SBTC hosting ‘Share Your Faith’ training workshop

TRONG>CORRECTION – In the Feb. 22 issue of the TEXAN, we incorrectly listed this conference as March 25. We regret the error. The workshop is planned March 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the SBTC office in Grapevine.

The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention will host a TRONG>”Share Your Faith” training workshop March 15 to help pastors and lay leaders train their congregations to share the gospel.Ken Silva of Evangelism Explosion will lead the workshop, said Jack Harris, SBTC senior associate for personal and event evangelism.

“You will learn a simple, five-point gospel presentation,” Harris explained. “They will help you put together your own personal testimony.”

Harris said the “Share Your Faith” workshop is attractive because it is something participants can learn in five hours, either in one session or expanded over five one-hour classes in a Sunday School or small-group setting.

“This is an opportunity for pastors and lay leaders to get training that is not overwhelming in its content, and they can take it back and teach others to use it in personal evangelism,” Harris said. “We have invited the pastors to come and to bring any of their staff or key laymen.”

Harris said personal evangelism training “can renew the person’s desire to do personal evangelism,” he said.

“Sometimes these seminars help you to put together what you already know in a conversational form to engage someone in a conversation about the gospel,” Harris said.

TRONG>The workshop is planned from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 15 at the SBTC office in Grapevine.

Registration must be completed by March 9. The cost is $25 per person. Scholarships are available.

To register, call the SBTC evangelism office toll free at 877-953-7282 or e-mail Jennifer Dean.

Harris said pre-registration is needed so materials for each participant may be ordered, though the registration fee will not be paid until the day of the workshop.