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The Story of Hope - English Version
A shrinkable and expandable (accordion-type) tool for presenting the Bible’s big redemptive story in as few as fifteen minutes or as long as twenty or more hours. Designed for evangelistic Bible studies, one-on-one or in small groups, but also helpful in teaching God’s redemptive plan to believers.
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The Way to Joy - English Version
A leader-guided foundational Bible study booklet, intended primarily for use as an evangelistic follow-up discipleship study. Its primary intended use is for one-on-one discipleship sessions. However, it can also be used in small group contexts or as a study booklet for new converts classes.
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Gaining Ground with Good Soil
Gaining Ground With Good Soil: An Evangelism and Discipleship Training Narrative is a scaled-down version of the Good Soil E & D seminar in a narrative format. Not only will the reader learn the Good Soil E & D principles, he may also be motivated to take the training to learn more.
Good Soil Stories
We Can’t Find Anyone to Teach Us the Bible.
Southeast Asia—"We can't find anyone to teach us the Bible," Naraa emailed her sister Saraa. Saraa was a Christian who helped translate the Mongolian Bible, and our friends, Entners, knew Saraa but had never met Naraa. Naraa never had time for Bible study in the capital city of Outer Mongolia, but now that they were 'alone' in Manila due to a job transfer, they wanted to take Saraa's advice to find someone to teach them the Bible, including someone to teach Bagaai, Naraa's husband, English.
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Evangelistic Bible Study in a Ukrainian Village
Ukraine—A car showed up at the clinic in New Kubanka from a village I had never heard of--Shamanovka. In Ukraine it is a big deal for villagers to travel between villages, having to hire a car. These people expressed such urgency in their request for me to go see some patients in their village who have no access to health care. They had heard about the free clinics from relatives.
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Now I Understand What “Born Again” Means!
Cameroon—Jeanne is a neighbor of mine who has a severely handicapped boy named David. She herself was also born with spina bifida. These conditions are difficult enough to deal with in the North American culture, but here in Africa these things are even more challenging.
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Costa Rican Police Officers
Costa Rica—In July of 2010 I embarked on a “police training agreement journey” with a group of 36 Costa Rican officers from five different police bases (Guadalupe, Moravia, Coronado, San Pedro and Curridabat). Every Tuesday we would meet for one hour to study The Story of Hope (TSOH), followed by three hours of tactical training.
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Upcoming Seminars
March 23–24, 2012
Good Soil E&D Basic
New Song Bible Fellowship, Bowie, Maryland
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May 15–16, 2012
Good Soil E&D Basic
ABWE Training Center
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May 17, 2012
Trainers Seminar
ABWE Training Center
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May 18, 2012
Bible Storytelling
ABWE Training Center
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June 11–15, 2012
The Roots of Faith - Old Testament
ABWE Training Center
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June 18–22, 2012
The Roots of Faith - New Testament
ABWE Training Center
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September 24–3, 2012
Methods of Bible Study
ABWE Training Center
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October 22–23, 2012