Welcome to the Billy Graham Ambassadors Evangelism Training page: Here you’ll discover practical insights for sharing your faith and encouraging others to do the same. Print out our original training materials, and use tools from the “Solutions” section in Sunday school classes, small groups and Bible studies. Read more about each theme in our “Go Deeper” section, and explore the “Doors to Evangelism” so that you can reach out to those with specific needs.
When the invitation was given, I made my way to the front with others. I gave my hand to the preacher and my heart to the Savior.
—Billy Graham
Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” … Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of the woman’s testimony. (John 4:2-29; 39, NIV)
My Hope World Evangelism Through Television—a project where Christians invite their friends into their homes to watch evangelistic TV broadcasts—is the most effective method of evangelism that BGEA has ever executed.
But the crowning moment of My Hope is not a sermon; it is the personal testimony of the home hosts. Individual Christians share their personal faith stories after the broadcast and then invite their guests to receive Jesus Christ as Savior.
In a home in south India, 22 people surrendered their lives to Christ after hearing the testimony of the host couple. More than 9.4 million people worldwide have come to faith this way in the past six years, in the homes of 3.3 million Christians who have shared the difference that Christ has made in their lives.
Your faith story might be just the story that someone needs to hear, and the perfect setting for sharing your story might be as simple as your living room.
Share your faith story with someone this week.
Your Faith Story
Every believer has a faith story. Whether God transformed your life 180 degrees in a singular moment or God whispered to your heart over a period of time, you can share your conversion story as a testimony so that others will see the truth of the Gospel in your experience.
This training piece creates the perfect space for outlining your faith story in a simple way.
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When sharing your faith story, use this booklet to help explain the Gospel in a simple and effective way.
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Adult & Leaders
This comprehensive guide for sharing a faith story will equip adults to reach out to non-Christians in a compassionate way. Download PDF
Youth
This in-depth guide challenges youth to think about God’s Word, and it empowers them to share their faith stories. This piece will spark a great discussion in small groups or Sunday school classes. Download PDF
Children
Study a favorite Bible story, and guide children in discovering the faithfulness of God. Download PDF
A Story Worth Telling, by Greg Laurie
One of the best ways to build a bridge to someone who does not have a relationship with Christ is through your personal testimony. Read more
What is The Priority?
Bill Pollard answers questions about his faith story. Read more
From Goth to God
A young man tells his faith story. Read more
A Message Just for Me
Read James McArthur’s personal faith story. Read more
An Amazing Journey
Read how God changed Linda McCrary-Fisher’s life. Read more
Read Matthew 9:9-12. This is the story of how Jesus asked Matthew, a tax collector, to follow Him, and Matthew obeyed. He left everything he had to follow Jesus.
Later that night, Jesus had dinner at Matthew’s house, and crowds of tax collectors and so-called “sinners” ate with them. They were Matthew’s friends.
Matthew found Jesus, and he brought his friends to Jesus, no matter their state.
Some religious and pious onlookers couldn’t believe that Jesus would dine with such corrupt company, but Jesus corrected them, saying, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew’s outreach is simple. He found Jesus, and he invited his friends over to meet Jesus too. They shared a meal; they saw grace in action.
It’s important to make friends with non-Christians because then you find yourself in the perfect position to invite them over for dinner and tell them about Jesus Christ. Use the printable training piece at the top of the page to articulate your faith story and memorize it.
Apply Matthew’s simple strategy, and watch God work in the lives of your friends who need the hope of Jesus Christ.
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