Discipleship & Evangelism Final

Cultural awareness

Has four levels:

1. Unconscious Incompetence

2. Conscious Incompetence

3. Conscious Competence

4. Unconscious Competence

Bounded-set theory

Either lost or saved. There is no in between. A very clear boundary line.

Centered-set theory

Walking with Christ, learning to trust Christ, a little knowledge, in the world.

Focuses on who is pointed towards the center.

Jesus-centered evangelism

Beginning with people where they are and pointing them to Jesus.

Worldview

How a person sees the world.

Guilt/Justice worldview

Emphasizes that sin creates guilt and separation from God and the solution Christ provides is Justice or a restored right standing before God, our judge.

Shame/Honor worldview

Not likely to consider that sin results in inner guilt. A person's status is assigned or affirmed by the group base on who they are, not on what they do.

Fear/Power Worldview

Where supernatural engagement with the spirit world is commonplace.

Indifference/Belonging Worldview

People who do not feel inner guilt, outer shame, or fear as a response to sin.

Post-Christian

No longer connected to Christianity. Indifference to sin.

Nones

Self-developed form of spirituality (spiritual, but not religious)

Penal Substitution

Emphasized the need for payment of the "Wages of sin". Christ is the only capable person and the cross is the only way to pay those wages.

John Wesley

Repentence. His teaching on salvation notes how guilt motivated people toward Christ through conviction of sin and removal of a personal sense of guilt.

Charles Finney

Made the need to "awaken humanity to a sense of guilt" a key part of evangelism. Presbyterian Minister

Shame as external

Community

People movements

In which thousands of people come to Christ.

Hospitality

Friendly welcome and treatment of guests. Genuine care and reception.

Insider-outsider mindset

Insiders-People inside the church

Outsiders-Non-Christian community

Genkan

Entryway

Christus Victor

Christ the Victor. Christ's victory through His cross and resurrection over Satan, sin, suffering, and death

Animism

The belief that spirits interact in the material world

Exorcism

Casting out of demons. Would form a significant part of Jesus mission to usher in the Kingdom of God.

Secularism

Advocates values and public policies that are free from religious influence

Atheism

Belief that there is no God.

Deism

Belief that there is a God but He does not interfere anymore.

Spiritual Eclectic

Mix different religious ideas together

C3 Church

Christ centered, Cause driven, Community focused

Affinity

Groups for people who share like interests

Relief

Requires immediate action in order to alleviate pain and prevent death during an emergency event.

Development

Aims to improve the condition of the community so they could withstand another emergency event if it occurred.

Sustainability

Occurs when the local community has sufficient resources and connections to respond to a future emergency. At this stage, the local community becomes a resource for others.

Marketplace Evangelism

Doing missions through a profession. Paul wasa tentmaker. We could be car dealers, grocery store owners, realtors... and be missional.

Preliterate

Not yet able to read

Post-literate

Has the ability to read but chooses not to utilize it.

Ritual

Provide opportunity to do things that convey deeper means such as the Lord's Supper and Baptism.

Dance

Encourages full body participation. Visual art form to tell stories in some countries.

Workism

The belief that work is the centerpiece of one's identity in life's purpose.

Empathy

Seeing the world through the eyes of others.

List four reasons that new believers make good evangelizers.

1. They have many contacts with family and friends that are not believers

2. They remember what it was like to try to live life with Jesus, so they can elate to other people in this condition.

3. Their excitement about "finding Jesus" is contagious

4. They still understand how to speak language lost people understand. They have not yet been linguistically corrupted by "Christianese".

What are the four main points of Bill Bright's "Four Spiritual Laws"?

Law 1: God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.

Law 2: Humans are sinful and separated from God.

Law 3: Jesus Christ is God's only provision for our sin.

Law 4: You must personally receive Jesus Christ as your Savior.

Explain the use of prayer in evangelizing people that have fear.

To people that have fear, prayer is a symbolic and literal sign of connection to power and a victorious force over fear. Prayer is a direct access to God and those with a fear/power worldview and see it as an action that leads to overcoming fear and evil. If we are connected to the Almighty one, what fear is there to have?

How do Millennials and Gen-Zers reflect a shame/honor mindset? How should this affect evangelism among these people?

With the use of social media and the influence of cancel culture, shame is sadly easily felt and held onto. Millennials and Gen-Zers are more prevalent to vitalize social media to their lives and health and want to avoid shame as much as possible. Because of this shame, evangelism must take this into account and share that in Jesus, all shame is gone. Worldly shame will never end but faith in Christ takes this shame and replaces it with love. True honor and right standing within the world can only be found in faith in God.

What are five primary issues that Millennials and Gen-Zers deal with?

Provide an example of how social relationships, technology, and beliefs can impact one another in cultural integration.

Based on the "CHIMES" acrostic, write briefly about 6 characteristics of oral learners.

Briefly describe the importance of relationships in reaching people in the U.S. that have either a guilt/justice or an indifference/belonging worldview.

Briefly explain your understanding of God's role in evangelism.