Frequently Asked Questions

Outreach UK who cover the Casting Your Nets evangelism training sessions are a charity who depend on Christians to fund their work. OUK don’t charge for their training sessions, but very much appreciate any financial gifts given to support travel expenses and their work. This enables the ministry to continue, to grow and to develop.

Outreach UK has several evangelists who are happy to help churches by offering both theory and practical evangelism training sessions. The practical session normally includes the opportunity to engage with visiting the community around your church building – alongside the evangelist. Practical sessions can also include using a book table, or offering Gospel literature in a high traffic area. Hands-on evangelism training has proved to be most fruitful in helping people get used to engaging in evangelism and then keeping going with reaching out with the gospel.

We can talk this through with you so that you are comfortable and happy with what is proposed.

Outreach UK has several evangelists who are happy to help churches by offering both theory and practical evangelism training sessions. The practical session normally includes the opportunity to engage with visiting the community around your church building – alongside the evangelist. Hands-on evangelism training has proved to be most fruitful in helping people get used to engaging in evangelism and then keeping going with reaching out with the gospel.

We can talk this through with you so that you are comfortable and happy with what is proposed.

We look for a building that is accessible for any who want to attend the training – and the equipment to run the sessions.

This includes –

  1. video projector
  2. laptop
  3. screen
  4. lectern/table
  5. Bibles
  6. notebooks and pens
  7. tea/coffee/biscuits for the break-time

Practical Session –

  • Roads to visit if including the practical session
  • Literature about your church to give away
  • Good News Newspapers and PTL Gospels to use on the day and ongoing church evangelism

 

It depends on how you are going to run the training session/sessions.

If via Zoom
  • Then the ability to ‘Share-screen’ is vital. Make sure it works.
  • The PowerPoints are free to download from the training tab on the CYN website. (However a donation will help the work of Outreach UK to continue.)
  • The PowerPoints include the basic ‘Leaders’ notes needed to run each session.
  • Run through both the PowerPoint and notes beforehand – so you are familiar with them.
  • A full copy of the Outreach UK Evangelism Handbook would be useful – but not vital. (This is available here for £18 including p&p)
  • Have some Good News Newspapers and Pocket Testament League Gospels ready to use – if via Zoom, give a copy to each participant before you lead the session on ‘Using Literature’ – but it’s useful to do this anyway as it will enable your group members to start evangelising. www.goodnews-paper.org.uk and www.ptluk.org
  • Encourage participation while running the training sessions – but you may need to ‘mute’ some people at times!
  • Keep to time – both start and finish. We would suggest 90 minutes as a maximum.
If at your church/home group

As above, but also:

  • have the right audio/visual equipment ready to use – make sure it works.
  • tea/coffee/biscuits
  • Good News Newspapers/PTL Gospels.

Training days can be run when you think the highest number of your participants can be present. And when the evangelist can hold the training. It could be training takes place during an existing church gathering time… like instead of a Homegroup or other already planned mid week gathering.

Training can take place in evenings after the workday or on weekends, like a Friday night or Saturday. Perhaps we can train during a series of three Sunday morning services. We have also trained one day a month over a six month period. So there is flexibility.

Yes! We have done both in person and online training sessions. Whatever can attract the most participants. Of course the online training may mean no practical session but perhaps that practical session can still take place after the online training.

We can also combine in person training with online training for those for whom online is still most convenient.

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