Good News: Evangelism In Acts


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Purpose

Please make sure you have used this Good News material to personally win someone to Christ before you use it to train others!

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How They Did It: Establishing the Pattern

Preparation:

It’s important to take a look at how the early church evangelized. Towards that end, we will through the Book of Acts episode by episode to examine each occasion during which the gospel was presented.

In Acts 2:1-40 we read about the initial outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the church and Peter’s subsequent spirit-led sermon. Those who heard him responded: They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. – Acts 2:42
Here we can see that following Jesus includes:

The rest of the chapter (Acts 2:42-47) shows them worshipping together, sharing what they had like family, and experiencing God’s supernatural power.

It has been our experience that there are a lot of people who regularly attend church and who mean well, but who have never been taught how to actually follow Jesus.

At Life Church, our approach to evangelism is based on the episodes in the New Testament when the gospel (i.e. good news) is proclaimed:

Episode 1: Acts 2:36-41 – Peter preaches on Pentecost

In Jerusalem – Acts 3 – 7

Preparation:

Episode 2: Acts 3:11 – 4:4 – Peter and John preach after healing the crippled beggar.

Episode 3: Acts 4:5-12 – Peter and John preach to the Sanhedrin

Episode 4: Acts 5:29-32 – The Apostles preach to the Sanhedrin

Episode 5: Acts 6:8 – 8:1 – The Apostles preach to the Sanhedrin

Beyond Judea – Acts 8

Preparation:

Episode 6: Acts 8:4-25 – Phillip preaches in Samaria

Episode 7: Acts 8:26-40 – Phillip preaches to the Ethiopian official

Saul’s Story Begins – Acts 9

Preparation:

Episode 8: Acts 9:1-19 – Saul becomes a follower of Jesus

Episode 9: Acts 9:19-31 – Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem

Taking The Gospel To Gentiles (non-Jews) – Acts 10 – 12

Preparation:

Episode 10: Acts 10:1 -11:18 – Peter and Cornelius

Episode 11: Acts 11:19-30 – The Church in Antioch

Paul’s First Missionary Journey – Acts 13 – 15

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Episode 12: Acts 13:4-12 – Paul and Barnabus On Cyprus

Episode 13: Acts 13:13-52 – Paul and Barnabus In Pisidian Antioch

Episode 14: Acts 14:1-7 – Paul and Barnabus In Iconium

Episode 15: Acts 14:8-20 – Paul and Barnabus In Lystra and Derbe

Episode 16: Acts 14:25 – Paul and Barnabus In Perga

Paul’s Second Missionary Journey – Acts 16 – 18

Preparation:

Episode 17: Acts 16:11-15 – Paul and Silas In Philippi With Lydia

Episode 18: Acts 16:25-34 – Paul and Silas With the Philippian Jailer

Episode 19: Acts 17:1-9 – Paul In Thessalonica

Episode 20: Acts 17:10-15 – Paul In Berea

Episode 21: Acts 17:16-34 – Paul In Athens

Episode 22: Acts 18:1-17 – Paul In Corinth

 

Episode 23: Acts 18:18-22 – Paul In Ephesus

Paul’s Third Missionary Journey – Acts 18 – 21

Preparation:

Episode 24: Acts 18:24-28 – Apollos in Ephesus and Achaia

Episode 25: Acts 19:1-7 – Paul With Ephesian Disciples of John

 

Episode 26: Acts 19:8-20 – Paul In Ephesus

Episode 27: Acts 20:13-38 – Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

Paul in Jerusalem – Acts 22 – 24

Preparation:

Episode 28: Acts 22:1-21 – Paul’s Defense to the Jerusalem Rioters

Episode 29: Acts 23:1-11 – Paul Before the Sanhedrin

Episode 30: Acts 24:10-27 – Paul Before Governor Felix

Paul On The Way To Rome – Acts 26 – 28

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Episode 31: Acts 26:1-32 – Paul Before Agrippa

Episode 32: Acts 28:7-10 – Paul On Malta

Episode 33: Acts 28:17-31 – Paul In Rome

Summarizing What We’ve Learned

In light of what we’ve learned from reviewing the various occasions when the gospel was proclaimed in the Book of Acts, what can we say about how the early proclamation of the gospel worked?

Evangelizing Jews

Evangelizing Gentiles (non-Jews)

What’s Next?

You should now continue through the rest of our Evangelism material:

Following Jesus: Evangelism

Evangelism Resources


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