Harry Brown, president of New Generations, tells the following story in his book Designed to Spread: Yingongan was a member of a primitive tribe of former headhunters and cannibals who were steeped in witchcraft and idol worship. They lived in Irian Jaya, Indonesia—a land so remote that until the mid-60s, the tribes there thought they were the only people on earth. When Yingongan was a boy, he...
Why Do Christians sometimes find it difficult to speak to people about Jesus?
The biggest misunderstandings and hindrances to evangelism People need to be saved. This comes mainly through evangelism. The Bible is clear that we need to take the gospel to people. Jesus said He came for the unsaved – Luke 5:32. When He left for heaven, He said: “Go into all the world – make disciples.” Disciples must be made from converts. This means: first, the converts; then, the discipling...
Places where Jesus Connected with People
Places where Jesus Connected with People I got this information from an article on the internet by Mark Goering: How Jesus found people in the middle of everyday life and what it means for how we look for the harvest today. Most of us have been trained by the prevailing church model to think of ministry as an act of attraction. Create events or invite people into one-on-one coffee meetups, and...
The Camarillo Story
This testimony was, I think, one of the two most important moments in my life. For nearly 50 years, I was looking for the answer to how to disciple new converts and how to activate Christians and send them into the world – equipped to evangelise and make disciples and disciple-makers.
I want to encourage you to read this testimony with an open mind. And act on it.
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