Pre Evangelism in postmodern world
Categories: Evangelism, Worldviews, Ministry Watch, Things of Interest, Apologetics.
Several years ago, it was by divine providence that at a Ravi Zacharias meeting here in Dallas I meet a gentleman that would share the same vision in reaching the lost through Apologetics and Evangelism. It was there that I met (now) Dr. David Geisler. After we shared some of our concerns and problems in preevangelism, especially in my case with the spanish speaking people, we started a friendship that would lay the groundwork for what is now called Meekness and Truth. We had good times and difficult times as we got this off the idealistic launching pad. The struggles we went through to get concept artists to illustrate some of the difficulties in preevangelism, for Dave to get support for his ministry ( I didn’t have that much faith and was a volunteer only 
) and find the right connections that would support, further develop and promote these ideas were among the things we endured when we started.
Our pathways then divided as I entered seminary and Dave moved his ministry to Singapore. As you will see, Meekness and Truth ministries has flourished to what at we would dream of during our lunch meetings at our favorite mexican restaurant in Dallas. May God bless Dave and that he continue to be used to impact thousands (literally) of students, at Singapore and the rest of the world.
I will include some of the interviews he did with students to show how apologetics and evangelism, which went hand in hand in the New Testament, is crucial for witnessing efforts today. In addition I will also show below some of the concept work that was done to better explain the issue of apologetics and evangelism.
From Meekness and Truth website:
The Birth of a Vision!
Our vision at Meekness and Truth Ministries is to re-equip the body of Christ in using pre-evangelism tools to supplement and strengthen our collective witness in a post-Christian world. We also desire to be a catalyst to lay people all across the U.S. to rethink how they are doing evangelism in this new millennium. Yet you may wonder how this vision come about: Growing up as the son of the apologists, Dr. Norm Geisler, I had an understanding of apologetic issues at a very early age, but did not feel compelled to follow directly in my father’s footsteps. Yet after I read J.P. Moreland’s book “Love Your God With All Your Mind,” I felt convicted that something had to be done to change this sad state of affairs in the church that the book addresses. Unfortunately, I didn’t see many Christian ministries really focusing on re-equipping the body of Christ to speak to this generation using a balanced apologetic approach. As a result, God led us to start Meekness and Truth Ministries. Consequently over the next few years we developed a model for pre-evangelism called “Conversational Evangelism.”
Last year (through the help of National leaders) we distributed this pre-evangelism curriculum to Campus ministry leaders all across the country. Yet I see that the church needs this kind of equipping as well. So our next goal is to develop a lay curriculum (based on the Conversational Evangelism model) and distribute this material to every major evangelical church in the U.S. in the next two years, with permission to use and adapt at they see fit.
Our goal is to play a part in building a bridge between the apologist and the average lay Christian. The fact is that most Christians are turned off by apologetics because it seems too modern and too confrontational for the kind of postmodern world we live in. However the pre-evangelism model we have developed teaches how one can use a less direct approach (still using apologetics) in one’s witness to others and remain sensitive to postmodern concerns.
Our deep conviction is that if the church only sees apologetics as useful for rigorous debate and argument, we may lose not only the next generation of youth who overemphasize experience, but also the very foundation for the Christian faith and its distinctiveness among competing religious beliefs.
This video shows the amazing spectrum of worldviews concerning things like the reliability of the Scriptures, relativism, truth, tolerance, and even apathy! Even the ones who confessed that they are believers at one time sound evangelical and at others they sound like postmodern relativists.
Please take the time to visit Meekness and Truth ministries and use their matieral in your training, presenting and or witnessing.
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