Before Presentation

  1. Role playing: Practice a 1-5 minute conversation. Aim is to move/transition the conversation to spiritual things, ending with asking the person “would you like to hear about the Bible’s Big Picture, how the whole Bible theme, from Old Testament to New, all comes together in an hour or less?” The Big Picture can be shared with friends, neighbors, family members, coworkers, as well as people one runs into from day to day.

Be aware of what is going on around you, your environment, this will help with what to say in social interactions. Note: With family, friends, neighbors, people who are not strangers, it’s much easier to converse and from thereyou can choose when to best invite. Also with such places as the flea market, people will come up to you, all you do is ask if their interested and if so, present the Big Picture.

We will practice talking to and inviting each other, as if we are “strangers.” Also briefly, just to get comfortable with inviting, we will before each presentation begin a conversation and give an invite.

Doing this to your fellow students, can help you inject this request in your day to day conversations. This social exercise will help with time and practice, to make asking for studies more natural as you interact with strangers and new folks you meet and talk with on a daily bases: at such places as restaurants, car washes, malls, movie ticket booths, garage sales, grocery stores, parties, gyms, etc. This outreach can also be done through “door knocking,”and at the flea market, the fair, a “college fair,”with a booth for Big Picture promotion.

  1. Before teaching anyone, give it to God in prayer, the Word saves, not us, we are just His vessels. And before you start a presentation with someone, first ask them how were you saved? Their salvation story. Don’t mention baptism, spoiler/give away, once you hear response,have them write it down. People sometimes will say they were saved with baptism, even if they were not, once they hear the message of salvation, so this helps to keep the record straight.
  1. If they have questions, even if they don’t ask any at the moment, let them know you will answer their questions after the presentation. This avoids interruptions in the presentation. When asked a question, just say” the Bible says,” and show from presentation any verse they have on the topic. You will have someone with you for support, till you’re comfortable with answering questions.

After Presentation

Closing: Once the Big Picture has been presented: Ask if they would like “die with Christ.” If they do come to church building and are saved, see if they would like to be a part of your church family. Mention you would like to have further studies. (For Grounding) Make sure you have contact info of the Preacher, Elder, church member who has a church key and can help with the baptism details, aka filling thebaptistry up, baptizing, if you’d rather someone else do it, to be with you at the building.