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Telling the Gospel Through Story Evangelism That Keeps Hearers Wanting More

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ISBN-10: 0830837949

ISBN-13: 9780830837946

Edition: 2012

Authors: Christine Dillon

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Everybody loves a good story.In an age when prepackaged gospel formulations leave people cold, well-told Bible stories can be used powerfully by God to touch people's hearts and draw them to himself.After years of ministry experience, church planter Christine Dillon has discovered that Bible storying is far more effective than most other forms of apologetics or evangelistic presentations. In fact, non-Christians actually enjoyed storying and kept coming back for more. Storying provides solid biblical foundations so listeners can understand, apply and respond to the gospel, and then go on to fruitful maturity in God's service.This book includes practical guidance on how to shape a good…    
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Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 5/14/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Christine Dillon works as a church planter in Taiwan with OMF International. She has been a missionary there for the past twelve years, but lived in Asia as a child while her parents were missionaries as well. The prevalent belief system in Dillon's area is ancestor and idol worship with only .8% of the population being christian. Her evangelism approach consists of storying, discipling, and training of locals and other missionaries. Dillon previously published1-2-1 Discipleshipin 2009 (Christian Focus).

Introduction: The Power of Story
Foundations
Why Storying?
Learning from Biblical Models
Preparing a Basic Story Set
Choosing Suitable Stories
Preparing Stories from the Biblical Text
Sow and Tell: Getting Out and Using Storying
Getting Started
Leading Discussion: The Why and the How
Discussion Dynamics: More Hints
Pass it On: Training Others
The Basics
Motivating Trainees
Adapting for Specific Contexts
Evangelistic Storying with Different Audiences
Storying for Christian Teaching
Epilogue
Extra Discussion Questions
Different Storying Methods
Training Checklist
Sample Stories
Acknowledgments
Notes