Transcript The “Safety Chain” Bible Study

Do not show this first slide
Slides 1-106
“The Safety Chain” takes about 3 hours and is part
of our normal workshop.
Slides 107-162
“Keeping the Saved Saved” and
“Practical Local Evangelism”
take about 1 hour, but are not part of our
normal workshop and are designed for you to
present and use in your follow-up. Or, if you
wish we can add one 1 hour and present it at
your workshop.
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Back to the Bible Evangelism
using the
“Safety Chain”
King James Version
Northwest
Church of Christ
Lawton, Oklahoma
www.nwcoclawton.org
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Workshop Outline
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Method overview
Marking Bibles
How to teach the study
Demonstrate how to teach the study
Group exercise
Asking for obedience
Demonstrate how to ask for obedience
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Workshop Outline
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Break
Common concerns
Teaching tips
Asking people to study
Spread the Gospel
Action plan
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Follow Along in Packet
Pg #X
Packet page number and
bullet letter will be in the
top right corner of each
slide.
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History
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Elders decided to take 25-60 members
on campaign for a week.
Has been done every year since 1976
in Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado,
Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas.
This method has been successfully
used on all these campaigns.
Do many workshops each year. (Cost)
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Methods
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We have used several methods but have
found this one to be most effective
because it is:
• Scriptural
• Short
• Systematic
• Simple
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The Safety Chain:
No Pamphlets
Just uses the Bible
Let us
Speak where the
Bible speaks,
Be Silent where the
Bible is silent.
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Bibles
Pg 5-A
We all use the same
King James Version Bibles.
Why?
Most people accept the
King James Version.
Easy to read with large
print.
Easy to tell the student the
page numbers.
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Bibles
Pg 5-A
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Everyone needs two Bibles
• One for the teacher
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One for the student
.
Out of Print
$6 each
Order from NW
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Safety Chain Method
Pg 5-B
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The study takes approximately 2 to 3
hours.
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Normally broken into 2 sessions.
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Safety Chain Method Pages 2 & 5-B
Scriptures in the 1st half of the study cover:
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Traditions of men
Authority of Scriptures
All are lost
Necessity of Christ’s Blood
God’s Plan of Salvation
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Safety Chain Method Pages 2 & 5-B
Scriptures in the 2nd half of the study cover:
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Unity of the Church
Organization of the Church
Worship
Christian Living
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Please turn to page 2 in your packet
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Cut out and paste in Bible
How to Teach the Study Pg 5-E
Read the Scripture
Ask a question
(That you have written in the margin)
Turn to the next Scripture
(That you have written in the margin)
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Marking Bibles
Pg 5-C
The teacher’s New Testament should be marked as
follows:
Underline each of the 59 verses.
Write the question pertaining to each scripture in
the margin.
Write the page number and reference of the next
scripture in the margin.
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EXAMPLE pg 3,4
Are the commandments of men equal to the commandments of God ?
I Timothy 4:1-4 Page 348
What are two examples of
traditions of men found in
this verse three?
What happens when
people give heed to
seducing spirits and
doctrines of devils?
II Timothy 3:16-17
Page 354
Marking Bibles
Pg 5-D
The student’s New Testament should be
marked as follows;
Underline the verses only.
Do not write the questions or page numbers of
the next scripture.
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How to Teach the Study Pg 10-J
The teacher works with a “Silent Partner”.
The Silent Partner:
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Writes down each Bible verse.
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Writes summary of each verse.
This written material is left with the
student .
Do not make one master photocopy to
leave with the student.
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Example of Handwritten Notes
Pg 11
Tradition
Mark 7:7,9,13
1 Timothy 4:1-4
We worship in vain if we keep traditions
rather than God’s law
In later times some will depart from
the original teachings of God.
Inspiration of Scriptures
2 Timothy 3:16-17
All scripture is of God
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How to Teach the Study
Pg 10-J
The Silent Partner remains silent unless:
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The teacher calls on him/her to read.
or
Teacher asks for or needs assistance.
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How to Teach the Study Pg 13-B
How to deal with questions.
Don’t fear them!!!!
If the question is covered later in the study, tell
him it will be covered later.
If you don’t know the answer,
Admit it,
Write the question down,
Tell him you will research the Biblical answer.
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How to Teach the Study
Pg 5-E
 Teacher reads the first scripture
aloud.
 Teacher asks the question that is
written in the margin of his teacher’s
Bible.
 When answered, go to the next
scripture and page number.
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How to Teach the Study Pg 5-F
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LET THE SCRIPTURES TEACH!
• Ask enough questions to ensure the student
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understands the main point
Do not try to improve God’s word with a lot of
your own words.
LET THE SCRIPTURES
TEACH!
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Demonstration Study
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study
Pgs 6-10
For this abbreviated demonstration study
we will use only a few of the 31 verses in
the first half.
Follow along in your Bibles
and pages 6-10 in your packet.
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study
Mk 7: 7,9,13
Pg 71
1st Verse
of Study
Mark 7:
7,9,13
Page 71
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study
Mk 7: 7,9,13
Pg 71
Are the commandments of God equal to the commandments of men?
Is tradition equal to the Word of God?
What happens when we follow the commandments or tradition of men?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 Page 354
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study 2 Tim 3:16-17 Pg 354
What Scriptures are inspired by God? What is the Scripture profitable for?
Hebrew
9:15-17
Page 368
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study Heb 9:15-17
Pg 368
When does a
will or
testament come
into force?
So what
testament are
we under
today?
Romans 3:23
Page 257
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study Rom 3:23 Pg 257
How
many of
us have
sinned?
Page
259
Rom.
5:8-10
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study Rom 5:8-10 Pg 259
Because
God loved
us, what
happened
for us?
Page 182
John
14:15
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study John 14:15
Pg 182
If we
really love
the Lord
what will
we do?
Page 156
John 3:16
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DEMO STUDY
Pause
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Marking Bibles
Pg 5-G
Each teacher should mark his own set of
New Testaments.
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Invaluable part of your training.
Use a straight edge.
Use pencil or ball point pen.
Do not use anything that will bleed through.
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The Safety Chain
Exercise:
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YOU MARK YOUR BIBLE
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Mark first two sets of scriptures
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Marking Bibles Exercise
SCRIPTURES
1. Mark 7:7,9,13
Page 71
2. 1 Timothy 4:1-4
Page 348
Pg 6
QUESTIONS
Are the commandments of
men equal to the
commandments of God? Is
tradition equal to the Word of
God? What happens when
we follow the
commandments of men?
What are two examples of
traditions of men found in
verse three? What happens
when people give heed to
seducing spirits and
doctrines of devils?
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Page 71
Mk 7:7,9,13
EXAMPLE
Are the commandments of men equal to the commandments of God ?
I Timothy 4:1-4 Page 348
Page 348
1 Tim 4:1-4
What are two examples
of traditions of men
found in verse three?
What happens when
people give heed to
seducing spirits and
doctrines of devils?
II Timothy 3:16-17
Page 354
How to Teach the Study
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Pg 5-E
First: Read the scripture.
Then: Ask the questions that you have
written in your margin.
Then: Go to the next scripture that you
have written in your margin.
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How to Teach the Study Pg 5-F
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LET THE SCRIPTURES TEACH!
• Check for understanding.
• We can’t improve on God’s word.
LET THE SCRIPTURES
TEACH!
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Group Activity
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Pick a Partner.
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Practice the two scriptures
you have marked in your Bible.
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How to Teach the Study
Pg 11-A
The Primary purposes of the first half of the study
are for the students to:
1. Understand and accept the authority of God’s
Word.
2. Understand the necessity of Christ’s blood.
3. Understand God’s plan of salvation.
4. Determine if he has followed God’s plan of
salvation.
5. And if he has not followed it, to decide if he
will follow it.
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How to Teach the Study Pg11-B
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Critical point in the study:
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After reading John 14:15,
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Ask the following: (these questions
should be written in your Bible)
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How to Teach the Study Pgs 7&11-B
1.
2.
3.
4.
Four Questions
Have you been saved?
Could you tell me how it happened?
How long was it after you were saved
that you were baptized?
Would you tell me why you were
baptized? (If the student was baptized)
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How to Teach the Study
Pg 12-B
Do not show surprise or disagreement with the
student’s answers.
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Do not attempt to address their validity.
Just write them down in great and specific detail.
Read it all back to the student to be sure it is
accurately written.
Then put it off to the side and continue to let God’s
Word do the teaching.
Later, after the student reads and understands
God’s will he can compare it to what he has done
and make a decision.
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How To Teach the Study
Pg 11-B
If these questions are not asked
and the answers written in detail,
it is possible that by the end of the study
when he understands God’ will,
he will have subconsciously
rationalized in his mind
that is exactly what he has done
when, in fact, he has not.
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Asking for Obedience
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Pg 12-C
Acts 22:16
`And now why tarriest thou? Arise and be
baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on
the name of the Lord.'
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Acts 2:47
“Praising God and having favor with all the
people. And the Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved”.
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Asking for Obedience
Pg 12-C
Simply Ask:
“Would
you like to be baptized and
wash away your sins and
be added to the Lord’s church?”
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Asking for Obedience
Pg 12-C
You may need to be quiet
for several minutes as the student
mentally and emotionally struggles
with what he has learned.
You may eventually break the silence by
asking,
"It's hard to say no to God, isn’t it”?
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Asking for Obedience
If the student says:
I have already been saved;
Pg 12-C
Ask:
“Do you see any differences between what you
did and what the Bible says one must do to be
saved?”
Use notes to help him see any differences.
“Wouldn’t you like to do what the Bible says you
should do?”
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Asking for Obedience
If the student says:
I have already been baptized;
Pg 12-C
Ask:
“Do you see any differences between your
baptism and the ones we just read about?”
Use notes to help him see any differences.
“Wouldn't you like to be baptized in the same
manner and for the same purpose you just
read in the Bible?”
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Asking for Obedience
Pg 12-C
If the student says:
I want to wait; Ask:
“Did we read about anyone in the scriptures waiting?
I have not been saved; Ask:
“What steps of salvation do you need to do?”
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Asking for Obedience
Pg 12-C
The inspired question of Acts 22:16 can be asked
over and over in various ways
Regardless of whether the student obeys
Schedule the second half of the study!
Give the student the handwritten notes,
but keep the answers to the questions about
salvation to use at the end of the next half of
the study.
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Demonstration Study
(cont.)
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study John 14:15
Pg 182
If we
really love
the Lord
what will
we do?
Page 156
John 3:16
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study
Pg 7
1. Have you been saved?
2. Could you tell me how it happened?
3. How long was it after you were saved
that you were baptized?
4. Would you tell me why you were
baptized? (If the student was baptized)
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study John 3:16 Pg 156
What does this verse say we must do to have eternal life?
Page 126 Luke 13:3
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study Luke 13:3 Pg 126
This verse
says we
will
perish or
be lost
unless we
do what?
Page 266
Rom.
10:9-10
Repent means to change the heart or mind which
leads to a change of life.
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study Rom 10:9-10
Pg 266
This verse
teaches that,
in addition
to belief, we
must do
what to be
saved? How
do we make
this
confession?
Page 92
Mark
16:15-16
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study Mk 16: 15-16
Pg 92
What are
we to do
before we
are saved?
Page 240
Acts 22:16
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study Acts 22:16 Pg 240
When we are
baptized what
happens to our
sins?
Why would we
wait to be
baptized?
Acts 2:47
Page 199
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study Acts 2:47
Pg 199
What happens
to those who are
saved?
Do we join the
church?
Are we voted
in?
Would you like
to do as Paul
did and arise
and be baptized
and wash away
you sins and be
added to the
church?
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Ask for Obedience
Pg 12-C
“Would
you like to do as Paul did
and be baptized and
wash away your sins and
be added to the Lord’s church?”
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Safety Chain:
Demo Study
END OF DEMO STUDY
QUESTIONS?
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Workshop Outline
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Method overview
Marking Bibles
How to teach the study
Demonstrate how to teach the study
Group exercise
Asking for obedience
Demonstrate how to ask for obedience
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Workshop Outline
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Break
Common concerns
Teaching tips
Asking people to study
Spread the Gospel
Action plan
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15
Minute
Take
5 minutes
your Break
seats
left
10 Minutes Left
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How to Teach the Study Pg 13-D
Second half of the study:
• Ask such questions as:
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Have you had a chance to reread the scriptures
we studied last time?
Do you have any questions about what we’ve
studied?
Go through second half of the study
Then end the study in the same way you did
the first half by asking for obedience.
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Common Concerns
Page 13-E
Concerns generally fall into two categories:
1. Lack of understanding
about God’s plan of salvation
• Review the specific scriptures
that answer his questions
• Ask to obey
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Common Concerns
Page 13-E
2. Lack of understanding
the authority of God’s word.
• Examples:
I’ve always been taught…
I’ve always believed…
I feel in my heart…
My preacher told me…
My parents believed…
Review scriptures covering authority
• Ask to obey
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Cut out and paste in Bible
Common Concerns
Page 13-F
Do not pressure anyone to do
what he does not really want to
do.
Nothing is accomplished by this!
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Luke 8 “Parable of the Sower”
Remember:
Even if the student fails to obey
God’s Word,
you have been obedient to God’s Word
because you sowed the seed.
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Teaching Tips
 Main
Pg 13-A
Tip:
Read the scripture,
Ask a question,
Go to the next scripture.
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Teaching Tips
Pg 13-B
How to deal with questions.
Don’t fear them!!!!
If the question is covered later in the study,
tell him it will be covered later.
If you don’t know the answer,
Admit it.
Write the question down.
Tell him you will research the Biblical
answer.
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Teaching Tips
Pg 13-C
Find a quiet, comfortable place.
The best location is
your church building
or the student’s own home.
Study around the kitchen table.
Turn off the TV, radio, etc.
Provide babysitting if necessary.
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Teaching Tips
Pg 14-E
Pray at the beginning of the study.
Then go over the “Introduction to the Bible
Study”.
Explain the Format
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Glue this sheet on the inside front cover of your
teacher’s New Testament
Pg 14-E
Purpose
Unite all believers in Christ
Plea
Inspired and final authority
Church
Not a denomination
No Division
Not caused by the Bible
Eternity in Heaven
Through Jesus we can have Eternal Life
Format
Explain the format
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Restoration Scriptures
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Pg 14
Write these 8 scriptures in one of the blank pages in
your Bible for use with someone who was once a
member but has fallen away
1.
2.
3.
Gal. 1:6-9
Heb. 10:25
Acts 8:22
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Heb 5:12
2 Peter 2:20-22
Gal. 5:4
Rom. 6:4-6
Matt. 10:35-37
I marvel so soon removed.
Don’t forsake assembly
Repent and pray for
forgiveness
Ought to be teachers
It is better to not have known
Ye are fallen from grace
Should not serve sin
He that loveth father or mother
more…
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Asking People to Study
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Pg 14-A
If we want people to study
we must ask them!
Be Yourself
No Pressure
No Canned Speech
No Arguing
Kind/Loving
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Asking People to Study Pg 15-B
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At Worship
At Work
Friends/Neighbors/Relatives
ANYONE ANYWHERE!
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Asking People to Study
Pg 15-C
Benefits of Studying
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Free
2 Hours
Study Bible only
No opinions
Babysitter provided
Your home or church building
Time?
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Knocking Doors
Pg 16
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Asking People to Study
Pg 15-D
Common Responses
1. We already attend at the XYZ Church.
“I’m sure you study your Bible then, don’t you?”
“When would be a good time for us to study
together?”
2. I’m too busy.
Suggest times until it is clear it is futile
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Asking People to Study
Pg 15-E
Ask questions to generate response:
“Have you ever wondered what the Bible
says about how we get to heaven?”
“Have you ever wondered why so many
people teach different doctrines from the
same Bible?”
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Asking Visitors at Worship Pg 15-F
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Look around
Introduce yourself
Ask if they have any questions
Go over Benefits of Studying
Ask to study
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Asking Visitors at Worship Pg 15-F
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Plus:
• Ask before they leave the building
• Use visitor cards
• Identify them
• Assign someone to meet them in the foyer
• Ask to study
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Asking relatives, friends, neighbors.
Pg 15-G
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Bring up church
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Asking relatives, friends,
neighbors.
Pg 15-G
“Our preacher sure had a good lesson
yesterday”
“I need to make a dish for a
church supper we are having
Sunday”
Often this will lead them to make a
comment or ask a question about the church.
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Asking relatives, friends,
neighbors.
Pg 15-G
They may say…
• Why do you spend so much time doing church
work?
• Why don’t you people have music?
When this occurs,
do not get into a discussion of it.
Instead go over the Benefits of Studying.
Ask to Study.
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Knocking Doors
Pg 16
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Knocking Doors
Pg 17-H
The purpose:
• Invite to worship
• Ask to study
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Knocking Doors
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Pg 17-H
Invite to Worship
• Introduce yourself
• Show brochure
• “Back to Bible”
• Bible Only
• Invite to worship
• Worship times
• Building location
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Knocking Doors
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Pg 17-H
Ask to Study
• Use the brochure – The cover and first panel.
• Go over Benefits of Studying- Inside middle panel
Free
2 Hours
Study Bible only
No opinions
Babysitter provided
Your home or church building
Time?
• Ask to study
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Knocking Doors
Pg 17
Door Knocking Tips
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You should be baptized into Christ.
Your Bibles should be marked and you
should carry them with you.
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You might be able to study immediately so
you need to be ready.
Smile!
Both persons should talk
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Knocking Doors
Pg 17
Door Knocking Tips
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Leave a good impression
Do not debate or argue
Dress nicely and modestly
Comfortable walking shoes
Always knock in pairs
Leave brochure and Safety Chain
(If no study is set)
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Knocking Doors
Pg 17-H
The vast majority of people will not agree
to study.
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And of the people who do agree,
many will cancel or not show up.
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But you will be amazed at the number of
people who do study!
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Asking People to Study
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Pg 14-A
If we want people to study
we must ask them!
Be Yourself
No Pressure
No Canned Speech
No Arguing
Kind/Loving
Benefits of Studying
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Workshop Outline
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Method overview
Marking Bibles
How to teach the study
Demonstrate how to teach the study
Group exercise
Asking for obedience
Demonstrate how to ask for obedience
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Workshop Outline
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Break
Common concerns
Teaching tips
Asking people to study
Spread the Gospel
Action plan
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Action Plan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Mark your Bibles
Practice on each other
Read the Scripture, Ask the Question,
Turn to the Next Scripture
Ask others to study
Teach them
Follow up with them
Tell others about this study method
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Final Thought
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Mark 16:15-16
“And he said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not
shall be damned.”
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End
Back to the Bible Evangelism
using the
“Safety Chain”
Copyright 1990
Elders
Northwest Church of Christ
Lawton, OK
Revised 5-29-09
(Copies may be made provided they are not for
sale and proper credit is given.)
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End of Safety Chain Method
The following presentation covers
Keeping the Saved Saved
and
Practical Local Evangelism
methods that have worked for us.
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Keeping the Saved Saved
&
Practical Local Evangelism
Northwest
Church of Christ
Lawton, Oklahoma
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Follow Along in Packet
Pg #X
Packet page number will
be in the top right corner of
each slide.
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Practical Local Evangelism
Pg 1
I. Keeping the Saved Saved
II. Local Evangelism Methods
III. Teaching the Gospel– The Safety
Chain
IV. Resources
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 2
When we start bringing in new
Christians through the front
door…….
We must do all we can to keep them
from going right back out through
the back door.
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Keeping the Saved Saved
Pg 2
The Challenge of New Christians
New Christians are different from mature
Christians.
Knowledge
Dress
Behavior
Friends
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 2
The Challenge of New Christians
Do your new Christians…
Sit in worship by themselves?
Stand uncomfortably in the foyer while all
the groups of friends visit with each
other?
Associate primarily with their non-Christian
friends?
Cling to denominational practices?
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 2
What do you do about it?
Are you uncomfortable with them so you…
Give them a dirty look when they sit
in “your pew?”
Say hi and keep walking by them?
Ignore them while you ask
your friends to lunch?
Snicker when they say something “funny” in
Bible class?
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 2
The Challenge of New Christians
Do you just let them slowly fade away until they
stop coming?
Would you stay with any group who treated you
this way?
Does the Bible teach us to behave this way?
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 2
To remain faithful, a new Christian must
do all the following:
Make at least 5 good friends within 6
months.
Make at least one very good friend within 6
months.
Become active in the work of the church.
Learn and grow in the word of God.
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 2
New Christian Class
Advantages
Gives them a focal point and a reason for
coming.
Grounds them in the fundamentals.
Disadvantages
Segregates them from the rest of the
congregation.
The only people they meet are other immature
new Christians.
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New Christian Program
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There are many systems.
We have seen and tried a number of
them.
We have seen this one work the best.
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 3
The new Christian rotates through 14
different families
One family per month
For 14 months.
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New Christian Program
Each month, the family:
Ensures the new Christian is at every Bible
class and worship.
Provides transportation if it is needed.
Calls him to remind him to come to class
and worship.
Calls him if he does not attend.
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New Christian Program
Each month, the family:
Takes him to class.
Ensures his children are in the proper
classes.
Sits with him during class and worship.
Introduces him to their friends.
Introduces him to the elders, deacons and
ministers.
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New Christian Program
Each month, the family:
Takes him to lunch and dinner after
worship.
Teaches him one of the 14 fundamental
lessons (See “Resources” section.)
Gives him a building tour.
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New Christian Program
Each month, the family:
Ensures he fills out an activity sheet
and begins working.
Become friends.
Then, he moves on to the next family,
and does it again for 14 times.
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New Christian Program
Two of the elders visit within the first week:
introduce themselves,
welcome him,
give him a welcome packet,
tell him about the new Christian
program.
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New Christian Program
Visitation teams should visit him
for 5 to 8 weeks
so he will also meet a number of other
members.
Program must be
well coordinated and overseen to work.
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 3
The Challenge of Mature Christians
Have you ever wondered..
“What ever happened to Johnny and
Janie? I haven’t seen them for a
while.”
Have you ever looked at a directory that is
2 or 3 or 4 years old and noticed how
many names are just gone?
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Mathew 18:12-13
12How think ye? if a man have an hundred
sheep, and one of them be gone astray,
doth he not leave the ninety and nine,
and goeth into the mountains, and
seeketh that which is gone astray?
13And if so be that he find it, verily I say
unto you, he rejoiceth more of that
sheep, than of the ninety and nine which
went not astray.
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Keeping the Saved Saved Pg 4
The Challenge of Mature Christians
Anchor Team Program
Let no one fall through the cracks.
When a person misses 2 consecutive
weeks and no one knows why:
Send personalized card(s) by individual
members who are their friends.
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The Challenge of Mature Christians
Anchor Team Program
After missing 3 consecutive weeks:
Add them to the visitation team list and visit
them twice.
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The Challenge of Mature Christians
Anchor Team Program
After 5 consecutive weeks:
Give their name to the elders for their
follow-up (who will visit them.)
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The Challenge of Mature Christians
Anchor Team Program
How to keep track of this?
Most people always sit in the same
section so…
The first level is for each of us to just look
around and see who is missing.
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The Challenge of Mature Christians
Anchor Team Program
The second level is
to break the auditorium into sections
or “Anchor Teams”
with an Anchor Team Captain
who checks to see who is not in his
normal seat.
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The Challenge of Mature Christians
Anchor Team Program
Third Level
Check the attendance cards.
Fourth Level
Check the class attendance rolls.
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The Challenge of Mature Christians
Anchor Team Program
Then begin the card and visitation
program.
The goal is to
break pattern of consecutive misses
and restore faithfulness.
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Local Evangelism Methods Pg 4
Several Guiding Principles.
Each member is responsible for
evangelism and
each of us has unique talents so there
must be an opportunity for
every single one of us to make valuable
contributions.
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Local Evangelism Methods Pg 4
Several Guiding Principles.
The Biblical method of evangelism is
to “preach Christ and Him crucified.”
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Several Guiding Principles
75-90% of all members of the church
initially studied because of
a personal relationship with someone in
the church, (Andrew brought Peter to
Jesus) and
we each have relationships
with people outside the church.
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Several Guiding Principles
It generally takes at least 7 contacts for a
person to respond to a request.
Most people quit asking after making
4 contacts.
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Several Guiding Principles
When visitors at worship service are asked
to study the Bible
depending upon how they are asked,
a great many of them say yes.
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Several Guiding Principles
To remain faithful, each new member must
immediately and continually learn,
become active in the work of the church
make a least one friend he can sit and visit
with
make at least 5 good friends within 6
months.
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Quarterly “special events” Pg 5
Use events to create excitement when
asking people with whom they have
a relationship to visit our services.
Focal Point
Include:
Guest speaker.
Biblical topic of interest to the community.
Noon meal.
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Focal Point
Ask each member
to submit the names and addresses of the
guests whom they would like to be invited.
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Quarterly “special events” Pg 5
Focal Point
Ask each member
to personally invite each of their guests
by giving them a brochure about the event
and asking them to come.
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Focal Point
Elders invite each of these guests
by mailing them a brochure and a letter
inviting them to the event.
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Focal Point
Conduct a door-knocking
by going to the home of each guest,
giving them a brochure,
and inviting them to come.
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Focal Point
Mail to each guest the publication
“House to House, Heart to Heart.”
Also keep copies in the tract rack.
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Focal Point
Repeat this process for each guest until
they have been invited to at least 4
quarterly events
or they obey the Gospel,
or they ask us to stop inviting them,
whichever comes first.
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Focal Point
When the guests arrive at the building,
ensure the member who invited them
sits with them,
visits with them,
eats the meal with them, and
ensures they are asked to study the Bible.
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Focal Point
People to Invite - My Guest List
People I know from
work, school, civic clubs, arts organizations
and sports teams.
People who help
my children and grandchildren like their
teachers, coaches and activity sponsors.
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Focal Point
People to Invite-My Guest List
People who help me like
my doctors, nurses, therapists, dentists,
and their staffs.
my insurance agent, lawyer, tax preparer,
hair dresser or barber, plumber,
electrician, and auto mechanic.
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Quarterly “special events” Pg 5
Focal Point
People to Invite-My Guest List
People who handle my lawn care and
pest control.
People who live in each of the houses that
border mine.
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Newsletter Evangelism
Pg 5
Pass out a series of about 25 different
newsletters to homes in your area.
Like a newspaper route for about 3
months.
The people get to know about the
congregation through these newsletters
and form a very favorable impression of
the church.
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Then knock their doors, visit with them
and invite them attend worship and
study the Bible.
Because the newsletters have already
introduced the church to them, you
will find them pleased to visit with
you.
The percentage of people who will
study can go as high as 25%.
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Door-knocking Campaign
Pg 6
Many people say this no longer works.
We have done this every year since
1976,
Though we have always done it without
the newsletter program. (quite new)
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Door-knocking Campaign
Pg 6
We have found that:
1 of 40 people will schedule a Bible study.
1 of 3 of these people will actually show up
to study
1 of 2 of the people who study will obey
the Gospel.
30 is the average number of people who
obey the Gospel on a week-long
campaign.
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Door-knocking Campaign
Pg 6
The campaign is designed to:
Give the residents of the town the
opportunity to learn and obey the
Gospel plan of salvation.
Provide an opportunity for us fulfill the
commands of the Great Commission.
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Door-knocking Campaign
Pg 6
We knock the residential doors and ask the
residents
to attend the Gospel meeting
and do a home Bible study.
We covered some of this in Safety Chain
Method.
Has been very effective.
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Resources
Pg 7
Free CD from NW church of Christ.
“Evangelizing Your Community”
“The Great Commission Part II: Becoming the
Hands of Christ”
Newsletter Evangelism
“The Love of Christ”
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Help Others Spread the Gospel
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If you would like a workshop at your
congregation, please contact us.
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If you have friends or relatives at other
congregations any where in the country
who you think might be interested,
please ask them to contact us.
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Final Thought
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Mark 16:15-16
“And he said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be
saved; but he that believeth not
shall be damned.”
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End
Keeping the Saved Saved
&
Practical Local Evangelism
Northwest
Church of Christ
Lawton, Oklahoma
www.nwcoclawton.org
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