Evangelism and Spiritual Warfare, Mentor's Guide, MG08

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E V A N G E L I S M A N D S P I R I T U A L W A R F A R E

Put away your notes, gather up your thoughts and reflections, and take the quiz for Lesson 2, Evangelism: the Content of the Good News of the Kingdom .

Quiz

Scripture Memorization Review

Review with a partner, write out and/or recite the text for last class session’s assigned memory verse: Romans 10.9-10.

Turn in your summary of the reading assignment for last week, that is, your brief response and explanation of the main points that the authors were seeking to make in the assigned reading (Reading Completion Sheet).

Assignments Due

Credentials

In a recent outreach at church, Mother Williams, one of the oldest and most refreshing Christians in our entire fellowship showed up on a Saturday to attend our door to door canvassing campaign in our church. This canvassing demanded that those involved attend at least four of the six training meetings meant to prepare our workers for the kinds of responses they would encounter during their sharing the Gospel with our neighbors. Mother Williams, who desperately wanted to attend the meetings, was only able to make three of the six training sessions. She is arguably the most spiritual, most biblical, and most refreshing Christian in the church, with a long and wonderful record of teaching, training, and sharing her faith everywhere, naturally. Should Mother Williams be allowed to canvass today–why or why not? Recently, our church welcomed a minister, an intern, who will be working with the church for the next year in its outreach and mission efforts. As a graduate from a fine evangelical seminary, the intern is well trained in Scripture and the biblical languages, is experienced in ministry from an associates position at another church, and has served several times on short terms missions outreaches both overseas and in other urban communities. The intern is perfect for the position, except he simply doesn’t show respect for others. In all that he says and does he communicates a “holier-than-thou” attitude to the other members of the team, and demonstrates an attitude of superiority to the members of the outreach committee. He is well liked A Little Too Fresh

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