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Discovering Your Evangelism Style: Be Yourself and Impact Lives

Join us in this series of sessions to discover and embrace your unique evangelism style. Learn to build relationships, share your story, and understand God's story. Identify your personal evangelism style using the Evangelism Styles Assessment tool. Embrace who you are and make a difference in the lives of others.

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Discovering Your Evangelism Style: Be Yourself and Impact Lives

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  1. being yourselfMittelberg, Strobel, Hybels, Zondervan, 2001

  2. Preview of Things to Come • Session 2: Being Yourself • Session 3: Building Relationships • Session 4: What’s Your Story? • Session 5: What’s God’s Story? • Session 6: Crossing the Line • Session 7: Putting It Together • Session 8: Objection!

  3. Preview • Discover your evangelism style • Identify a step to develop your evangelism style • Clarify your evangelism style using the Evangelism Styles Assessment

  4. Prayer

  5. Community Building Group Leader: The person who knows his/her evangelism style (from last week): 1. Everyone acquainted in your group? 2. Did you say anything to anyone this week that might “give you away” as being a Christian? If so, how’d it go?

  6. Review from Last Session • We don’t have to try to be something we’re not • Relational Evangelism • Lost people matter to God • We Began Our Impact List

  7. Six Styles of Evangelism • Confrontational • Intellectual • Testimonial • Interpersonal • Invitational • Serving

  8. Confrontational Style Biblical Example: PETER in ACTS 2 Characteristics: • Confident • Assertive • DIRECT

  9. Video

  10. Intellectual Style Biblical Example: PAUL in ACTS 17 Characteristics: • Curious • Analytical • LOGICAL

  11. Video

  12. Testimonial Style Biblical Example: BLIND MAN in JOHN 9 Characteristics: • Clear communicators • Interesting storytellers • GOOD LISTENERS

  13. Video

  14. Interpersonal Style Biblical Example: MATTHEW in LUKE 5:29 Characteristics: • Warm personalities • Comfortable in conversations • FRIENDSHIP-ORIENTED

  15. Video

  16. Invitational Style Biblical Example: WOMAN AT THE WELL in JOHN 4 Characteristics: • Quick to include others in their activities • Hospitable • PERSUASIVE

  17. Video

  18. Serving Style Biblical Example: DORCAS in ACTS 9 Characteristics: • Others-centered • Humble • PATIENT

  19. Video

  20. Individual Assessment • Read about your individual style from handout • Check any item that applies to you. • Look at the style that had the second highest score on your Questionnaire (if you did not complete your questionnaire last time, do it now) • Choose a style • Write your style on your Impact List

  21. Impact List 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

  22. Small Group Activity • Explain your personal evangelism style to your group, including: • One reason you think your style fits you • Cautions you need to be aware of • One idea for developing your style • Listen to and learn from the others in your group

  23. Wrap-Up • Discovered your evangelism style • Identified a step to develop your evangelism style • Clarified your evangelism style using the Evangelism Styles Assessment

  24. Closing Prayer

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