How do adults come to faith

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• How do adults come to faith?
• Nurture groups
• New Christians
• Growth and discipleship

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• When you came to faith?
• Helping others?
• What do you need to learn most?

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Recent movements in evangelism
Process
Crisis
Occasional
Continuous
Bolt-on
Integrated
Some
All
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Biblical Images of Growth

• Journey
• Parenting
• Agriculture
• Building
• 1 Corinthians 3

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Prayer
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Process

• Practical unbelief
• Awareness of Christianity
• Wanting to know more
• Discovering the facts
• Admitting a need
• Making a response
• Established in relationship with God
• Established in fellowship and ministry
• Serving the Kingdom of God

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Power
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People
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Four key elements

• Prayer
• Process
• Power
• People
• What do you think?

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A Three Stage Model
contact
nurture
growth
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Introduction
Leading Emmaus
Christian Lifestlye
Contact
Growing as a Christian
contact
nurture
growth
Your Kingdom Come
Knowing God
Nurture
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Building the road

• Ownership
• Build slowly
• Teach the principles
• Find the right starting point
• Interchange material

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Contact

• Priorities
• Unseen
• Which direction?
• Whose agenda?
• Listening

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Contact what kind?

• Contacts of congregation
• Occasional offices
• Sunday visitors
• Organizations

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Contact principles

• Identify
• Pray
• Serve
• Build stepping stones
• Living the Gospel
• Emmaus Growth Course 1

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Stepping Stones (1)
Toddler Group
Pram Service
Mothers Day
Conversation
Testimony event
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Stepping Stones (2)
Bowling evening
Pub nights
Mens event
Confirmation
Taster evening
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Stepping Stones

• Begin where people are
• Involve the whole congregation

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