A Christian Witness Must include telling
others about Christ.

• A. Its at the core of the definition of the word
  Christian.
• B . It is amplified by the definition of a
  leader.
• Bold
• Influence

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II. Five Hindrances to Sharing your Faith

• A. Lack of Knowledge
• Cure for the lack of knowledge
• 1. Tell your testimony in 3 minutes or less
• 2. A Tract (four spiritual laws, How to have
  peace)
• 3. Text (Biblical Text)
• Romans Road, Etc.

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The Romans Road

• Romans 323
• Romans 623
• Romans 58
• Romans 109
• Romans 1013

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II. Hindrances to sharing your faith cont.

• B. Fear
• Learn to recognize the object of your Fear
• 1. Physical (Dog, Threatened Physical)
• 2. Emotional (Rejected, Turned away)
• 3. Intellectual (Dont know what to do)

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II. Hindrances to sharing your faith cont.

• C. Apathy (indifference, not motivated)
• D. A bad experience.
• E. Drifting into the comfort zone.
• Revelation 21-5

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III. God supplies the Power if you will supply
the obedience.

• A. You dont save anyone.
• B. Your responsibility is to tell people about
  Jesus and invite them to trust Jesus as Savior.
• C. Gods Holy Spirit supplies the Power you need
  to be used for the change.
• Acts 18
• D. Your primary expression of Gods power in
  evangelism is through prayer.

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IV. Five Principles to Help you share your faith
in Christ.

• A. Cultivate your sensitivity. Acts 825
• B. Be quick and eager to talk about your faith.
• C. Take the initiative.
• Opening Question.
• Do you attend church?
• Do you believe in reincarnation?
• Do hurricanes make you nervous?
• Does life make sense to you?
• In your opinion, who was the greatest person who
  ever lived?
• D. Practice tactfulness
• E. Be direct and when the time is right, dont
  back down.

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Lifestyle Evangelism is the most effective and
the only style that lasts.

• A. You must make a heartfelt commitment.
• B. Be practical in your approach.
• C. Keep a list of unsaved friends to focus your
  efforts.
• D. Remember your lifestyle is an evangelistic
  tool whether you like it or not.
• D. Never lose sight of the fact that you make
  a difference.

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Developing a Bold Witness for Christ as a Church
Planter
Thank You!