Churches often run courses like So Many Questions , to equip believers to know what to say in response to many common questions about Christianity. We do however, mainly run these type of courses or hot topic nights for the insider /believer, training them up to send them out to share what they learn with the people they are in relationship. This is really important element in the training of evangelism in churches.
However how about killing two birds with one stone: turn this evangelist training course into mini-evangelistic events. Open the event up to not just cater for the Christian. Promote it as something Christians could even bring unbelievers to.
- For the Christian – To train up and equip your church about the defeater beliefs, objections to Christianity, and tough questions that they face in the conversations they are having with their friends.
- For the Unbeliever – They would not only cater for the Christian but the unbelieving friend also. They would be nights where you could easily invite your friends to, and allow them to hear more about the Christian worldview.
Get a speaker to speak on their hobby horse topic, have a panel of speakers, or even open it up for questions time also.
Topics could include:
» Resurrection proof
» Hasn’t science disproved Christianity
» Reliability of the bible
» Objective Morality
» Ultimate truth/Exclusivity of Christianity
» Where is God during the GFC
» God hates religion – cause of all wars
» Christian disunity
» Role of sex in relationships
» Christianity is a group of homophobes
» Place of suffering in humanity
» Origin of creativity and beauty
» Purpose of work/career
» Toxic Culture
» Money

June 15, 2010

We participated in a great version of this earlier this year. Parents of kids in local scripture (and their teachers) were invited to a night where they could get answers to the difficult questions their kids ask at home. It was a terrific little idea because it gave the parents with genuine questions a convenient cover (my kid has a question rather than my friend does).