3. Equip Each One to Reach One
Empowered Training Materials by Rebecca Manley Pippert
Author of Stay Salt (2020) and Out of the Saltshaker (1979)
Empowered: Relational Evangelism Training (Rebecca Manley Pippert)
For more info please email: casst@familycentre.org.au
Plus One Friendship Evangelism by Roland Tankard (CRC)
Plus One: Relational Evangelism Training (Ps Roland Tankard ) - Google Drive
Session 1: Taking Someone With You to Jesus
Session 2: The Power of Friendship
Session 3: Going Deeper
For more info on how to facilitate this training material in your local church context and prior to using it, please email Roland Tankard: rolandt@bigpond.net.au
Ripple Effect Course by Julie-anne Laird (City to City Australia; Chair of Lausanne Movement, Australia)
Julie-anne works as a specialist in outreach and evangelism for City to City Australia. She also works one day a week as the Canon for Church Planting for the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. First developed for discipling Christian students at Melbourne University, in evangelism, Ripple Effect helps people:
- Better understand the good news about Jesus
- Love family and friends who don’t know Jesus by praying for them regularly
- Develop skills in talking about Jesus
- Learn how to live a life always ‘on mission’, ready to serve
- Hear what God is doing in and through others as you pray for them
https://www.ripple-effect.net.au/the-course
Word 121 (City Bible Forum Australia)
City Bible Forum brings workers together —across industries and career stages; in cities, towns and suburbs— to pray about and practice being salt and light on the frontlines. Across Australia, we grow workers in “missional discipleship” so you can have the confidence and joy to stand out and stand up for Jesus.
“Word 121 Course is an interactive tool for Churches to multiple Bible Sharing, using a tool called Word 121, which walks you and a friend through the Gospel of John. This course gives you and your church a model for sharing the Bible, inviting friends to read with you and stories to inspire you along the way.”
The Word 121 Course | City Bible Forum
Word 121 Church Course.pdf (citybibleforum.org)
Check out the App: https://www.theword121.com/app
My Friends (Power to Change Australia)
Power to Change is part of an international network known as Cru or Cru Global (formally Campus Crusade for Christ)
“My Friends is designed specifically for a post-modern, millennial, non-churched, western culture. Having originated in Switzerland and now launched in Australia, My Friends is bearing fruit of new believers and multiplying groups. We’re now inviting pastors, leaders, and everyday Christians to partner with us on this journey to send thousands of Jesus’ followers into the Australian community to connect their friends to Him.”
https://powertochange.org.au/church-movements/myfriends/
The Four (Power to Change Australia)
Uses short videos to show and explain the Gospel with friends; there’s wristbands you can buy to wear. There’s a course that trains Christians how to utilise this tool.
Alpha Spheres (Alpha Australia: Youth Training)
Fostering student-led and student-assisted Alphas within schools.
https://www.alpha.org.au/spheres
Plan A (Baptist Association of NSW & ACT)
PLAN A is a return to the basics of disciple making and consists of five principles:
- GROWING: Disciples are to keep growing as disciples of Jesus,
- KNOWING: Invest in knowing others by building genuine relationships
- SOWING: Sowing seeds in respectful conversation
- ROWING: Value partnership by rowing together with the local church
- SHOWING UP: Keep showing up and depending on Jesus
“As a principle-based framework, its strength is in its flexibility and adaptability. Principles can be applied differently depending on the ministry, person, situation and stage of life. PLAN A has been used by a range of churches – large and small, new and established to equip Christians. To help your church use PLAN A, there are a range of resources. I.e. 28-day devotional, Bible studies, sermon outlines and Life Group video discussion guides.”
