Take your umbrella I might water the flowers today. God.

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• 1. Getting your church ready for mission

• Re-establish the importance of mission
• Understand your community
• Make mission a priority
• Leaders to champion mission
• Make mission a part of your goals and plans
• Schedule events
• Make mission a part of your budget

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1. Getting your church ready for mission

• Multiply your methods and approaches
• Specialised events
• Sunday Service
• Courses
• Individual action
• Co-operative regional events
• Acts of service

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2. What is the Gospel?

• We are created in Gods image
• We are separated from God and have broken
  relationships with
• God
• Each other
• Creation
• Work

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2. What is the Gospel?

• God planned a response
• Price for our rebellion was paid
• Resurrection is the key to the Gospel
• We need to act believe, receive, become (John
  112)

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3. Preparing yourself for Mission

• Not everyone has the gift of evangelism (Eph
  411-12)
• We should still have a heart for mission and
  evangelism
• Be sure of your own faith
• Be part of the community of faith
• Be consistent in your own spiritual life
• Know your own story

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3. Preparing yourself for Mission

• Be praying for opportunity
• Involve yourself in the mission of Word and Deed

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4. Talking about Jesus
We may not be an evangelist, (2 Tim 45) but we
are all to be a witness (1 Peter 313-16, Col
42-6)

• Be ready to speak
• Prepare for a range of questions
• Season your words with salt
• Act with genuine love and grace
• Live worthy lives

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4. Talking about Jesus

• Whats next?
• Ask what would stop you from following Jesus?
• Prayer of faith
• All about the heart
• Not a test of theology

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4. Talking about Jesus

• Should contain humility towards God, asking for
  forgiveness, acceptance of Jesus, decision to
  make a fresh start.

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