Understand the Context:

• Realize that you could be out on the street, on a college campus, in a coffee shop, or in a
  person’s house or apartment!
• The most likely context for leading someone to Jesus would be in his or her home or
  apartment after a 3/3rds study.
• However, the Spirit of the Lord could come upon anyone anywhere! Your job is to be ready.
  (1 Peter 3:15)

Discern Readiness:

• What we are looking for is the movement of the Holy Spirit on a person’s heart! This is not
  something that should be forced, and not something we can make happen, which should
  take all the pressure off of us!
• When a person is ready to accept Jesus as King, Lord, and Savior they will usually initiate the
  process. This could be through a question like “what do I need to do to be saved?” (Acts
  16:30-31; Acts 2:37-38; Acts 8:36), or a statement like “I believe and I am ready to become a
  follower of Jesus!”
• When a person gets to this point they are ready for you to guide them the rest of the way.

How to:

If a person shows they are ready by asking the “what do I need to do question” or by making
a proclamation statement, walk them through this simple process:

• Point them to scripture
• Have them confess their faith
• Ask them to pray
• Go through the Great, Greater, Greatest Blessings (see below)
• Start the conversation about baptism

Scripture Verses:

• Acts 16:30-31
• Acts 2:37-38
• John 14:6
• Romans 10:9-10
• 2 Corinthians 5:17
• Luke 4:17-21
• Mark 1:14-18
• Matthew 28-18-20

Confession of Faith (let them answer each question):

• Do you believe that Jesus is the Christ, the King, and the Son of the Living God?
• Do you commit your life to true repentance surrendering every evil and sinful thing to Jesus
• your Savior?
• Do you commit your life to following King Jesus in freedom and obedience as His disciple?
• Do you commit to live your life on mission for Him by making disciples yourself?
• AMEN

Prayer:

• Ask them to pray to Jesus in their own words re-affirming the confessions and commitments they just made!
• (Optional) Pray a simple prayer of thanksgiving, celebration, and commission for the person’s new Christian life.

The Greatest Blessing:

It is a BLESSING to follow the Lord!
It is a GREAT BLESSING to lead others to follow the Lord!
It is a GREATER BLESSING to start a new spiritual family, a new Simple Church!
It is the GREATEST BLESSING to equip others to start new spiritual communities!
I want to help you have GREAT, GREATER, and the GREATEST BLESSING!

Next Steps:

• Have them create a list of 100 focusing on top 5.
• Teach them how to share their testimony in 3 min, 1 min, 15 sec.
• Teach them how to share the gospel (4 Circle Gospel).
• Role-play both the testimony and the gospel sharing.

Baptism:

Baptism is an important part of this process and part of the process they may be wondering
about themselves. If they insist on baptism then and there – MAKE IT HAPPEN! If not, we
are encouraged to have them wait until the next time together for fuller understanding.