Youtube Video MP3 Podcast Episode FSOP26-F01 – Forum Panel – Monday Open Forum Summary In this engaging Q&A session, speakers discuss the importance of commitment to Christ and the church, emphasizing that baptism is not the end of the journey but the beginning of a lifelong walk in faith. They explore how to effectively teach new converts about the expectations of discipleship, stressing the need for ongoing education and support within the church community. The conversation highlights the challenges of ensuring that new members remain engaged and committed, addressing common pitfalls such as treating baptism as a mere ritual rather than a transformative step in a believer’s life. The speakers share practical strategies for fostering a culture of discipleship, including the importance of building relationships, providing mentorship, and creating opportunities for new members to learn and grow in their faith. They also discuss the significance of evangelism as a communal effort, encouraging church members to actively participate in outreach and support one another in their spiritual journeys. Overall, the session serves as a call to action for churches to prioritize discipleship and evangelism, ensuring that new believers are nurtured and integrated into the faith community. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Initial Questions01:48 The Commitment to Christ and His Church06:34 Challenges in Discipleship11:48 Understanding the Role of Baptism18:22 Key Strategies for Supporting New Converts23:46 The Importance of Community and Fellowship30:31 Practical Approaches to Nurturing Faith31:01 Building Relationships for Effective Evangelism35:41 Overcoming Introversion in Faith Conversations40:03 The Importance of Comfort Zones in Evangelism42:42

Youtube Video MP3 Podcast Episode Chapters 00:00 The Structure of the Session00:04 Understanding Deliberate Evangelism04:31 Biblical Foundations for Evangelism14:04 Examples of Deliberate Evangelism20:23 Creating a Culture of Must26:40 Practical Steps for Congregations31:48 Conclusion and Call to Action Transcript Cary Gillis (00:04)The suffering servant described in Isaiah 53 and verse three, he was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid as it were our faces from him. I’ll never forget the first time that that passage really hit me was my father was preaching a sermon. And he went through that passage and he motioned that with his hand and I’ve never forgotten that because you have this idea of Jesus himself who when the world looks at him, they don’t want to look at him. They hide their faces from him. When you think of the idea of evangelism, it is the idea that you’re going into a world of people who do not want to look at Jesus. They do not want to look at their own guilt. They don’t want to look at reality. They don’t want to take ownership of that. And so evangelism is the idea, if you were to kind of give an actual translation of Eugangelion, which is gospel or evangelize, if you transliterate it, it would be to gospelize. It’s the idea of evangelism is where you take the gospel and you intersect it with the life of someone who was lost. The way