At Dare 2 Share, a ministry dedicated to equipping teenagers to relationally share their faith, we train teenagers to master the message first. We use an acrostic as a mnemonic device to help them memorize biblical bullet points so they can use them as talking points when explaining the whole story of the Gospel from Genesis 1 through Revelation 22 (aka, “the meta-narrative of the Gospel”). Here’s the acrostic we use to help them master the Gospel message:
God created us to be with him. Genesis 1-2
Our sins separate us from God. Genesis 3
Sin cannot be removed by good deeds. Genesis 4–Malachi 4
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again. Matthew-Luke
Everyone who trusts in him alone has eternal life. John 3:16
Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever. From Acts to Revelation
Some youth leaders wrongly state this is our “method” of evangelism at Dare 2 Share. It is not. This is the message we have teenagers master during our weekend events and in our training curriculum. Then, they can attach any method of their choosing to it, or they can abandon methods altogether and just use these six sentences as talking points in the midst of a conversation.
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The Gospel can be used with methods like The Bridge, 3 Story Evangelism (as “God’s Story”), EvangeCube, How to share your faith without an argument, The LifeBook and many more. It can be easily adapted in different countries as well. The GOSPEL has been translated into Spanish, Korean, German and is being used in several English-speaking countries to train Christians to evangelize.
What’s the best method for sharing the good news?
I can’t really give you a pat answer. It depends on your personality, their situation and His leading. But I can tell you what the best message is: the Gospel! Memorize it, personalize it and then contextualize it to whatever situation you are in and whatever method you choose to use.
For those of you believers who are cynical about the best methods for sharing the gospel altogether, remember the words of D.L. Moody, “I like my way of doing it better than your way of not doing it.”
