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Armed and Ready
(Handout  --  Study Notes)

Equipping Your Flock for Evangelism

Clay Miller

Associate Pastor, Outreach Ministries

 

 

I.       THE PHILOSOPHY OF EVANGELISM

 

 

  1. The Four Walls of Truth

 

1.      God-Centered

 

2.      Theology-Driven

 

3.      Discipleship-Oriented

 

4.      Time-Redeeming

 

 

B.     The Pulpit Ministry

 

 

 

 

C.     Other Teaching Ministries

 

 

 

 

D.     The Mission Field

 

 

 

 

II.    THE THEORY OF EVANGELISM

 

 

 

A.     Having a Right Presupposition

 

 

 

 

B.     Having a Right Witness

 

 

 

 

C.     Having a Right Proclamation

III. THE PRACTICE OF EVANGELISM

 

 

A.     Teaching Ministries

 

1.   Fundamentals of the Faith

 

2.   Evangelistic Home Bible Studies

 

 

B.     Training Ministries

 

1.   Grace Evangelism

 

2.   Rediscovering Biblical Evangelism

 

 

C.     Field Ministries

 

1.   Visitor Outreach

 

2.   Neighborhood Outreach

 

3.   Language Outreach

 

4.   Ethnic Outreach

 

a.       Spanish Outreach

 

b.      Filipino Outreach

 

c.       Korean Outreach

 

d.      Thai Outreach

 

e.       Chinese Outreach       

                                   

f.       Russian Outreach

 

5.      Jail Outreach

 

6.      Hospital Outreach

 

7.      Union Rescue Mission

 

8.      Sports Outreach

 

 

 

 

 

IV.  GRACE EVANGELISM

 

 

 

A.     Objective

 

 

 

 

B.     Outline

 

 

 

1.   What makes Evangelism Biblical?

 

 

 

 

2.      Man’s Accountability to God

 

 

 

 

3.      Gospel Presentation: The Essential Elements of the Gospel

 

 

 

 

4.      Gospel Presentation (continued)

 

 

 

 

5.      Handling Objections: Role Play

 

 

 

 

6.      Guidelines for Evangelizing Children: Role Play

 

 

 

 

7.      Guidelines for Workplace Evangelism: Role Play

 

 

 

 

8.      Guidelines for Discipling: Role Play

 

 

C.     Memory Work

 

 

1.      God

 

a.       He is Creator and Owner

Gen 1:1; Ps 19:1 (Acts 17:24-29)

b.      He is holy and pure

1 Pet 1:15-16 (Lev 19:2; Matt 5:48)

c.       Because He is holy, He hates sin

Ps 1:5; Rom 2:16

 

                                                                                                                          

2.      Man

 

a.   All men are guilty of breaking God’s law

Rom 3:10-11, 23 (Isa 59:2; James 2:10)

b.   All are sinners and worthy of death

Rom 6:23

c.   No one can save themselves

Isa 64:6; Prov 14:12 (Gal 2:16 Rom 3:20)

 

 

3.      Christ

 

a.       He is God and Lord of all

              John 1:1 (Titus 2:13; Phil 2:9-11)

b.      He became man

              Phil 2:6-7

c.       He is holy and sinless

              Heb 4:15 (1 John 3:5)

d.      He paid the penalty for the sins of those who would believe

2 Cor 5:21 (Rom 5:8; Eph 1:7-8; Col 1:20)

e.   He rose triumphantly from the dead

1 Cor 15:3-4

 

 

            4.   The Required Response

 

a.       Faith in Him as Lord and Savior

Eph 2:8-9 (Rom 10:9)

b.      Repentance

Acts 17:30 (Acts 26:20; Isa 55:6,7; John 3:36)

c.       Turning from all that dishonors God

Luke 9:23; 1Thess 1:9; John 12:26

 

 

5.      The Call

 

Isa 55:7 (2 Cor 5:20; Rom 10:9-10)

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