Explore how Jesus wants his people to be witnesses to the ends of the earth.

The church today is struggling to be faithful to Jesus’ call to share the gospel in Aotearoa NZ. This course will dig into the Scriptures to deepen our understanding of the task and equip and empower us for evangelism.

TOPICS COVERED

• Biblical foundations of evangelism
• Ethical evangelism
• The process of evangelism
• Spirit, prayer, and evangelism
• Evangelists, churches, and evangelism
• Contextualising the gospel
• Conversational lifestyle evangelism

LECTURER DETAILS

Rev. Dr Mark J. Keown has worked as an evangelist, author, preacher, teacher, musician, in a wide range of church contexts. For eighteen years, he was NT lecturer at Laidlaw and now specialises in all things evangelism. Internationally renowned, he is arguably New Zealand’s leading thinker in this space.  He is married to Emma, has 3 daughters, 4 grandkids, and a dog Red, who he recently baptised.