Intervarsity Insights

WCC

WATERFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH - 11:00am SUNDAY WORSHIP

by: Brent Wood

06/07/2023

0

This summer I have been doing some video training sessions with one of the Intervarsity staff members. This week we talked about how to assess readiness in a person when it comes to sharing the gospel. I thought this was really good.

Stage 1 - Trust
Has my relationship with this person grown to the place where I am trusted as a friend?

Stage 2 - Curious
Has my friend shown any interest in spiritual things, asked any questions that are spiritual in nature or willingly participated in a conversation on spiritual things?

Stage 3 - Open
Does my friend ask any questions about faith? Or are they willing to respond if I ask questions about their faith?

Stage 4 - Seeking
Is my friend wanting to learn more about Jesus? Are their questions more personal in nature than what they have been before?

Stage 5 - Following
Is my friend ready to invite Jesus into his/her life? Is it now appropriate for me to extend that invitation?

We had a really good discussion and were even able to use a situation that happened at OCC as an example where a student slowly progressed through these stages and then trusted Christ.

Why not take a moment to identify a person you know who at this point who doesn't follow Christ. Where would you place them on this rubric? What level of trust have you built? Have you been able to add any spiritual questions to your conversation? What do you need to do next?

Blog comments will be sent to the moderator

This summer I have been doing some video training sessions with one of the Intervarsity staff members. This week we talked about how to assess readiness in a person when it comes to sharing the gospel. I thought this was really good.

Stage 1 - Trust
Has my relationship with this person grown to the place where I am trusted as a friend?

Stage 2 - Curious
Has my friend shown any interest in spiritual things, asked any questions that are spiritual in nature or willingly participated in a conversation on spiritual things?

Stage 3 - Open
Does my friend ask any questions about faith? Or are they willing to respond if I ask questions about their faith?

Stage 4 - Seeking
Is my friend wanting to learn more about Jesus? Are their questions more personal in nature than what they have been before?

Stage 5 - Following
Is my friend ready to invite Jesus into his/her life? Is it now appropriate for me to extend that invitation?

We had a really good discussion and were even able to use a situation that happened at OCC as an example where a student slowly progressed through these stages and then trusted Christ.

Why not take a moment to identify a person you know who at this point who doesn't follow Christ. Where would you place them on this rubric? What level of trust have you built? Have you been able to add any spiritual questions to your conversation? What do you need to do next?

cancel save

0 Comments on this post: