...five years from now:

Our cities are filled with kingdom citizens…

• Engaging with love for the well-being of all in the city...
• Grounded in the gospel and its theology…
• Sharing the gospel as part of a prayer-care-share lifestyle.

Our cities are filled with vibrant, multiplying churches and gospel movements...

• Expressions of natural, ministry and community mode evangelism
• Multiplying discipleship
• Seeing the gospel spread throughout our cities changing lives and changing communities

...for God’s glory and for the well-being of the city.

• Discuss barriers to evangelism—personal, theological, social, cultural, and practical.
• Introduce CoJourners—a spiritual journey-based, equipping framework for conversational evangelism with practical tools to help believers engage effectively with those with whom they rub shoulders.
• Help participants to think comprehensively and lead effective evangelism efforts in their local church.

Five Personal Barriers:

• Lack of Desire
• Fear
• Lack of know-how
• Lack of relationships with the unchurched and unbelieving
• Busyness

Add to these, the counter currents in our culture...

• Religious pluralism, tolerance and relativism
• Public image of the church

Which one or two is the greatest barrier for you?

Prayer -- Praying regularly for people where I live, work, learn and play.

Care -- Offering small acts of kindness whenever and whenever I can and allowing myself to be inconvenienced for the sake of others.

Share -- Being intentional to share something of my faith journey and the difference it has made in my life.

Write down on your  Oikos List the names of 5 people  who, in your opinion, are far from God (non-churched/non-Christian). These people are friends, neighbors, workmates, relatives, clerks in stores, etc. If you don’t know their name, write a description of them like “the lady who I buy vegetables from”. 

These are people we will pray for, show care to and trust God to eventually share the gospel with them.