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This site was made by two of the three Webcasters at Gateway Faith Fellowship. In this site you will find information on how to spread the word of god to many types of people. We hope that this site is useful to you and you will spread the word.
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You Say You Want a Revolution?
In the 1960’s, The Beatles wrote a song called “Revolution” that remains popular to this day because it strikes a nerve in nearly everyone who hears it.
You say you want a revolution Well you know We all want to change the world
It’s true…we do all want to change the world. Instilled inside each and every one of us is a God-given desire to make a difference, to have an impact, to leave behind some footprints to follow before we make our final trip around the sun.
In short, we want to revolutionize our corner of the planet! Or at least we did at some point in our lives.
Remember when you were a kid and people asked what you wanted to be when you grew up? The answers were simple. Astronaut, doctor, firefighter, athlete- all occupations that function as “world changing” roles.
But then we all got older and the thoughts began to creep in that perhaps we weren’t meant to change anything except our majors, our jobs, our homes, and our children’s diapers.
God has a different idea.
Jesus came and told his disciples, "I have been given complete authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)
Being used by God to help bring the nations into a permanent, loving relationship with Jesus Christ…is there anything more world changing than that?
The problem is that by all accounts, we are not accomplishing our mission. Most youth groups are long on conversations, but short on conversions. There is a lot of talk and planning- but somehow unsaved teens are not frequenting the church.
At Dare 2 Share, we are convinced it is time for a revolution. A change in the way things are being done in youth ministry. Our initiative is called the e-team Revolution™. The e-team (short for evangelism team) is composed the students and an adult leader whose hearts are breaking for the lost, and who want to make a difference which will last for eternity. They are Great Commission-driven students who are looking for a purpose and are willing to commit to the cause of evangelism by fulfilling their positions.
The e-team functions in the context of the weekly youth group meeting. A survey by George Barna indicated that 9 out of 10 unsaved teens said they would come to church if invited by a friend. Therefore, an invitational youth group based strategy provides the perfect opportunity for the e-team to operate with maximum effectiveness. The entire e-team strategy revolves around a concept called the prayer-dare-share. The prayer-dare-share strategy is a model based on a study by the Link Institute of effective youth evangelists. The students who were most effective at sharing their faith prayed weekly with their Christian friends for their non-Christian friends to come to Christ, invited (or dared) their friends to come to outreach meetings and shared the gospel consistently with them. The prayer-dare-share works most effectively when the youth leader presents the gospel on a weekly basis. By doing this, he/she creates a psychological agreement with the students so they know that anytime they bring their unsaved friends, they will hear the gospel. This gives them a chance to share with them after the meeting.
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How To Be An E-Team Youth Leader

How To Be An E-Team Leader

How To Be An E-Team Webcaster

How To Be An E-Team Greeter

How To Be An E-Team Prayer Warrior

How To Be An E-Team Youth Leader
Lane Palmer
Let's face it, youth pastors are busy. They have meetings, appointments, lesson plans, budget items, and tons of interruptions going on all the time. Their job description is a mile long, and some of them actually have a life outside of ministry!
All this business oftentimes forces many youth pastors to spend all their time and energy running the existing program: Sunday morning, Wednesday evening, retreats, etc.
Most of these programs deal primarily with the discipleship aspect of ministry, because most of the students are already believers. The problem is that evangelism can easily get pushed to the side, and nobody really notices. The youth pastor doesn't have the time to keep an ongoing evangelism program going, and the students typically don't know how. So what's a ministry to do? We are responsible for making disciples (Matt. 28), but unfortunately most ministries aren't making any new ones, just keeping the existing ones. All you have to do is look at the statistics on how many conversions the majority of youth ministries have each year: the average is only 2! At Dare2Share, we propose a solution called an e-team.
What is an e-team?
e-team (short for evangelism team) is a youth group based strategy which involves a group of at least nine students. These students need to be desparately concerned about evangelism. They are faithful, available, teachable, evangelistically motivated students who will commit time and energy to making sure that people are being reached with the gospel early and often. They are ready and able young people who have been empowered to attack the gates of hell from the fortress of the youth ministry.
What does an e-team look like?
An e-team has four positions: Leader, Webcaster, Greeters, and Prayer Warriors. Each position is crucial in attaining the goal of increasing the evangelistic effectiveness of the ministry.
The Leader leads the way and sets the tone for the e-team, and he/she makes sure that everyone is doing their job well through training and challenging.
The Webcaster is the information gatherer and reporter who keeps everyone up to date.
The Greeters (3-4 minimum) are the obnoxiously friendly and relational people who help visitors feel welcome, followed up, and invited back.
The Prayer Warriors (3-4 minimum) are...well, prayer warriors. They are constantly before God asking for the Kingdom to be advanced through the e-team efforts, and they also coordinate the youth group prayer effort.
Why should I have an e-team?
Suppose I made you an offer of $10,000 a day for one year. Think you'd take it? My guess would be that most people could use a little raise like that. But what if I gave you a choice between:
(A) $10,000 a day for one year or (B) 1 cent a week that doubled its total value every 7 days for one year?
For those that chose A, you would have $3,650,000 in your piggy bank. Not bad! For those that chose B, you would have $2,251,799,813,685,248 in your piggy bank. That's a big pig!
Get the idea? Most youth ministries operate on the addition principle. "If I plan it, they will come." So week after week, activity after activity, you try and add more numbers through the program model, and hope that your students invite friends. With an e-team in place and functioning, you are opening the door to the multiplication principle. You are switching from programming to equipping, and you are adding mobilization to your ministry. You as the youth pastor are partnering with your students to reach people for Christ in a strategic and focused way, as opposed to the once-a-month "shotgun" approach that most ministries utilize. Bottom line question you need to wrestle with is this: is my youth group actively and consistently fulfilling the Great Commission by making new disciples? If not, you're probably running a closed door Christian club. Adding e-teams to your ministry is a tried and true strategy proven to increase evangelistic effectiveness and release students into ministry. Isn't that what the Great Commission is all about? Start an e-team- Christ is with you!

E-Team Youth Leader

How do I get an e-team started?
Here are the basics:
Step One Make a commitment to God, yourself, and to an accountability partner that you will share the gospel and give an invitation at every meeting. Why? Because the e-team strategy depends on you making this commitment. The e-team and the students need to have the confidence and assurance that anytime they bring friends, they are going to hear the gospel. Besides that, you don't know when unsaved visitors are coming, or if everyone in your youth group has trusted Christ. When you commit to giving the gospel with at invitation at every meeting, the e-team and the students understand how important evangelism is to you, and that will give them confidence and motivation in the area of inviting their friends.
Step Two Pray for wisdom and then choose at least nine students who you feel could effectively fill the roles. They need to be teenagers who are excited about reaching people for Christ and who want to make a difference. They may or may not be the ones in your group who have all the natural leadership skills - you might be surprised who God brings your way!
Step Three Meet with the e-team and share your commitment to give the gospel at every meeting. Then explain the roles of each member, and the Prayer · Dare · Share strategy. Share your commitment to share the gospel at every meeting.
Step Four Introduce the e-team to the youth group and explain the game plan. Have the leader of the e-team train everyone in the 2.6.2 method and 'dare' them to invite 4 friends in 4 weeks. Have the students write down the names of the friends, then spend the rest of the time in small groups praying for their friends.
Step Five Have the prayer warrior record and catalogue the names of the friends, and have the webcaster register the e-team with Dare2Share.
Step Six Plan the kickoff meeting for the Prayer-Dare-Share strategy, make sure that all the e-team members know what they are doing, and make sure they are doing it. Remember that since you could have visitors at any and all meetings, then quality needs to be job one. Quality games, lessons, atmosphere, everything. Students are too busy to keep coming back to something that strikes them as "lame".
For a more detailed explanation of your goals and duties, check out the e-team wheel.
In summary
Choose at least nine students who form the e-team
Implement the Prayer · Dare · Share Strategy
Utilize the 2.6.2 method with an invitation at every meeting
Purchase e-team Rev'd Up Online for additional lessons/resources
Go for it!
What happens next?
Now that you’ve launched your e-team, here’s a few ideas to keep the ball rolling:
Week One
Have the greeting team in place
Do something fun and quality
Teach something relevant and Biblical
Take two minutes to give the gospel and an opportunity to respond afterwards
Make sure that every student who invited someone follows up afterwards (i.e.- did what my youth leader say about going to heaven make sense?)
Meet with the e-team later to evaluate success
Have the webcaster send a report and get new ideas
Have the greeting team follow up with visitors and new believers
Week Two
Have the leader give a report in Sunday School (or similar meeting)
Have the prayer warrior collect prayer requests and challenge the students to keep praying for their friends
Go over action item list from week one
Weeks Three-Five
Same as week two
Afterward
Evaluate the success
Determine to keep it going
Identify and recruit other students to join the e-team
Continue to use the Prayer · Dare · Share strategy and/or other e-team strategies
Encourage the e-team to travel and train at other ministries
Communicate with us to help us make things better!

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How To Be An E-Team Leader
Lane Palmer
Who am I?
Congratulations! You've chosen to be a leader. Leadership is a difficult but rewarding task - and God honors those who handle it well. If you are like most people, you are probably wondering: "ok - what next?" Well, I'm glad you asked! Let's start with the basics: Leader = Someone who leads (duh!) e-team leader = Someone who leads the youth group in keeping evangelism a top priority. In other words, you da man (or woman) when it comes to keeping the flame burning for lost souls!
What am I like?
Remember the Olympics? One of the coolest things about the ceremony is the lighting of the torch. Wouldn't it be incredibly cool to be the torch-bearer who sets flame to the Olympic fire? In Greek mythology, this person took the fire of the gods from Mt. Olympus and lit the flame to mark the start of the games. In much the same way, the e-team leader is the torch bearer who takes the flame of God's passion for the lost and ignites it within your youth group. Remember to always keep that in mind at every youth meeting!
What am I doing?
So now you know what an e-team leader is - the next question is, "What does an e-team leader do?" Well, get your pencils out - here come the directions:
Energize You're the bunny - ok? You keep going, and going - you constantly energize the youth group in God's power to reach the lost. You're the one who dares the youth group to invite their friends. And once they bring their friends, then you dare them again - and again - get the picture? An e-team leader not only leads by mouth, but he/she also leads by example. Here are a few questions to test your example: Do the words of your mouth and the meditations of your heart please God? Do your actions inside and outside the youth group reflect the actions of Christ? Does your heart break for students who are destined for hell? If so, do others know that? Also, you need to model the Prayer-Dare-Share strategy better than anyone. If you are not modeling the walk and the talk, the e-team will soon become an ex-team.
Equip The e-team leader is the evangelism equipment manage or coach for the group. The equipment is the 2.6.2 method of sharing the gospel, and the Prayer · Dare · Share strategy. Everyone in the group needs their equipment! Get a youth group roster and go through the names to make sure that you are equipping the students. A good coach is a combination of someone who instructs on the technical side, but also motivates on the emotional side. Some coaches over instruct, so the players know what to do, but they aren't all that fired up. Other coaches get in your face and get you pumped, but once you get on the field, you forgot how to do it. Your role as a coach is to give students practical training with the 2-6-2 and Prayer-Dare-Share strategy, and also to challenge them. As well, you need to make sure that everyone else in the e-team is on the same page. Get excited and let that excitement spill over to the group!
What else?
So - now you have a pretty good idea of who you are, and what you are doing. Let me just throw a few suggestions your way that might be helpful.
First Expect the best of yourself, but give yourself room to fail. The Bible says "for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again" (Prov. 24:16). In other words, you are going to make mistakes, screw up, and mess up. But don't stay down - get up and try again. If you as the leader stay down, then Satan wins. Make sure that you have a good relationship with your youth pastor or other adult leader to keep you accountable and to encourage you.
Second Support your local leader. The rest of the youth group and the visitors need to know that everyone is on the same team. For example, don't talk during the lessons, don't whine about the stupid games that every youth group plays, or the stale refreshments that every youth group eats, and do try to find amusement in the attempts of humor that your leader makes. Also, remember that the youth leader is the youth leader- so he/she is the only one that gets to preach at the students. Your job is to lead, not lecture.
Third Keep this responsibility a top priority. I know, I know, school, family, friends, sports, and Nintendo are all really important. But wait a minute, as an e-team leader you are making a difference in the lives of people FOREVER. That's a long time. A lot longer than any report card, trophy, or high score will last. You're the leader - seize the day!
For a more detailed explanation of your goals and duties, check out the e-team wheel.
To Summarize
You're the leader - so lead in every way imaginable. Lead through speech, through actions, through modeling.
As a leader, remember to be encouraging and equipping to all the students.
Team up with your youth pastor to make sure you are coordinating your efforts.

How To Be An E-Team Webcaster
Lane Palmer
Who am I?
And now, here's the news of the day. As the e-team webcaster, you are the heartbeat of information for the youth group. You are the all seeing - all knowing - person on the scene with all the latest info. Sound like a big job? It is, but don't worry, if you are reading this, you're already on your way to being a great webcaster.
What am I like?
The webcaster must essentially have the mindset of a reporter. Can you think of a reporter that you have ever admired? One of my favorites was Lois Lane - y'know, Superman's friend? The funny thing was, she was always on the scene when Superman performed one of his heroic acts. Of course, we all know that Superman arranged that for her, but she never knew that. To Lois, she was just always at the right place at the right time, and she always had the information for the day. In much the same way, you as a webcaster are reporting on a real Superman (Christ) in real rescue operations (saving people from Hell). So grab your notepad and be ready - Superman is coming!
What am I doing?
Alright, so you have your press card and you are ready to go - what next? Here's your assignment:
Research One of your primary jobs is to research potential witnessing problems for the youth group. For example, let's say a youth group member tried to witness to a wiccan, but really had no clue what to say. You hop on the web and download tips for sharing Christ with wiccans, e-mail it to him/her, and boom! He'she is ready to go.
Report Imagine yourself being at the scene of some amazing news event. Picture arriving on the scene when a huge breaking story is just unfolding. Your adrenaline is up, and you are primed and ready to take the story to the general public. As a webcaster, every week you really are at an amazing event. You are witnessing a huge battle - the battle for eternal souls! When the gospel is given - there is a bomb dropped on the kingdom of darkness. Angels from both sides are present, and God's Word will not return empty (Isa 55:11). So gather all the information you can about each meeting. What was positive? What was negative? Were visitors welcomed? Jot down all the details you can and make up a weekly report to give to your Youth Pastor and youth group. Also, make sure that you report back to Dare 2 Share everything (positive and negative) that is going on - we need to know!
What else?
Webcasting is a fun but difficult task. Let me throw you two suggestions that might be helpful in your cool endeavor.
First Write down specific details and stories from your e-team adventures, then archive them on your computer. Youth Pastors not only have a short attention span, they also have short term memory loss - so keep a saved file with all the reports, ideas, and stories so that you (or your youth pastor) can go back and look at the track record of what's going on.
Second Set up some sort of system so that everyone in your youth group can be up-to-date with the outreach meetings. Past stories, future events, funny incidents - whatever you think would be helpful to keep the passion for lost souls alive. This might be a monthly newsletter, a weekly flyer, or some kind of regular e-mail report. There are lots of ways to communicate, and the important thing is to just do it! Remember - communication is the oil that keeps the engine running, so don't let your e-team engine seize up - lives are at stake.
For a more detailed explanation of your goals and duties, check out the e-team wheel.
To Summarize
You are the reporter - so gather information.
You are the communication link between the e-team and the Youth Pastor, and Dare 2 Share with you.
Communicate with your Youth Pastor - share responses and ideas
Communicate with Dare 2 Share - stories, ideas, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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How To Be An E-Team Greeter
Lane Palmer
Who am I?
Bad breath. I don't like it - in myself or anyone else for that matter. In fact, I'm pretty sure nobody likes it. Think about it, you can be having a really nice conversation with someone, then all of the sudden - whack! You're hit with a toxic blow that puts a major damper on the moment.
As a greeter, you are basically the "breath" of your youth group. You are the first impression and the person that visitors remember. You can have a cool facility, fun games, and amazing lessons, but if you as the greeter aren't excellent in your task, visitors leave with a poor impression.
Bottom line - visitors don't like youth groups with bad breath.
What am I like?
The greeter comes to youth group with a "seek and destroy" mission. You are like a laser-guided missile, seeking visitors and destroying their impression that youth group (and Christians) are unfriendly. The longer you wait to get to them, the bigger that negative impression becomes. You have to be obnoxiously friendly - not in a fake way, but in a genuine, Spirit-filled manner that helps a visitor feel welcomed.
What am I doing?
Breathmints are really hard to use, aren't they? You have to open the package, go to all the trouble of putting it in your mouth, and then let it dissolve. Actually, the directions are easy, it's what's inside the mint that counts (you know - like Certs with retsin). So here's the directions for you, Mr. or Ms. Mentos:
Reach Out It's great to talk to friends, actually it's probably more comfortable. But as a greeter, you need to save that for another time and concentrate on your mission. When you walk in the door, take an instant mental note of everyone who is a visitor. Then, approach the visitor and introduce yourself, then ask their name. After initial introductions, you can attempt to carry on further conversations with your basic "get to know each other questions". For example: What year are you in school? Where do you go to school? How long have you been coming? Usually, visitors come with friends - but if they are alone, make sure that you introduce them to someone else who will be responsible for helping them feel welcome. DO NOT leave visitors by themselves.
Follow-up The greeter also has the very key responsibility of following up with visitors and new converts. Immediate follow-up is extremely key. If a visitor isn't followed up within 24-48 hours, the chances of them returning go way down. As the greeter of the e-team, you need to design and implement a greeting/follow-up system that works with your youth ministry. For example, Visitor A comes to youth group, we'll call him John. Before the meeting: you or one of your greeting team members strikes up a conversation with John within a FEW minutes of his/her arrival. During the meeting: you make sure that if John is alone, then someone is sitting by him. You want the person sitting by John to be someone who will pay attention during the meeting, and not distract him. After the meeting: get John's name/address etc. via a well-designed visitor card that you and your team have previously put together. If John trusted Christ at the meeting, make sure that you inform your youth pastor of his decision so that he/she can implement him into whatever discipleship programs are available. 1-2 days after the meeting: John receives a phone call thanking him for coming to the meeting. Also, ask John if he would like to be added to the mailing list to receive information about upcoming events. One week after the meeting: John receives a personal visit from the greeting team with a gift. John should be invited to every upcoming youth meeting for at least a month - however if he continually has a reason for not coming, then you may want to scale down the frequency of invitations. If every visitor were followed up this effectively, imagine what momentum it would build in your youth ministry!
What else?
First Not only are you the figurative breathmint of the youth group, you might make sure that you have a decent supply of real breathmints for yourself and the rest of the greeting team.
Second Make sure that the people you recruit aren't using their position on the greeting team as a way to set up future dates.
Third Set up a visitor table where visitors can go and get information about the youth ministry.
For a more detailed explanation of your goals and duties, check out the e-team wheel.
To summarize
You are the first impression (breathmint) of your youth group - make it count!
You are on a seek and destroy mission - seek out visitors and destroy their negative preconceptions.
You need to recruit and train other obnoxiously friendly people like yourself to help greet.
You need to design and implement an effective follow up system.

How To Be An E-Team Prayer Warrior
Lane Palmer
Who am I?
Who comes to mind when you think of the word "warrior"? Arnold Schwarzenager? Mel Gibson in Braveheart? Whomever it is - you are probably thinking of someone with great courage and strength. Someone who is driven to victory no matter what the cost. Now, add to your concept of "warrior" the word "prayer". Prayer is communication with the God of the universe! Prayer is a holy battle, an eternal weapon. You are the person who takes the cause of prayer and fights relentlessly with great courage and strength to advance God's Kingdom.
What am I like?
As the prayer warrior on the e-team, you have an amazing task. Think about it - you're not just the person who tries to remember and pray for the evangelism efforts of your group, you are the primary offensive weapon against the strongholds that keep people from coming to Christ. You truly are a warrior who is taking on the kingdom of darkness with the most powerful weapon known - prayer. If your youth group is serious about reaching the lost for Christ, then Satan is serious about destroying your plans. He will stop at nothing to discourage people from coming, distract them during the meeting, and divert them from the saving message of Christ. If you don't believe me, just step back and observe any meeting where the gospel is given. Details will "somehow" fall through, people will be distracted, etc. etc. Your job is to fight the efforts of Satan before, during, and after the meeting. So strap on your armor and get ready to rumble!
What am I doing?
Now that you've enlisted in God's mighty army as a prayer warrior - what are your marching orders?
Initiate Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto. It is dangerous and not as effective to fight by yourself. Another responsibility you have is to initiate a prayer movement by encouraging other students/parents/leaders to join the battle at every youth meeting. Believe me - Satan is coordinating his efforts - so you must do the same. Recruit a group of faithful adults and students who commit to fighting the prayer battle, and check in with them after every meeting.
Intercede I know, duh! But there are many different kinds of prayer. There's the half asleep lullaby prayer, there's the "I'm sort of talking to myself" prayer, and there's the "I'll pray at the last moment" prayer. None of these types of prayer are present in the warrior's armory. Your job is to pray specifically, intently, constantly and powerfully. Before the meeting you are praying for God to protect the speaker, for the gospel to be heard and accepted, for students to listen, for the enemy to be confused, for students to choose Christ. During the meeting you continue to pray for these things, and you also pray for God to give the speaker boldness. After the meeting you are praying for opportunity for students to be able to share their faith, and for new believers. The list could go on and on - but you get the picture. Pray like you have never prayed before - souls are at stake!
What else?
First Make sure that you are keeping your walk with Christ very close. Being the e-team prayer warrior, you are a target, so keep vigilant and check in with the Captain (Jesus Christ) early and often.
Second Make up a specific prayer list for your prayer team that they can pray through at every meeting and through the week. Take suggestions from the other prayer team members to add to your list.
Third Keep in close contact with your youth pastor to let him/her know what's going on. EVERY youth pastor desires to know what is going on in the battlefield of prayer. Perhaps a weekly e-mail or phone call, but whatever it is - check in!
Fourth For your devotions, take some time to read about prayers in the Bible. You will find some amazing things - and it's a great idea to make these prayers your prayers. For example: Ephesians 1: 15-23 Ephesians 3:14-21 Acts 4:24-30
For a more detailed explanation of your goals and duties, check out the e-team wheel.
To summarize
You stand in the gap - pray as you have never prayed before!
Form a "prayer platoon" of people who will fight alongside you.
Rally the troops and keep them accountable on praying for their friends.

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2.6.2 Technique
The 2-6-2 technique is an evangelism tactic that has been tested and proven to be an extremely effective tool in sharing the gospel.
2 Personalized Questions:
Begin by asking a friend, family member, neighbor or stranger two questions:
Spiritual
What are your spiritual beliefs? (About God, heaven, hell, religion, etc...)
Would you mind if I shared my spiritual beliefs with you?
Opinion
What do you think a person has to do to get to heaven?
Would you mind if I shared with you what the Bible says a person has to do?
Heaven
Do you know for sure that you will go to heaven when you die?
If I could tell you in less than two minutes how you could know for sure, would that be good news?
Religion
What's your religious background?
Would you mind if I shared with you how a relationship with God is different from a religion?
Jesus
Who do think Jesus was? (God, man, good, teacher, lunatic, etc...)
May I share with you who I believe He was and why He died on the cross?
6 Penetrating Points:
After asking two questions students then share the six points of the gospel:
God created us to be with Him. (Genesis 1:26- Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness...") God's desire in creating humankind was that we would live in a perfect paradise enjoying perfect fellowship with Him.
Our sin separates us from God. (Genesis 6:5-6-The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.) The wrong things that we have done (sins) have placed a barrier between humankind and our Creator.
Sin cannot be removed by good deeds. (Titus 3:5-He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit) There is nothing we can do through our own efforts that can restore our broken relationship with God.
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4- For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures) Jesus came to earth and lived a perfect life, died a horrible death, and rose from the grave to pay the price for all of the sins of humankind.
Everyone who trusts in Him alone has eternal life. (John 6:47- I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.) By simply placing our trust in Jesus death and resurrection as our only hope of salvation, we receive the free gift of salvation.
Life that’s eternal means we will be with Jesus forever in heaven. (Revelation 22:5-There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.) Those who have placed their trust in Christ have forgiveness of sins and a restored relationship with God forever.
2 Penetrating Closers:
After sharing the six points then ask the final two questions:
Does that make sense? Make absolute certain that the person completely understands the gospel. If he/she doesn't, simply go back over the six points and clarify.
Will you trust in Jesus right now as your only hope of going to heaven?
If they say yes, then they have just become a believer. Remember that praying a prayer is not what saves a person- but if he/she desires to express his/her trust in Christ through a prayer, you can use the following as a sample: