This course leads you to learn from John Wesley how to practice relational evangelism. You will discover that evangelism involves not only sharing your faith with others but also welcoming people into a community where they can grow in faith. You will learn that evangelism/mission/outreach requires developing relationships with those that we are leading to Christ. It is out of those relationships that people see and hear about the transforming love of Jesus Christ and receive Him as their personal Savior. This course will also answer the “then what” question as we examine local church pathways to discipleship for growing disciples in Christ.
This course will give you confidence and vision for evangelism as very achievable and less fearful to stretch out in love to a lost and broken world. As stated in our Discipline, “We need to be about the business of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Local churches and extension ministries of the Church provide the most significant arenas through which disciple-making occurs.”
You will need a copy of Transforming Evangelism: The Wesleyan Way of Sharing Faith by Henry H. Knight III & F. Douglas Powe, Jr. for this course.