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Session 7 Resources: Mission
These websites and books explore principles, tools, and strategies for representing the purposes and message of Jesus in all spheres of life.
Online
Evantell: EvanTell exists to encourage and equip individuals and churches to reach the world with the clear and simple good news of Jesus Christ, all to ensure that more people hear the gospel in more places every day. Evantell’s online training will prepare you to share the gospel with confidence and clarity with friends, family, coworkers, and kids. Each training is packed with helpful resources and backed by an interactive, hands-on format.
Theology of Work Project: The vision of the Theology of Work Project is that every Christian be equipped and committed for work as God intends. A Christian approach makes work more meaningful and productive, benefits society and the people we work with and for, gets us through the challenges we face on the job, draws people to Jesus, and brings glory to God.
Faith at Work Network: The primary focus of this initiative is to encourage God’s people in the local Canadian church, Canadian student ministries, and Canadian marketplace groups to embrace a deeply integrated life of faith and work through which God works to transform both the Canadian and the global society.
Books
Andy Bannister, How to Talk About Jesus Without Looking Like an Idiot (Tyndale Elevate, 2023)
“A Panic-Free Guide to Having Natural Conversations about Your Faith,” this book outlines four key questions that invite people into engaging discussions about what matters most in life.
Steve A. Brown, Jesus-Centered: Focussing on Jesus in a Distracted World (The Fedd Agency, 2021)
Jesus Centered will help you be captivated afresh by Jesus and center your life and leadership on the One who matters the most.
Grounded in biblical truth, utilizing the latest research and drawing on the proven process of the Arrow Leadership Program, Leading Me provides practical next steps for your most important leadership assignment: you.
Rosaria Butterfield, The Gospel Comes with a Housekey (Crossway, 2018)
Using her own conversion story and her lifestyle now as a Christian as a model, Rosaria Butterfield invites us into her home to show us how God can use this same “radical, ordinary hospitality” to bring the gospel to our lost friends and neighbors.
Robert Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism (Revell, 2010)
Instead of drawing on the latest popular fad or the newest selling technique, Coleman looks to the Bible to find the answer to the question: What was Christ's strategy for evangelism?
John Mark Comer, Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human (Thomas Nelson, 2017)
Comer explores Scripture to discover God's original intent for how we're meant to spend our time, reshaping how you view and engage in your work, rest, and life.
Andy Crouch, Culture-Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling (Intervarsity Press, 2013)
The only way to change culture is to create culture. Crouch unleashes a stirring call for Christians to be culture makers.
Kevin Harney, Organic Outreach for Ordinary People: Sharing Good News Naturally (Zondervan, 2018)
We want to share our faith, but we don't want it to feel awkward, uncomfortable, or unnatural for them or for us! Organic Outreach for Ordinary People will help you shape a personal approach to passing on the good news of Jesus in natural ways - a collection of biblical practices that you can incorporate into your life starting today.
The goal of the book is simply to show what evangelism looks like when it’s part of ordinary, everyday conversations. The authors show how anyone can make sharing the gospel a commonplace part of their lifestyle.
Ben Jack introduces five questions to ask yourself and five questions to ask the world that will help you to share your faith in Jesus with boldness and clarity.
Barry Jones, Dwell: Life With God For the World (Intervarsity Press, 2014)
As the Incarnate One who dwelt among us to accomplish the mission of God, Jesus teaches us how to dwell in the world for the sake of the world. If we are to become like him, we must learn what it means to live out this missional spirituality in the places we dwell.
Timothy Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work (Penguin Books, 2014)
Keller shows how God calls on each of us to express meaning and purpose through our work and careers.
How can Christians today interact with those around them in a way that shows respect to those whose beliefs are radically different but that also remains faithful to the gospel? Keller and Inazu bring together illuminating stories to answer this vital question.
Channeling state-of-the-art research, personal stories, and careful biblical study, this book explores 12 questions that keep many of us from considering faith in Christ.
In Contagious Faith, bestselling author and teacher Mark Mittelberg introduces five approaches to evangelism and helps you determine which of them fit best with your unique personality and style.
Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone. Peterson reflects on art and creativity from a Christian perspective.
Peterson shares a story of childhood, grief, redemption, and peace, by walking through a forest of memories, reflecting theologically on nature.
Sometimes talking about Jesus with your friends can feel like trying to close a deal on a sales call, pushing something on people they may not really want. But what if you thought of it more like inviting them on a spiritual journey?
To demonstrate Jesus’s message, we must be transformed people living out a life reflective of Jesus himself, a life of love, humility, and gentleness.
Let your roots grow down into him,
and let your lives be built on him.
Colossians 2:6
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