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2 Corinthians 511-21
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• Compelled by love v14
• The big picture v18-19

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What is evangelism?
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evangelism is that dimension and activity of
the churchs mission which seeks to offer every
person, everywhere, a valid opportunity to be
directly challenged by the gospel of explicit
faith in Jesus Christ, with a view to embracing
him as Saviour, becoming a loving member of his
community and being enlisted in his service
of reconciliation, peace and justice on
earth. David Bosch
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The heart of evangelism
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The kingdom The time has come. The kingdom is
near. Repent and believe the good news.
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The incarnation The Word became flesh and made
his dwelling among us.
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The pragmatic How to do it !
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Jesus centred evangelism
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the mission of the Christian church is defined
by the entire event of the life,
teaching, proclamation and passion of Jesus.
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Centred on his identity and vocation
the church does not simply belong to Christ but
is shaped by the dynamics of his identity and
ministry reproducing its patterns in us.
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As the Father has sent me, I am sending
you. John 2021
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Birth

• a bipartite process
• continuity and change. Phil 2
• application to gospel and church

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• saved through his life
• saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit
• saved through childbearing
• we are saved through water
• it is by grace you have been saved through faith
• saved us through the washing of rebirth and
  renewal
• by the Holy Spirit

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The various New Testament strands, traditions
and faith communities in all their diversity are
witnesses to the same Christ, carrying out the
same mission. Darrell Guder
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Continuity and change for the Church The Marks
of the Church
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Death Resurrection
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The Purposes of Gods Mission

• to deal with the guilt of human sin
• to defeat the powers of evil
• to destroy death
• to remove the barriers of alienation
• to heal and reconcile his whole creation

Chris Wright. The Mission of God
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By Gods incredible grace we have a gospel big
enough to redeem all that sin and evil has
touched. And every dimension of that good news is
good news utterly and only because of the blood
of Christ on the cross.
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Dying to live
I tell you the truth, unless a grain of
wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains
only a single seed. But if it dies, it
produces many seeds. John 12 23-6
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church planting is a process by which a seed of
the life and message of Jesus, embodied by a
community of Christians is immersed for mission
reasons in a particular cultural or geographic
context. The intended consequence is that it
roots there, coming to life as a new
indigenous body of Christian disciples well
suited to continue in mission. MSC report
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Kingdom
the kingdom as counter cultural Volfs soft
difference
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Disciple making
Gods saving activity in Christ constitutes the
gospel and God continues that redemptive work by
calling and enabling the witnesses to this joyful
message by forming his people. Darrell Guder
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The two impulses
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A Prayer

• Colossians 4 v2-4
• The link between prayer evangelism
• Keeping watch

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A Look Out

• A sentry on the city wall
• Alert and alive to God
• Simeon and Anna

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A Steward

• Eph 3v7 or Col 1v23
• Diakonos
• A go between
• Jesus in John 13