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Telling the gospel through story : evangelism that keeps hearers wanting more / Christine Dillon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dillon, Christine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evangelistic work.
- Storytelling--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Storytelling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Church planter Christine Dillon has discovered that Bible storying is far more effective than most other forms of apologetics or evangelistic presentations. Her book explains how to shape a good story, how to do evangelism through storying and lead Bible discussions. Here are concrete steps for sharing the Story that everyone needs to hear.
- Contents:
- Power of story
- Foundations
- Why storying?
- Learning from Biblical models
- Preparing a basic story set
- Choosing suitable stories
- Preparing stories from the Biblical text
- Sow and tell: getting out and using storying
- Getting started telling your story
- Leading discussion: the why and how
- Discussion dynamics
- Pass it on: training others
- Basics
- Motivating trainees
- Adapting for specific contexts
- Evangelistic storying with different audiences
- Storying for Christian teaching
- Further discussion questions for basic story set
- Different kinds of Bible storying
- Checklist for training others
- Links so you can listen to sample stories.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780830866922
- 0830866922
- OCLC:
- 923183273
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