John Reese
Searcy, Arkansas
President Emeritus
As we focus on Jesus, we see the focus of His concern: “Proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15). The creation He loves now numbers over 8 billion souls, most of whom know nothing of His sacrifice to save them. We pray earnestly to the Lord to send more laborers into His harvest (Luke 10:2).
Following Jesus’ focus, World Bible School is determined to accelerate world evangelism. An obvious step is to equip and empower the thousands of Students converted to Christ through WBS. This pool of “laborers” grows significantly every year. Already, many Students enroll their friends and want to do more. For example, veteran missionary, Wendell Broom, conducted regular surveys of churches of Christ in Nigeria. Their church growth doubled every decade, which Wendell attributed to three factors: World Bible School, leadership training schools, and the evangelistic spirit of converts: “They consider their baptism to be their ordination.”
How can such zeal be intensified and made more fruitful? By more purposeful training! You can do so by adding to your curriculum our brand new course, Effective Evangelism, as a force multiplier!
In many cases, you know Students who have responded to the Gospel. Wherever they are in the world, if you are still in contact, find a way to send them Effective Evangelism. Going forward, treat Effective Evangelism as a course that should follow conversion. While the new Christian is excited, build on that enthusiasm for a lifetime of fruitfulness.
Effective Evangelism has a different design for interaction compared to our other Advanced Courses. It has no middle page section to be graded. Instead, it offers three practical assignments whereby the Student applies skills learned in the course.
Like the WBS Advanced Courses, Effective Evangelism is designed for much more than correspondence. As a true Bible study, it is ideal also for Sunday and Wednesday Bible classes, small groups and individual Christians, regardless of years in Christ, and with or without any WBS background. Indeed, this course can lay a solid foundation for the entire congregation.
The 13 interactive lessons are based firmly on the model of Jesus. His principles apply universally in all situations. He fires up motivation. His Word leads to success. This course trains through the Scriptures, offers Bible study sheets and shows Students how to build their own Bible studies for teaching others. Throughout, the focus is on the Lord of the harvest.
Have you been imploring Him to send more laborers? Then evaluate this new WBS course and, more importantly, put its biblical principles to work.
Visit worldbibleschool.net/resources to gain access to our wide variety of evangelism resources, including Effective Evangelism.
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