How to be a World Christian

The Power of Personal Evangelism [1]

Five powerful partners for personal EV

  1. The Holy Spirit
  2. The Witness of the Believer
  3. The Word of God
  4. The Gospel
  5. Prayer

1.     The Work of the HS

  • In the life of the lost person
  • In the life and work of the witness
  • Involved in the entire personal EV process

2.     The Witness of the Believer

  • Impact of a transformed life
  • Impact of a bold, compassionate witness
  • Romans 10.14-15
  • Acts 8:30-31

3.     The Word of God

  • To prepare the witness (2 Timothy 3.16-17
  • To work in the lost person (Hebrews 4.12-13; John 20.31)

4. The Gospel

  • Romans 1:16 –the power of God unto Salvation
  • We must make every effort to get the gospel message out.

5. Prayer

  • Important in
  • Empowering the witness
  • Cultivating the lost person
  • Breaking the spiritual bondage of the lost person

-Implementation

  • For the individual—SK the “five and five principle” 5 people you are praying for that have not been witnessed to and 5 people you have already shared with but have not accepted the gospel.
  • For the church—

Spiritual Gifts and Evangelism

Some insights—

  1. A command for everyone, not a gift for a few
  2. All spiritual gifts can/should be used for personal EV
  3. Some gifts relate more directly to personal EV—prophesy and exhortation.

The Recipients of Personal EV

Four primary, interrelated problems:

  • Sin/lostness.  Sinners by choice, nature and practice.
  • Spiritual bondage—Satan does not loose his hold on the wicked easily.
  • Blinded and deceived by Satan—I Corinthians 2.14; II Corinthians 4:4
  • Spiritually dead—Eph 2:13    1.A lost person cannot save himself.  2. They will not respond to God and godly things.

Important truths related to the four problems:

  • A great and complex problem and need
  • We must proclaim the gospel clearly
  • We must depend on Spiritual power—1. Holy Spirit 2. Prayer

Some keys for appropriating spiritual power for personal EV –

  • Ongoing abiding in Christ/Spirit-filled life
  • Trusting God’s work in evangelism
  • Engaging in prayer related to evangelism
  • Trusting spiritual weapons rather than our expertise and methodologies—Jonathan Edward’s last words: Trust in God and you shall have nothing to fear.

Meeting people where they are –

  • In their lostness
  • At their point/level of receptivity—learning to understand where they are spiritually *Savior centered soul-winning flipchart*

Understanding receptivity and a person’s point/level of receptivity –

  • Engel’s scale –handout in class “The Spiritual Decision Process” VERY GOOD
  • Robinson’s scale-p. 109

Robinson’s Level of Spiritual Development Scale

  1. The Ignorance Level—uninformed
  2. The Indifference Level—unconcerned. Has heard but doesn’t care.
  3. The Hostility Level—bitter, angry.
  4. The Interest Level—concerned
  5. The Conviction Level—heavy-hearted
  6. The Conversion Level—ready
  7. The Growing Level—following. Robinson gives tactics on winning these people on p. 109.

Recognizing Generational Issues

Percentage of each group who profess faith in Christ.

  • Seniors ( -30) – 65%
  • Builders (1931-45 – 65%
  • Boomers (1946-64) –35%
  • Busters/Xers (1965-1981) – 15%
  • Bridgers (1981- ) –5%

Identifying Lost Persons

See Oscar Thompson’s Concentric Circles of Concern—handout in class

The Types of Personal Evangelism

Types of EV in General:

  • Mass—Billy Graham Crusades. Communication to a particular group at one time.
  • Ministrah—meeting needs of people and then through the relationships that are developed, sharing the Gospel with them.
  • Small group—gathering a small group to share the Bible and using it to win others.
  • Personal—Just do it! This is essential to every other type of EV. Totally necessary, even for mass EV. 80% of those who come to Crusades are because another person has been working with them.
  • Types of Personal EV
    1. First Encounter/Confrontational
    2. Relational

First Encounter/Confrontational

1.  Initiated encounters—tracts, Ray Comfort interviews

2.  Assignment visitation—EE

3. Door-to-door visitation

4. Survey

Relational

  • Other names – incarnational, lifestyle, web
  • Varieties:
    1. Prayer only
    2. Example only
    3. Opportunity—initiative
    4. Intentional—relational

Characteristics of First Encounter/Confrontational

  • Message-centered; emphasis on proclamation instead of on the person. RIGHT PRIORITY
  • Less personal
  • Proclamation—persuasion—presence. This is a process
  • Hybels – “hit and run” evangelism. Very bad term.

Characteristics of Basic Relational Evangelism

  • Emphasis on presence
  • Presence – proclamation –persuasion
  • Often neglects proclamation

Characteristics of Intentional-relational

  • Person-centered—as opposed to message centered
  • Intentional about relationship and verbal witness
  • Sharing a verbal witness as soon in the relationship as possible
  • Sharing as much as possible as soon as possible

Some Insights or Thoughts

  • Many encounters are a blend—visitation
  • Which are biblical? Important question!!!!!
  • 1st encounter: woman at the well, Zacchaeus, Ethiopian, Acts 24 & 26, Acts 16, 10, 20:20, 5:42
  • Relational—it is short and sub-Biblical
  • Intentional/relational—Jesus and the disciples, Paul and Timothy, The Incarnation of Jesus in John 1:1-5; 14. He left heaven and came and lived among men. He became one of us, became like us and did what needed to be done to grant us Salvation.
  • Which are most effective? Go to Engel’s scale.
  • Time factors
  • Dr. J’s suggested model:
    1. Much first encounter/confrontational work
    2. Ongoing intentional-relational work
    3. Seeking to combine the first two

A Teaching Approach

1.     Help persons to be a person who walks with Jesus

2.     Teach the first encounter/confrontational approach first—once you learn this one, it is much easier to switch to relational.

3.     Teach relational approaches to complement and combine the two—very difficult to switch to confrontational if this is the one learned first.

The Process of Personal Evangelism

  • The Comprehensive Process:
    1. The Soil-preparation stage
    2. The Sowing stage
    3. The Cultivation stage—our work
    4. The Harvest stage—when God regenerates them

Seven Steps in Leading a Person to Christ (Robinson)

  1. Begin the conversation or relationship
  2. Present the gospel message
  3. Ask/invite the person to receive Christ
  4. Lead/help the person to pray to receive Christ
  5. Guide into assurance
  6. Instruct the new believer (immediate follow-up)
  7. On-going follow-up

Some Steps in the Process of Sharing the Gospel

  1. Begin the conversation or relationship
  2. Use a guided conversation
  3. Move to spiritual discussion with transition questions or statements
  4. Share the testimony (optional)
  5. Use exploratory questions (optional)
  6. Share a gospel presentation
  7. Clarify the response needed
  8. Invite to respond or receive Christ
  9. Lead/help with the sinner’s prayer
  10. Provide follow-up including assurance, baptism, church membership, and discipleship.

Some steps in the process of sharing the gospel:

  1. Begin the conversation or relationship
  2. Use the guided conversation
  3. Move to spiritual discussion with transition questions and statements
  4. Share testimony (optional)
  5. Use exploratory questions (optional)
  6. Share gospel presentation
  7. Clarify if needed
  8. Invite to receive Christ
  9. Lead in sinners prayer
  10. Provide follow up including assurance, baptism, church membership, and discussion

The Tools of PE:

  • Tools for your witnessing tool box
  • Tools to be used at appropriate times, not in every encounter

The Guided Conversation:

  • Definitions-introductory approaches or bridges to the gospel
  • A statement and/or series of statements or questions that help the witness move naturally from general conversation to spiritual conversation
  • A pattern to guide the conversation to the spiritual

Spiritual Discussion Starter Approaches

1. Direct

2. Indirect

3. Invitational

The Guided Conversation

  • Is usually a part of the direct approach
  • The witness initiates the conversation and guides to the spiritual conversation
  • Is sometimes a combination of the direct and indirect

Some Models of the Guided conversation

1.     FIRM

2.     FORM

3.     FIRE

4.     CAST

5.     The four I’s

The FIRM Model

F-Family

I-Interests

R-Religion

M-Message

The FORM Model

  • F-Family
  • O-Occupation
  • R-Religion
  • M-Message

The FIRE Model

  • F-family
  • I-Interests
  • R-Religion background
  • E-Exploratory questions

The CAST

  • C-Connection
  • A-Activities
  • S-Spiritual matters
  • T-Tell your story

FAITH (4 I’s)

  • Introduction
  • Interests
  • Involvement
  • Inquiry

How to use the guided conversation

How to use-

As a pattern

      • As a discussion

Major barriers-

Between the I and the R

Between the R and the M

Transitions:

After F – “Do you have any special hobbies?”

After I – “When you attend church, where do you attend?”

After R – Numerous “key” or exploratory questions and transitions

Benefits of Using a Guided Conversation

  • Helps ease the confrontational nature
  • Helps calm the fears of both persons
  • Stimulates interests of the lost person
  • Helps in showing genuine interest
  • Helps to listen and to learn
  • Bridges the gap from the casual to spiritual conversation
  • Helps remove some barriers

Spiritual discussion Transition Questions/ Statements

1.     When you attend church, where do you go?

2.     Would you consider yourself a spiritual person?

3.     Do you ever think about religious/ spiritual matters?

4.     Who is God/ Jesus to you?

5.     Tell me about your religious background.

6.     Tell me about you relationship with Jesus Christ.

7.     I would like to discuss with you…

8.     I would like to talk about…

The “Share Jesus Without fear” Starter Questions

  1. Do you have any kind of spiritual beliefs?
  2. To, you who is Jesus?
  3. Do you think there is a heaven or hell?
  4. If you died, do you know where would go? If heaven why?
  5. If what you are believing is not true, would you want to know?

The Testimony

Four types -

1.     Standard – telling your story in about two minutes

2.     Brief – condensed standard

3.     Evangelistic – standard without giving all the answers

4.     Witnessing – standard, gospel presentation, evangelistic within it

Used to –

1.     Gain interest of the person

2.     Transition to the gospel

3.     Share the gospel

Exploratory Questions

Definition – designed to open a conversation about spiritual matter; a question to probe a lost persons interest in spiritual discussion; a question that helps the witness discern a persons spiritual state and receptivity.

Two types –

  1. Testimony oriented – about their experience
  2. Theology oriented – ask that expect them to give a theological answer and understanding about the certain subject

Samples – refer to handout

Robinson’s key question

“Have you come to know Jesus Christ in a personal way or would you say you are still in the process?”

Continuing Witness Training/ODSWW

1.      “Have you come to a place in your life that you know for certain that you have eternal life and that you will go to heaven when you die?”

2.     “Suppose you were standing before God right now and He asked you, “Why should I let you in My Heaven?” what do you think you would say?

FAITH key question

“In you personal opinion, what do you understand it takes for a person to go to heaven?”

Transitions

  • After F – “Do you have any special hobbies?”
  • After I – “When you attend church, where do you attend?”
  • After R – “Numerous

Benefits of Using a Guided Conversation

  • Helps ease the confrontational nature
  • Helps calm fears of both persons
  • Stimulates interest of the lost person
  • Helps in showing genuine interest
  • Helps witness to listen and learn
  • Bridges gap from casual to spiritual conversation
  • Helps to remove some barriers

Spiritual Discussion Transition Questions/Statements

    1. When you attend church, where do you attend?
    2. Would you consider yourself a spiritual person?
    3. Do you ever think about religious/spiritual things/matters?
    4. Who is God/Jesus to you?
    5. Tell me about your religious background?
    6. Tell me about your relationship with Jesus Christ?
    7. I would like to discuss with you… you fill in the blank. About death and the answer.
    8. I would like to talk about

The “Share Jesus Without Fear” Starter Question’s

  1. Do you have any kind of spiritual beliefs?
  2. To you, who is Jesus Christ?
  3. Do you think there is a heaven or hell?
  4. If you died, where would you go? If heaven, why?
  5. If what you believe is not true, would you want to know?

The Testimony

Four types —

  1. Standard – about two minutes in length
  2. Brief – about 30 seconds, condensed version of the standard testimony.
  3. Evangelistic – Just like the standard except on the 3rd section, you don’t want to share the answer. Just say, “Then I had a life-changing experience with Jesus Christ.”
  4. Witnessing – The standard laced with gospel truth or Scripture verses. (They will listen to my personal story, so integrate it with the gospel message).

Used to —

  1. Gain interest and attention
  2. Transition to the gospel
  3. Share the gospel

Exploratory Questions

*FIRE                     F-amily             I-nterests            R-elationships                        E-xploratory questions

Definition/description –

  • A question designed to open a conversation about spiritual matters
  • A question to probe a lost person’s interest in spiritual discussion
  • A question that helps the witness discern a person’s spiritual state and receptivity level

Exploratory Questions

Two types —

  1. Testimony oriented – about their personal testimony, where they stand personally
  2. Theology oriented – to where they give a theological explanation for what they believe. Their understanding about their relationship, not the relationship by itself.

Exploratory Question Samples—See handout KNOW FOR FINAL!!!!!!

Robinson’s Key Q#

“Have you come to know Jesus Christ in a personal way or would you say you are still in the process?”

    • Continuing Witness Training/ODSWW
  1. Have you come to a place in your life that you know for certain that you have eternal life and that you will go to heaven when you die?
  2. Suppose you were standing before God right now and He asked you, ‘Why should I let you into My heaven?’ What do you think you would say?”
    • FAITH – Key question   KNOW FOR FINAL!!!!!

“In your personal opinion, what do you understand it takes for a person to go to

Heaven?”

  • The Net

1. Would you consider yourself a spiritual person?

2. Do you ever think about spiritual things?

Some others —

    1. “Are you a committed follower of Jesus Christ?”
    2. “Do you enjoy an active, meaningful, personal relationship with Jesus Christ that affects your life constantly?” YEAH RIGHT!!! YOU ARE A HUGE NERD!!!!
    3. If you died tonight, where would you spend eternity, heaven or hell? Why?
    4. If you died tonight, do you know for certain where you would spend eternity, in heaven or in hell? Why?

Common Answers to Exploratory Questions

  1. Faith or saved answer—Sometimes, they are a genuine saved person. But sometimes it is a lost person that knows all the answers to make themselves look good.

Q# How do you answer this? If there is any doubt, you can simply say, “Let me tell you about my experience…” This gives them an opportunity to hear the gospel and for the Holy Spirit to work on them.

  1. No opinion, non-answer, “I don’t know” “I have no idea”
  2. Unclear or confused answer—“I think God will let me in heaven” they avoid the question. Usually answer “not sure” on the 1st CWT question.
  3. Works or deceived answer

Some Transition Techniques

From testimony-oriented questions to the gospel —

  • If they answer ‘yes’ – “When and how did you come to know Him?” or “Tell me about it”
  • If unclear or no – “I came to know Him…” or “May I share with you how I came to know Him personally?” or “May I share by story with you?”

-If yes – Share!

-If no – Discuss the reluctance why they won’t let you share Gospel

From the theology-oriented questions, to the gospel —

1.     “I would like to share with you how the Bible answers this question, if it is all right.” (FAITH)

2.     “The Bible states it this way.” (CWT)

3.     “My understanding of what the Bible says is…”

END OF EXPLORATORY QUESTIONS AND TECHNIQUES

Next section:      Surveys

Types of surveys –

1.     Information

2.     Evangelistic

3.     Need-related

4.     Combination

Brief explanation of use –

  • Door-to-door
  • Teams of two – leader/talker and writer/pray-er
  • Use printed introduction of the survey
  • Read questions allowing time to answer
  • Follow suggestions on some survey for transition to testimony and gospel presentation

Memorized Scripture

Reasons for using memorized Scripture in witnessing –

  • Only “tool” with us – if we don’t have a Bible or tract handy
  • Always available *Dr. J story about it getting too dark while witnessing to read Bible or tract.
  • The power of the Word – Hebrews 4.12, 2 Corinthians 10.4-5, Romans 1.16

Ways to use memorized scripture –

1.     As a part of an extended gospel presentation

2.     Alone – by simply quoting a brief series of verses

3.     As seed-sowing

Some Key Sets of Memorized Scripture

1. Roman Road (longer version) Scripture oriented

  • 1.16
  • 2.4
  • 3.20
  • 3.23
  • 5.8
  • 6.23
  • 10.9-10
  • 10.13
  • 12.1-2

2. Romans Road (shorter version) thematically oriented

  • 6.23
  • 5.8
  • 10.9-10,13

The Good News Presentation Verses

  • John 3.16 –God’s love
  • Romans 3.23—man’s sin
  • John 14.6 –Jesus’ provision
  • John 1.12 –receiving Christ or responding to Him

The Marked New Testament

Benefits/Advantages

  1. Both can see as well as hear the gospel
  2. Memorization problem is solved – for all the dummies who can’t memorize
  3. The power of the written Word
  4. Leaving the NT for later reading

How to mark –

*ILL* Dr. Jumper telling Kyle Luke’s uncle in Mali, Africa. French is the language. Led a man there to Christ using a French Bible using the Romans Road even though Luke did not know the language.

Point:            Knowing the Romans Road or another version of the “marked” Bible is extremely beneficial.

1.     Purchase one pre-marked

2.     Use Roman Road verses

3.     Use Good News Presentation verses

4.     Use the “Share Jesus Without Fear” verses

5.     Use any good set of verses

6.     Use the Adult Roman Road Witness Training handout – gives detailed information on how to mark one’s Bible.

How to use –

  1. Sit/stand beside the person
  2. Move from one verse to the other
  3. Read and/or explain
  4. Follow other instructions in the Bible or from memory

The “Share Jesus Without Fear” Verses

1.     Romans 3.23

2.     Romans 6.23

3.     John 3.3

4.     John 14.6

5.     Romans 10.9-11

6.     2 Corinthians 5.15

7.     Revelation 3.20

The Unmarked New Testament

  • Not marked literally but mentally
  • Use the same way as a marked New Testament

Memorized Presentations

Definition –

A series of memorized statements, phrases, and/or questions, Bible verses and/or references which help a person present the Gospel or Salvation message to  another.

How to use –

1.     Memorize/learn

2.     Repeat orally to a person

3.     Repeat orally with explanation to a person

4.     Use as explanation within a marked or unmarked NT approach or memorized Scripture presentation

Some samples – See Handouts “Gospel Presentations”

  • Got Life – by Frank Harbor
  • Experiencing God’s Grace – Billy Graham School of Evangelism

Witnessing Booklets/Tracts

Some definitions –

  • Witnessing Booklets – A booklet of several pages which contains a presentation in words, Scriptures, and/or pictures of the gospel message
  • Tract – A brief card or pamphlet which contains a presentation of the gospel message

Some Witnessing Booklets (For Adults)

  1. Eternal Life – the CWT presentation in written form
  2. How to Have a Full and Meaningful Life – Originally used in the 1970’s. *LIFE-ENHANCEMENT GOSPEL
  3. Steps to Peace with God
  4. Four Spiritual Laws – GOD LOVES YOU AND HAS A WONDERFUL PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. Tell that to the believers in Uganda, China and Muslim countries.
  5. Your Story: How Will It Turn Out? (The NET)
  6. GRACE
  7. Here’s Hope (The Road to Hope) Dumb foldout map from despair to hope. Corny
  8. How to Live Forever – not available anymore
  9. Steps to Heaven
  10. HeartCall – designed by Jay Martin, NAMB Women’s EV consultant.
  11. Many others – RAY COMFORT

Some Witnessing Booklets (For children)

  • An Important Question for an Important Person
  • God’s Special Plan

Advantages of Using a Witnessing Booklet

  • Simple to use – *Danny Crosby, former student, in National Guard was sent to Panama for 2 weeks, working in kitchen, working with a Spanish speaking woman, found Eternal Life tract that was in Spanish, got his English one out and led her through the booklet to Christ.
  • Good for the beginner –
  • An adaptable, yet directing guide – you can change it as needed
  • Allows both persons to see and read the gospel presentation and Scripture
  • Illustrates the gospel
  • Can be left with the person
  • Training others can be done quickly and easily

A Procedure for Using a Witnessing Booklet

1.     Use FIRM or another guided conversation

2.     Introduce the booklet

3.     Read through the booklet with the person.

- Share more explanation as needed.

- If necessary, read only.

- Read in full or selected parts.

4. Answer any questions, but always direct back to booklet as soon as possible.

5. Keep attention…

6. Give the person the opportunity to pray to receive Christ.

7. Share the assurance section and follow-up section of the booklet.

8. Leave the booklet with the person.

Evangelistic Gadgets/Novelties

  • Wordless Book – black for sin, red for Jesus’ blood, white for forgiveness, green for growth. Great for children in undeveloped countries.

*Al George led 100 people in Africa to the Lord using this booklet.

  • Power bands –
  • EvangeCubes – one of the newest tools published.
  • Ray Comfort – Butterfly tract, IQ test, wallet tracts.

Illustrations

1.     The gift – use a Bible or anything else and show them that it is something you have bought for them. What do they have to do? Receive it. To illustrate faith.

2.     The great gulf or chasm – draw a picture like what is in the eternal life tract to illustrate the cause and reality of the separation that sin causes. Show that nothing can get man across except the cross. (Draw a cross over the chasm)

*Excellent for drawing on a napkin in a restaurant.

3.     U-turn – Repentance and turning from sin. Military terms such as “about face” “to the rear march”

4.     Chair – you trust the chair to hold you up

5.     Airplane – trust it enough that it will get you to your destination

6.     Driver – in control of where you are going to go.

7.     Book of Sin – Isaiah 53:6 Lay the Bible or a book on the hand to illustrate sin on us, then flip it to the other hand to show how our sin was laid on Christ.

8.     Bungee jumper

9.     Parachute

Electronic/Computerized Presentations

  • CD’s – such as Billy Graham’s cyber tract = for HUGE NERDS
  • Websites –

www.thegoodnews.org

www.studentz.com

www.thekristo.com

www.ccci.org

www.gotlife.org by Frank Harbor

LEADING TO A COMMITMENT

Steps to use —

1.     Transition/Clarification question

2.     Willingness question

3.     Commitment question

4.     Clarification of response needed

5.     Invitation to respond

6.     Help to call on the Lord with sinner’s prayer

  • Transition/Clarification question – Does what we have been reading/discussing make sense to you?
  • Willingness question – Is there any reason you would not be willing to receive God’s gift of eternal life?
  • Commitment question – Are you willing/ready to turn from your sin and place your faith in Jesus right now?

The “Share Jesus Without Fear” Commitment Questions

  1. Are you a sinner?
  2. Do you want forgiveness of sins?
  3. Do you believe Jesus died on the cross for you and rose again?
  4. Are you willing to surrender your life to Jesus Christ?
  5. Are you ready to invite Jesus into your life and into your heart?
  6. Help to call on the Lord

FOLLOW-UP

Important for –

-Two types/phases –

    1. Immediate follow-up
    2. Continuing follow-up

-Distinguished from – ongoing discipling

Timetable –

  1. Immediate – Minutes or ASAP after conversion
  2. Continuing – For the first 6 months = VERY CRITICAL TIME!! If they are not grafted into a local church within this time, it will be extremely difficult.
  3. Ongoing discipling – For the duration of a believer’s life

Issues to Address in Follow-up

  1. Assurance of Salvation – as a part of this, they need to know how to confess sin. First John 1:9 is the 1st verse to teach to new believers. First John 5:13 is prime verse for assurance. Morality is very important as well.
  2. Beginning in the Word – help them know of the importance of nourishment of the Word.
  3. Beginning in prayer –
  4. Baptism and church membership/participation – the meaning of baptism and the importance of it.
  5. Beginning to serve and to witness – THE NEW CONVERT KNOWS MORE LOST PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAN THEY WILL THEIR ENTIRE LIVES

Resources for Follow-up Work (Materials)

1.  The end of most booklets

2.  “Baptism: My Next Step of Faith” Booklet

3. “Welcome to God’s Family” Booklet

4. “Let the Celebration Begin” Pamphlet

5.  Let the Celebration Continue

6.  Beginning Steps

Resources for Follow-up Work (People)

1.              An encourager or partner

-     natural

-       Adoption

2.     A new believer’s group or class

Procedure for Follow-up

1. Study/discuss the 5 issues with the new believer immediately or ASAP, using the end of a booklet or “Welcome to God’s Family” booklet.

2. Team the new believer with an encourager or partner from a SS class within 48 hours to begin study of Beginning Steps and Survival Kit. The encourager or partner works with the new believer for as long as needed.

And/or

3. Involve the new believer in a small group, a new believer’s group, to study Beginning Steps and Survival Kit within a week.

4. Involve the person in the total life of the church, particularly Sunday School and worship as soon as possible.

The DIFFICULT CASES

Reasons to study and work on –

1. There are many difficult cases out there.

2. God loves them too.

3. God calls us to witness to them

Some Categories of Difficult Cases

  1. Misunderstanding – Catholics and Pentecostals
  2. Excuses/ rebellion = the ones that know the gospel but are clinging to a sinful lifestyle that they know they will have to give up if they come to Jesus.
  3. Secular worldview – atheist and agnostics
  4. World religionist – be an adherent or at least their primary background is in the theology of those groups. Thus, they have a different view of God, Jesus, reality and the Word of God.
  5. Cult adherent – a quasi-Biblical worldview. A strict and dogmatic system of beliefs.
[1] EV 201 “Personal Evangelism,” Dr. Robin Jumper, The Baptist College of Florida, Fall 2003.