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Good Soil E&D equips Christ-followers to share God’s story of hope in a world of competing faiths and cultures.
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The Roots of Faith Chronological Bible Courses
Old Testament (June 15-19, 2020) and New Testament (June 22-26, 2020) courses taught at ABWE, near Harrisburg, PA. Students become certified to teach these courses in their ministries.
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Future Good Soil Training
October 2019 at ABWE - Near Harrisburg, PA.
October 14-15: Good Soil Basic Seminar.
October 14-15: (Evenings) Hooks OT & NT Workshops.
October 16: Good Soil Trainer Certification.
October 17-18: Moving Beyond Lecture Workshop.
FREE Class Facilitator Guide
The Story of Hope - FREE curriculum guide for leading a class study in The Story of Hope. 31 interactive, engaging, FUN class sessions. 30+ free activity resources also available.
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How to Share Your Faith
What Must I REALLY Do to Be Saved?
The gospel of Jesus Christ is really quite simple and easy to understand when presented properly. But in many cases Christians have made the gospel sound complicated by using terminology that is not Biblical or, even worse, by using Biblical terminology theologically-incorrectly or unclearly. With this in mind, I came up with a list of 50 things that unbelievers are sometimes told they need to do in order to be saved! Here’s the list:
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Talip (“Disciple”), Former Muslim Father Becomes a True Disciple
“I was raised in a mosque school. I don’t know the Bible. Can you help me?” Talip, a former Muslim into his late twenties, had been saved a few years earlier but was never discipled. He and his family had joined a church in South Africa where ABWE missionary David Drullinger serves. They had developed a friendship and he was now concerned about his lack of Bible knowledge and understanding.
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How to Share Your Faith
How to Evangelize with Confidence - Overcoming Fear in Sharing Your Faith
In a random 2013 telephone survey of 2,083 adults in the United States, 100% of adults who identified as “evangelical Christians” agreed with this statement: "I, personally, have a responsibility to tell other people my religious beliefs." The even more positive news from that survey was that 69% of these evangelicals agreed with this statement: "During the past 12 months, I explained my religious beliefs to someone who had different beliefs, in hope that they might accept Jesus Christ as their Savior." But the negative side of that response was that nearly one-third (31%) of the evangelicals had not shared their faith in the previous year, even though they knew they were supposed to do so. And we can probably safely assume that some of the positive 69% were not being completely honest, wanting to sound better than they really were.
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Passing of the Onion
When missionaries Beky Poteat and Jane Schmitz were introduced to Good Soil Evangelism & Discipleship training, they not only appreciated the benefits for their own ministry but wanted to share it with the pastors’ wives that they train in Togo. In the oral teaching method that they use with the women, many who are still illiterate, they teach two of the pastors’ wives who then train others, who then train others, and so on until the teaching is passed on to pastors’ wives all over the country. Beky and Jane were never quite sure if the concepts, especially that of peeling the onion, were quite understood.
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