With some student workers, we finished reading and discussing the book ‘the myth of a non-Christian’ by Luke Cawley.
I highly recommend this book to those who want to improve their communication skills. It will help you better understand those outside the Christian faith. You will become a better and more effective witness for Jesus. I enjoyed reading and discussing this book!
“There’s no such thing as a non-Christian.
Somebody might self-identify as spiritual but not religious. Or they might be a practicing Hindu, Buddhist or Muslim. Or they might call themselves an atheist, freethinker or agnostic. But the one thing that people never describe themselves as is a “non-Christian.” So Christians who want to “reach non-Christians” need to realize that they’re not all the same. Evangelism is not one-size-fits-all.
Luke Cawley shows how Christians can contextualize the gospel in different ways to connect with different kinds of people. Here he unpacks the religious identities of three key demographics: the spiritual but not religious, committed atheists and nominal Christians. Each group has particular characteristics and requires specific approaches and practices to make the Christian faith plausible, desirable and tangible to them.
Filled with real-life stories of changed lives, this book is a practical and hopeful resource for helping people to encounter God.”
The book is available here
Luke Cawley joined our last book study meeting. We, therefore, had an opportunity to ask questions and get more insights from him. Was great!
It was a few months ago when I met with two of our student leaders in Delft, for our monthly coaching meeting. One of the issues I brought to their attention was that we needed to find 2-3 new student leaders. They agreed that this was important and prayed that God would lead us in this process. Then we wrote a few names down and started to pray. We thought that these students would be qualified and had the potential to lead the movement in Delft.
Then last month we asked these students to a meeting and explained in more detail what the role of a student leader is. We then asked these students to prayerfully consider taking this role. Out of the four students, two wanted to step into the role of a student leader. Both of these students were then invited by our current student leaders.
This means that for the very first time in Delft we now had two new student leaders that were invited by the existing student leaders to take this role. That’s a milestone for our movement in Delft.
It is our desire and prayer to see more student leaders around the country step into the role of a student leader. Why is this important? Well, for two reasons: First, students then have ownership of the movements. Secondly, multiplication happens easier. As a result, there is continuation.
Ownership results in Multiplication, which leads to Continuation. Anyone who is involved in student work knows how important it is to have continuation. Student work is fragile. Students come and go.
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Agape Nederland, the organization I am working with, has organized three training days with Charles Ruffolo on Networking.
The training was inspiring and we learned a lot on what it is and how to do it. Furhtermore, Charles invited us to his network club so we can see networking in action. We were encouraged to practice what we learned during this evening.
I was amazed to see so many people connect with each other and help each other fulfil part of their dreams.
We are better prepared to increase our impact for God’s kingdom work in The Netherlands.
At the Network club with Charles