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Leading and Evangelizing

ninamariani — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:56:45 +0000

Yesterday, disciples enjoyed a morning of rest. As they spent the morning relaxing, the leaders went to leaders training. Andrew Knight gave a talk on becoming a godly leader. One point he made was that as leaders, we too should always fight to make sure someone is leading us. As someone pours into us and points us to Christ, we can pour into others and lead them to Christ.

During the afternoon, Reid Jilek gave a talk on evangelism to everyone. We watched a clip in which an atheist made the point, “How much do you have to hate someone to not share your faith?” He said that if you knew for sure that heaven and hell were real, why would you not be urgently telling others of truth? This stuck out to many of us because we often shy away from sharing our faith. However, the reality is startling, that unless people know Christ, they will be forever eternally sepertaed from Him. This comment gave students much to think about.

After evangelism training, students went out on the beach to share their faith. This was a wonderful time for students to practice sharing what they believe with others. Many students desire to continue praying with those that they had shared their faith with. Even though people may not immediately accepted Jesus Christ as the way to God, it can be seeds that are planted.

LDT: Jack Thompson “Leading on the Campus”

stpweb — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:54:46 +0000

Jack Thompson encourages us to start thinking for our campuses and gives a list practicals to intentionally engage the campus for Christ.

LDT: Jack Thompson “Encouraging vs. Flattering Your People”

stpweb — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:55:01 +0000

From 1 Thessalonians 2:5-12 Jack Thompson begins by showing us the two pitfalls of flattery: saying what we don’t need to say in people pleasing and refraining from saying what we need to say because of our fear of people. Encouragement is different from flattery because it is not self-seeking or even other-seeking, but because it is gospel-seeking. True encouragement points people towards God.

LDT: Jack Thompson “Bearing Your People’s Burdens”

stpweb — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:41 +0000

Jack Thompson defines burdens as our standing before God. This roots out the possibility of comparing ourself to others, but instead leads to acts of encouragement that points to Christ.

LDT: Steve Shadrach “Brown Like Campus Outreach”

stpweb — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:34:31 +0000

Steve Shadrach, author of Brown Like Coffee and Fuel and the Flame, came in as a guest speaker and gave a outside perspective of Campus Outreach. Shadrach encouraged the leaders to calling of a vision, not a label.

LDT: Eric Lonergan “Servant Leadership”

stpweb — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:01:35 +0000

Eric Lonergan explores two possible selfish tendencies of leadership, oppression and neglect. Oppressive leadership causes disciples to flee while negligence weakens our integrity.

LDT: Eric Lonergan “Faith-filled Leadership”

stpweb — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:28:37 +0000

God proves Himself faithful despite our unfaithfulness. Eric Lonergan encourages us to fight to remember that we are sick and see the Lord our god who is fighting for us (Joshua 23:3-6).

LDT: Eric Lonergan “Grace-filled Leadership”

stpweb — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:12:24 +0000

Eric Lonergan draws from the account of Gideon, pointing that “God uses us despite us, not because of us.” Leaders rejoice in the progress and joy of their disciples because of God’s grace, not because of our strength.

LDT: Eric Lonergan “Authentic Leadership”

stpweb — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:04:02 +0000

In this talk Eric Lonergan encourages thinking for others and depending on God for strength, drawing from illustrations in the book of Judges including Samson and Gideon.