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    A Short Guide to Sharing Your Faith
    A Short Guide to Sharing Your Faith
    A Short Guide to Sharing Your Faith
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    A Short Guide to Sharing Your Faith

    By Jonathan Srock

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    About this ebook

    Do you struggle to share your Christian faith?

     

    The short guide will encourage and challenge you to take a step of faith. It guides you through the process of gaining confidence and answering common questions people ask.

     

    If you have any of these concerns witnessing, this book is for you!

     

    What if they reject me?

    I'm not a good speaker.

    How do I start the conversation?

    I don't know enough to answer questions.

    Do I have to lead them to Christ in one shot?

    I'm not confident I can do it.

     

    Do you have hurdles or struggles sharing your Christian faith? The short guide will encourage and challenge you to take a step of faith. It guides you through the process of gaining confidence and answering common questions people ask.

     

    In this short guide, you will learn:

    How to find your evangelism style

    How to encourage other Christians to witness

    How to rely on your Christian church to equip you

    How the Holy Spirit helps you witness

    The steps to follow to share your faith

    How to answer questions when you witness

    How to talk to atheists and seekers

    18 Common questions people ask and how to answer them

    How to lead a person to Christ

    What to do after you lead a person to Christ

     

    Please leave a quick review of A Short Guide to Sharing Your Faith. Book reviews help other readers become aware of the book. Thank you for reading and supporting me!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJonathan Srock
    Release dateJul 18, 2019
    ISBN9781393084099
    A Short Guide to Sharing Your Faith
    Author

    Jonathan Srock

    Rev. Jonathan Srock is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God for 10 years. He received two Bachelor’s degrees in Biblical Languages and Pastoral Ministries, as well as a Masters of Divinity from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He was privileged to be the Lead Pastor of New Life Assembly in Shillington, PA for four years before suffering sudden paralysis. Jonathan has been a Christian for about 30 years. His passion is to help imprint the character of Christ through teaching and preaching God’s Word. Rev. Jonathan is part of the PennDel Ministry Network. He is a quadriplegic and lives in Central PA with his parents. He enjoys preaching in local churches, writing books, blogging, and answering questions about God and the Bible. He also enjoys reading, watching sports, and geeking out over computers in his “spare” time.

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      A Short Guide to Sharing Your Faith - Jonathan Srock

      Acknowledgments

      This guide is an expansion of the Sharing Your Faith series on my blog. I’d like to thank everyone who read and contributed through comments to the discussions there.

      I also asked people for questions they face when they share their faith on Facebook and Twitter. Those who have given me suggestions are Leanne Scott. Glenda Lopez Rodriguez, Adam Trimbur, Valda Dracopoulos, and Colleen McCauley.

      Several of my beta readers offered book blurbs as well. I’d like to thank Cathy Ryan (www.cathyryan.com), my fellow writer, Matthew Niebauer, one of my closest friends, Pastors Joe Hollen, Marvin Nemitz, and Zac McDonald.

      And thank you for picking up this book and reading it. I hope it helps you in your journey to confidence as you share your faith with those around you.

      Introduction

      If you feel unprepared to share your faith with others, this book is for you. The hurdles facing Christians paralyze them and keep them from sharing their faith. But anyone can overcome any issue holding them back. The world needs to hear your story and your experience with Jesus.

      I designed this short guide to help you grow in the concepts of personal evangelism and provide a practical help in sharing your faith. Its aim is to explain the why’s and how’s of evangelism. I want to encourage you to get out there and share your faith with confidence.

      There are many resources for evangelism. This guide exposes common issues I noticed throughout my pastoral ministry and personal life. I’ve run into many of the same issues presented in this book.

      Our Mandate

      NO MATTER WHAT YOUR personality, Jesus calls you to share with everyone you know about him. There is no escaping such a calling. Some Christians have this gift, but Jesus expects everyone to evangelize.

      Some Christians are more successful than others.  But we use human and worldly methods to define success. The most common metric for success in evangelism is the amount of people a person brings to Christ. Do our efforts leading up to the salvation prayer mean nothing?

      Some are not confident enough to even try to share their faith. But others give up for various reasons, including, I’m the quiet one. Someone else has more skill and experience than me. Maybe you tried it once, thought you failed, and gave up. Being judged by improper standards on your evangelistic efforts is cruel and depressing.

      Jesus did not require us to save people. He did not command us to enforce the gospel. We shouldn’t be nervous, fearful, or dejected when we share Jesus with our world. But he didn’t leave us with an excuse when we don’t do it either.

      The Great Commission

      CHRISTIANS I ENCOUNTER know the Great Commission forward and backward. Every missionary, pastor, and Christian speaker pleads from the pulpit for us to share Jesus. They reference Matthew 28:19-20 regularly. But this passage can be tricky.

      Proper understanding of the Great Commission ensures greater success in witnessing. Bible translations don’t help the matter much. Highlighting the main actions makes Matthew 28:19-20 clearer. Most versions make going the main verb. It is better translated:

      Therefore, after going, make disciples of all nations, continuously baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, continuously teaching them to observe everything I commanded you–and behold, I keep being with you all the days until the completion of the age (Matthew 28:19-20, author’s translation).

      This shows what Jesus emphasized in the passage. Make disciples is the main action. Now, everything else helps us to accomplish that goal. After going demonstrates the need to make disciples in our everyday travels. No matter where you are, you are standing in the middle of the mission field. And you are the missionary.

      No matter who we meet, we are to make disciples, people who want to learn from, commit themselves to, and follow Christ. I translated baptizing and teaching in the continuous present, a technical way of saying that we never stop doing these things. This means we must keep making disciples so we can keep baptizing and teaching them. You never stop learning about Jesus.

      It’s also important to remember that God’s presence is with us always. He is with us every time we open our mouths to talk about him. He has also promised that the Holy Spirit will give us the words to speak (Luke 12:12). There is not one day Jesus takes a break until the end of time. We should encourage one another to reach out and speak up for him. He’s got our backs!

      The Great Commitment

      IT’S EASY TO CLAIM misunderstanding of the Great Commission or to say someone else is more effective than you at witnessing. But you won’t experience greater ability or success by hiding behind excuses. It’s

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