Sharing the Good News of Jesus With Boldness

This summer as part of our summer small groups programme we are going to offer a group exploring how to share our faith better and bolder. It is fairly clear from talking to people around the church that clarity of conviction and content breeds confidence. We want this to be a big deal for folks that they are praying for and pursuing opportunities to share Jesus with their friends, family members and other people they are in contact with who don't know Jesus. That was the point of our 2012 challenge.

So check out the blog next week for details on the what's and when's of that. In the meantime I came across this list of 10 tips for evangelism from Tim Keller as a primer for this:

1. Let people around you know you are a Christian (in a natural, unforced way)
2. Ask friends about their faith – and just listen!
3. Listen to your friends problems – maybe offer to pray for them
4. Share your problems with others – testify to how your faith helps you
5. Give them a book to read
6. Share your story
7. Answer objections and questions
8. Invite them to a church event
9. Offer to read the Bible with them
10. Take them to a Christianity Explored course

(HT : Salternlite)