Conversational Evangelism 2.0
Course Description:
Every week we will ask for difficulties you are facing in witnessing to others. In addition, we also deal with a popular objection to the Christian Faith by a skeptic either in an article, book, or other media, and talk about how you might remove that barrier to the Gospel. Further, we will suggest some additional ways to answer common questions like the problem of evil, the doctrine of hell, or God’s existence using a conversational evangelism approach. Most importantly, we will try to find creative and winsome ways to answer these objections, whether they are old or new.
Take Aways:
You will come away from this workshop having practiced a new paradigm -- one based on finding out people’s interest and drawing a tie between their interest and the Gospel message.
You will also go away with a better understanding of how and when you should use Christian evidence to strengthen your witness to others.
Our prayer at NGIM is that you would develop a strong and daily habit of looking for divine appointments with people to plant the seeds of the Gospel, combining everything you learn in this coaching class to more effectively remove barriers to the Gospel in creative and spirit-guided ways.
Requirements:
Must have read Conversational Evangelism or taken the Conversational Evangelism workshop (self-paced or mentor-led) in Thinkific before the C.E. 2.0 workshop starts. We will not be enforcing this, however it will be difficult to find your footing in the workshop if you are not already familiar with C.E.
We recommend you at least familiarize yourself with The 12 Points that Show Christianity is True. You can find the book here, the workshop here, or a free overview of it here.
Details:
The workshop will be every Wednesday for 5 weeks starting on October 12th and ending on November 9th. The U.S. workshop will be at 9:00pm EST and the Filipino workshop will be at 9:00pm PHT (which is 9:00am EST). Each session will be about an hour and each will be recorded in case you miss a day.
President and Co-Founder, NGIM
Dr. David Geisler
Building on what his father taught him, David has developed new paradigms of integrating and applying apologetics with evangelism. Together with his late father, Dr. Norman Geisler, David co-authored the book “Conversational Evangelism,” which has since been translated into six languages. David is currently pioneering a 4 R’s model (Rooted, Rested, Ready, Reaching) that integrates apologetics, evangelism, and discipleship.
David speaks internationally, offering seminars, training and certificate programs in both his father’s 12 Points and his Conversational Evangelism models. He encourages Christians to reframe apologetics from a 1 Peter 3:15 model, “be ready to give a defense”, to a Matthew 13:23 model, “cultivating good soil.” Using discipleship principles, David motivates the body of Christ to use apologetic tools in sharing the faith in culturally, personally, and spiritually sensitive ways.
Serving as a missionary in Asia from 2004-2011, David trained over 300 bible and seminary students in practical apologetics, many who are now pastors and missionaries all over Asia. He holds a Master in Biblical Studies and a Master in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministries in Apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He helped develop a national pilot program for skeptical students with Campus Crusade for Christ (now called CRU) from 1994-1999. He teaches in various seminaries around the globe and as an adjunct professor at both of the seminaries his father founded: Southern Evangelical Seminary and Veritas International University. He also serves on the leadership panel for Intentional Discipleship Making Conferences (IDMC), founded by Rev. Edmund Chan.
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