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Testimonials from former students who are Campus Crusade staff and attended practical apologetics class at East Asia School of Theology
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"I realize that this apologetic method is a very powerful tool to help the advancement of the gospel….I believe that this model is a crucial factor to my ministry in Asia."
- Jonathan
"The whole process of adopting the conversational evangelism methodologies has revolutionized the way I do evangelism."
- James
"My evangelistic skills have been improved as I learned and applied various insights into apologetic evangelism from you."
- Casey
"It has been a major paradigm shift for me; not that I didn’t listen to the people I witness to or I didn’t try to understand them, it’s just that the “conversation” was never an important part...This model gives me a chance to reflect on my past experience of witnessing; it encourages me to be an active listener and equips me with the guidelines, steps, and really good questions to make constructive conversations with people. In the past, I wanted to help people to be one step closer to Jesus even when they showed no interest in hearing the gospel, yet I didn’t know how: I felt quite powerless and speechless. Now, I have another weapon in my arsenal..."
- Catherine
"As a Campus Crusade staff, I am trained in using the four spiritual laws and some apologetic skills, but I have problems trying to integrate them during evangelism. When people indicate that they were not interested, I could only ask them for the reason and then invite them for an evangelistic bible study or share my personal testimony. This model helps me to go further by asking questions, identifying the barriers, and finding common ground in my conversations with non-believers."
- Cathy
"Personally, the concept of Conversational Evangelism has changed my perspective towards evangelism….Understanding that evangelism is a process takes the pressure off from me, and reduces the tension to want to get through the booklet. Evangelism then becomes something that I am enjoying more and more."
- Jeremy
"Until now, I usually tried to focus on the central points of the gospel when I witnessed to Japanese people. I like this approach, but sometimes I felt this Direct Sharing approach is like wrestling with unbelievers in the ring of Christianity. Whereas, Conversational approach is like wrestling in the ring of the their worldview, giving them an opportunity to think about the uncertainty of their perspective. So, this may be a good approach to reach Japanese people since most of them are uncomfortable in the ring of Christianity."
- Takahiro
"Indeed this was the first time I was taught such a flexible way of sharing Christ with non-Christians. I think it will be very relevant in reaching the post-modern generation. Thanking God for sending you here to teach us."
- Moses
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