Storytelling
Building Block
Another important building block of Discipleship DNA is STORYTELLING. Each of us no matter if we have been in the Church our whole lives or had a miraculous later life conversion experience, have a beautiful and wonderful story to tell. Just before Jesus ascends to heaven in the book of Acts, He tells His disciples to be His witnesses “in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) As witnesses we have stories to tell – stories of how Jesus changed our lives, stories of God working throughout Scripture, stories of what God is doing in the world today, etc. We as His followers must allow storytelling to become part of our DNA!
Below are a list of tools/resources to help you develop the DNA of Storytelling.
People say all the time ‘I don’t have a good testimony’ because they think their story has to involve some dramatic story of change from ‘bad’ to ‘good’. But Jesus didn’t come to save people this way. Sin doesn’t make us bad it makes us dead. Jesus came to save by bringing the dead to life. And that’s an amazing testimony. (Louie Giglio)
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How Do I Initiate Jesus Convos?
This tool/resource provides followers of Jesus (especially those on a college campus) with ideas of how to start conversations with people that can lead to deeper conversations about faith, life, and Jesus!
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3 Circle Gospel
There are many different ways for someone to share the gospel with someone else, but a simple and effective tool/resource that is used by many followers of Jesus is the 3 Circle Gospel.
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15-Second Testimony
One of the simplest ways of learning how to share your own story/testimony is by breaking your testimony down to its’ simplest parts. The 15-Second Testimony tool/resource will help guide in the process of simplifying and then expanding one’s ability to communicate there own story.