Evangelism and Spiritual Warfare, Mentor's Guide, MG08

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being with those people. Not right now . . . I’ll do that later.” How should we respond to his opinion of church and fellowship, baptism and membership?

“Them People Is All Crooks.”

Just recently a family accepted Christ at a church picnic. On a follow-up visit with them, the Wilsons told you that they like to come to church and are very excited about growing in Christ. Yet, a bad previous experience that the husband had with a pastor has made him dramatically skeptical of the motives of any clergyman. He views them all as crooks, in it for the pride, the money, and the glory (among other things). Mr. Wilson’s view surfaced again when he was going through a Membership Class. This week's lesson was on “Our Need for Pastoral Care” and you talked about the need for new and growing Christians to be under godly pastoral oversight. For the first time since their decision, the Wilsons appear nervous and doubtful, and are struggling with the idea of submission to pastoral leadership being important for their personal faith. How would you approach the Wilsons to help them understand the need for ongoing pastoral care as growing believers?

Follow-Up and Incorporation

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Segment 1: Personal Follow-Up of Individual Believers

Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

Evangelism and spiritual warfare that results in the conversion of new believers in Christ requires a solid and responsible program of follow-up, incorporating the new converts into a healthy, growing assembly of disciples through baptism and full membership in the body. Our objective for this segment, Personal Follow-Up of Individual Believers , is to enable you to see that:

Summary of Segment 1

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• The key to successful evangelism is following up new Christians by quickly incorporating them into a local assembly of believers.