Posts by Ben Jack

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How I Came To Faith – Ben’s Story

How did I come to faith? Well, I guess I’ve been exposed to faith in Jesus my whole life. Before I was born, my parents were missionaries in France, and by the time I came along they had been church leaders. My dad would go on to become the principal of a bible college in Cambridge, England (while my mum became Professor Stephen Hawking’s nurse- but that’s a story for another day!) It’s hard to ignore Jesus stuff with that kind of background. (Fellow preacher’s kids, can I get an ‘amen’?)

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The New Mentoring Guide Is Here!

I am absolutely thrilled to see the newest edition of the Advance Group Mentoring Guide launch online today.

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What Is The Difference Between Sharing Your Faith And Sharing The Gospel?

We use the terms ‘sharing your faith’ and ‘sharing the gospel’ interchangeably and yet, they are distinctly different – yet complimentary – activities. Let’s take a look at what makes these two types of ‘sharing’ different and why the distinction is more than just a game of semantics.

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One Thing: The Gospel

The one thing I wish I knew when I started sharing about my faith is… the gospel!

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Ten Books On Evangelism

This was a hard list to put together as there are many great books I could choose, but what follows are 10 great books specifically on evangelism.

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What Is Evangelism?

Christian evangelism is not meant to be a lucky dip exercise in who can correctly discern our ‘Jesus actions’ in the world as being good news for them. Evangelism is more than the communication of subjective ‘good’ news; more than the offering of good advice; more than the marketing of the Christian faith. One way to help us overcome some of the frustrations we may experience in evangelism is to remind ourselves what evangelism actually is.

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