Evangelism & Discipleship Training Seminar
The Good Soil Basic Seminar equips you to share God’s story of redemption chronologically, so that people will clearly understand, sincerely embrace, and firmly hold on to the gospel. The seminar extends over two days and is generally followed by an optional one-day Good Soil Trainer Certification Workshop.
Day One: The Why
Understanding the Good Soil Theology of Evangelism and Discipleship (E&D)
- “Good soil” as defined by Jesus
- The Good Soil E&D scale
- Initial contact and relational evangelism
- The problem of worldview noise
- Worldview noise case studies from the early church
- Worldview noise in your host culture
- Peeling the worldview onion
- Identifying gospel knowledge deficiencies
- Evaluating popular gospel presentations
- Penetrating worldview noise with the Bible’s redemptive story
Day Two: The How
Preparing to Use The Story of Hope andThe Way to Joy
- Becoming acquainted with The Story of Hope Bible study book
- Practice telling God’s story of hope in 15 minutes or less
- Practice teaching some key events from God’s story of hope
- Choosing the best Good Soil resource for different situations
- Practice using the ChronoBridge to help unbelievers embrace the gospel
- Leading unbelievers to a personal faith response
- Becoming acquainted with The Way to Joy discipleship book
- Helping new believers to structure and share their faith stories
- Practice leading a lesson in The Way to Joy
- Using Gaining Ground with Good Soil to teach Good Soil in your ministry
