I’ve been teaching our evangelism training, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear,” for nearly five years now and have never seen a level of commitment like I have with this latest class, the first of 2010.
The first big deal: Only two students dropped out. The 50% rule was overruled!
The second big deal: There were three first place winners! Pierre Cordero was #1, Eva Ho #2, and 12-year-old Cherish DelRosario was #3.
How can there be three first place winners? (more…)
Hey kids! Here is where you post your evangelism tales as you hand out your daily Gospel tracts! Remember, the top of the class will win some strange and goofy prize I’ll think up later. No KIDding!
Something amazing is happening as this January class finishes up its fourth week of training in “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear.”
Three of the students are very motivated to win the hand carved 10 Commandments plaque that I have offered to the all-time highest scorer. To win the plaque, they must write, at minimum, a three sentence “E-vangie Tale” of their experiences as they share
their faith. They get an extra “Bonus Point” for every one they type out. As of this re-posting, there are over 350 tales in the comments section. I never had a class like this.
The three front-runners are Eva, Pierre, and 12-year-old Cherish, fresh off her first place win in my Kids’ Evangelism class.
The previous record holder, Richard Hidalgo, has held his #1 position since August, 2007. He is in dire straits, though. Pierre Cordero has promised to smash the record with a score so high that no one will ever beat it. We’ll see in two more weeks…. Stay tuned for the exciting finish.
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Even if you are not in my class I welcome you to share your own evangelistic adventure in the comments section.
My teaching notes are now available online by clicking here. I can also mail you a hard copy for FREE, compliments of Hope Chapel. Send me an email at PastorSteveAtHope@yahoo.com if you’d like them.
***And this Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.***
—Matthew 24:14
Ten students from our six week evangelism training course, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear” persevered to the end and are now well prepared to do what the majority of Christians will not do: Be a witness for Jesus Christ! (See the original starting class here.)
Out of the 112 students who took the class in ‘09, only 64 made it through the bootcamp. Many are called, but few are chosen….
My teaching notes are now available online by clicking here. I can still mail you a hard copy for the price of postage which is only $5.00. Send me an email at PastorSteveAtHope@yahoo.com if you’d like them.
Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. (2 Thessalonians 3:1)
This is the last evangelism class of the year and it is my hope and desire that all 17 students will persevere to the end. Will they?
Every other week I’ll bring this post back to the top of the blog. Remember students, you get one bonus point for every three sentence adventure that you write about.
Even if you are not a student in my class I welcome you to share your own evangelistic adventure in the comments section.
My teaching notes are now available online by clicking here. I can still mail you a hard copy for the price of postage which is only $5.00. Send me an email at PastorSteveAtHope@yahoo.com if you’d like them.
These are the latest graduates from our class, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear.” How do you think they’ll fare in the future? Jesus started with 12 and look what He did with them.
Check out all 128 comments at the post “What’s Your E-vangie Tale #34″ to see how this class faced their fears and obediently shared the Gospel—and wrote about it! Our last class of the year starts on October 15. Feel free to join us.
My teaching notes and student notes—over 100 pages of material—are available free of charge, except for postage. Just email me your address (send to PastorSteveAtHope@yahoo.com ) and my awesome assistant Barbara will get these out to you. Soon they will be online.
With just two weeks to go in our current evangelism class we are down to just twelve students out of an original starting class of sixteen…. Who will persevere to the end?
After Paul was saved, this is what he did: “At once he began to speak in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.” “…he…preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus, [and] …moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.” (Acts 9:20, 28) Oh, that Christians would do the same today!
Every other week I’ll bring this post back to the top of the blog. Remember students, you get one bonus point for every three sentence adventure that you write about.
My teaching notes and student notes—over 100 pages of material—are available free of charge, except for postage. Just email me your address (PastorSteveAtHope@yahoo.com) and my awesome assistant Barbara will get these out to you. Soon they will be online.
Out of seventeen students, seven completed our evangelism training, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear.”(Click here to see who started.) They finished well, persevering to the end. I always offer this challenge to the students on the last night of the class: “If you think that you are an evangelist, please stand up.” Usually one or two will.
This time, to my delight, everyone stood.
The next class begins Thursday, August 20, at 7PM
NEWSFLASH!!! WITH TWO WEEKS LEFT TO GO,
A MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS ARE STILL IN THE CLASS!!!
QUICK! CALL MOM!!!
“Boldly and without hindrance [Paul] preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 28:31
Our newest six week evangelism class, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear,” has seventeen students. Will the 50% rule apply? I sure hope not. Pray for them.
The 50% rule is fairly standard for those who teach evangelism classes. Half of the students drop out before the class is done; in fact, most drop out before the fourth class starts. Why is this? I have a theory: When you take a theology class, at the end, you will be a little smarter. If you take a course in prayer, by the time you graduate, you will know how to pray. And you can do that alone. But when you enroll in an evangelism training, you will be required to share your faith at the end of the class.
That’s too much to ask for many Christians. They’d rather let those who have ”the gift” of evangelism do that. Hence, a 50% drop out rate!
This is the place to post your very own evangelism adventure. Every other week I’ll bring this post back to the top of the blog. Remember students, you get one bonus point for every three sentence adventure that you write about.
My teaching notes and student notes—over 100 pages of material—are available free of charge, except for postage. Just email me your address (PastorSteveAtHope@yahoo.com) and my awesome assistant Barbara will get these out to you. Soon they will be online.
Staying true to the pattern, 50% made it through to the end of our evangelism class, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear.” That’s 16 ready to do the work of an evangelist! Pray that they will.
Our next class starts on Wednesday, July 8!
My teaching notes and student notes—over 100 pages of material—are available free of charge, except for postage. Just leave a comment if interested.
Jude exhorts, “…snatch others from the fire and save them…” (Jude 23)
What are you doing to snatch others from the fire? Here is the place to write about your evangelistic encounters!
Our new evangelism class, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear” just started with 32 students. Who will remain at the end of the six weeks?
As an extra added bonus, we have our church’s deaf ministry participating! When I asked them why they were taking the class they said, “Because you asked us to.” Now that’s a good sign!
See the creative way another deaf person was able to share the Gospel by clicking here.
If you’d like a free curriculum of this 6 week course, with over a 100 pages of material including teaching notes and student work, drop me an email or leave me a comment. All you pay is the postage.
Jude exhorts, “…snatch others from the fire and save them…” (Jude 23)
What are you doing to snatch others from the fire? Here is the place to write about your evangelistic encounters!
Our new evangelism class, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear” just started with 32 students. Who will remain at the end of the six weeks?
As an extra added bonus, we have our church’s deaf ministry participating! When I asked them why they were taking the class they said, “Because you asked us to.” Now that’s a good sign!
See the creative way another deaf person was able to share the Gospel by clicking here.
If you’d like a free curriculum of this 6 week course, with over a 100 pages of material including teaching notes and student work, drop me an email or leave me a comment. All you pay is the postage.
We started with 13 and ended up with seven. That’s the unfortunate truth when teaching a class on evangelism: a nearly 50% drop out rate. But I am incredibly hopeful that God will use these people mightily, because they serve a mighty God. Congratulations you all!
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. (Luke 4:18-19)
Here is the latest evangelism class. They are ready and willing to do what Jesus said he would do. Who will be in the picture at the end of the six week course? We are now entering into the fourth week and have seen a few drop outs already….
This is the place for you to write your own evangelistic adventure whether you are in my class or not. I may even publish it on the blog if it’s really exciting or funny or horrible!
The graduates of our first evangelism class of 2009 numbered twelve out of a starting class of twenty; unfortunately, a 50% drop out rate is the norm. Still, Jesus started with twelve and they turned the world upside down! The top score was earned by John Webber, who discovered how simple and effective biblical evangelism can be. Great job, folks! Let’s go fishin’!
Our next 6 week class starts March 19 and is free with pre-registration, $15.00 at the door. Also, if you would like my teaching and student notes from this class, they are free. All you have to pay is the postage. Leave me a comment if you would like them for your church.
There is one more week of our 6 week class. Who will finish well?
Jeremiah wrote, “But if I say, ‘I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I cannot.”
My hope and prayer is that the students of our new evangelism class, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear” (pictured above), will have the same heart and attitude of Jeremiah after they graduate. Sadly, 30-50% drop out before the class ends. Will this group be the exception?
Part of their homework is to hand out one tract a day each day of the class. They get a point every day they do this; and when they write about it here, they get bonus points, unlimited bonus points! (more…)
The Apostle Paul wrote, “…pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored… And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith.”
(2 Thessalonians 3:1-2)
Twenty two new students have started our newest evangelism class, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear.” Who will be left after six weeks? The sad reality is that there is a 50% drop out rate by the end of the class. Maybe this time they’ll defy the odds.
Leave your evangelism adventure in the “comments” section so others can enjoy what God is doing in your life! (This will be reposted every Sunday/Monday for the next six weeks.)
Paul wrote, “I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the Gospel, that I may share in its blessings.” (1 Corinthians 9:22-23) What are you willing to do?
A new evangelism class started 8/14/08 with 20 people. What will they do? Who will finish well? (See who won the top of the class and a Veg-O-Matic last class by clicking here.)
Not since the hanging chad incident at the 2000 Presidential election has there been such tragic confusion….
Last Thursday I reported that the “Top of the Class” winner of our latest evangelism training was Timothy Johnson, the fraternal twin brother of Peter Johnson, who won a brutal sharing-of-the-faith competition over Peter by two points. Their scores were 168 to 166 respectively, allowing Timothy to walk away with the coveted Veg-O-Matic (which of course breaks the 10th Commandment).
But a recount was made by… Dad!
Their father called the other day and set the record straight: After re-tallying the points in the contest, he found out that both brothers earned—168 points. A tie!
So a belated congatulations to Peter—and Timothy—for doing the work of an evangelist. (Now don’t fight over the use of your shared Veg-O-Matic. There are plenty of sliced and diced potatoes to go around.)
It wasn’t as epic as the struggle between Esau and Jacob, but two brothers, fraternal twins no less, fought to the very end to see who who would score the highest in the latest evangelism class that just ended.
Timothy and Peter Johnson added up their score not knowing who had the highest tally, and at the climactic finish, Timothy won: 168 to 166. Timothy was also born two minutes ahead of his younger brother, so there was something very special—and uncanny—about the number two.
The twins now hold the distinction of being the youngest high-scorers—at age 16—of the Hope Chapel evangelism class. The competitition, with 49 people starting the class, ended with only 22. But they stuck it out to the finish. At stake for the winner was a stack of books, tracts, posters, and Ray Comfort CD’s… OR… a Veg-o-Matic!
This is the Veg-O-Matic, the world-famous food appliance, “. . . the only appliance in the world that slices whole, firm tomatoes in one stroke, with every seed in place. French fries? Make hundreds in one minute! Isn’t that amazing?!”
And now Timothy Johnson is the proud owner of this ’60’s gem.
Won’t Mom be proud?
BUT WAIT! THERE WAS A RECOUNT… AND ANOTHER WINNER! CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT WHO!
What’s this scoring business about anyway? How did Timothy score those points? (more…)
