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    The Way Forward: Nurturing New Believers
    The Way Forward: Nurturing New Believers
    The Way Forward: Nurturing New Believers
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    The Way Forward: Nurturing New Believers

    By Michael Green

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnglican House Media Ministries, Inc.
    Release dateOct 13, 2014
    ISBN9780986044151
    The Way Forward: Nurturing New Believers
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    Michael Green

    Michael Green (born 1930) was a British theologian, Anglican priest, Christian apologist and author of more than 50 books. He was Principal of St John's College, Nottingham (1969-75) and Rector of St Aldate's Church, Oxford and chaplain of the Oxford Pastorate (1975-86). He had additionally been an honorary canon of Coventry Cathedral from 1970 to 1978. He then moved to Canada where he was Professor of Evangelism at Regent College, Vancouver from 1987 to 1992. He returned to England to take up the position of advisor to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York for the Springboard Decade of Evangelism. In 1993 he was appointed the Six Preacher of Canterbury Cathedral. Despite having officially retired in 1996, he became a Senior Research Fellow and Head of Evangelism and Apologetics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford in 1997 and lived in the town of Abingdon near Oxford.

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      The Way Forward - Michael Green

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      INTRODUCTION

      This is a short, simple, introductory course to the Christian life for those who have just professed faith or are very seriously considering it. This makes it different from Christianity Explored (which is a sequential study of St. Mark) or Alpha which (though a topical course like this) is designed for those who are not yet Christians and who need to have a longer approach to the faith.

      In recent years churches have depended on these fairly lengthy courses for much of their evangelistic outreach, and many of the members of these groups become Christians by the end of the course. Their whole approach is so valuable because many today start so far behind the start line about Christianity that an immediate challenge would be inappropriate because an extended period of exploring the faith is needed. That I entirely understand, and I am most enthusiastic for all that Alpha and Christianity Explored continue to achieve in bringing people to Christ.

      But the idea seems to be prevalent in Christian circles today that proclamation evangelism (preaching evangelistically for decision) is no longer effective. That is not the case. I have seen a great many people come to trust Christ after a sermon, and in that case they absolutely need something to sustain them and to help them to grow. Unfortunately there is not a great deal available. And although I make no great claims for this course – the Christian Foundations course – I know from long experience that it is very effective. It has not been published before, but I have often been asked for it, and am now somewhat belatedly making it available. It is designed for those who would like to lead or help lead a study group of new Christians. You will find something of the philosophy of the course in the first three chapters, followed by the material for each of six evening sessions, as well as some further information in three Supplements at the end.

      The Christian Foundations course has been used in four continents, and has proved a very effective way of getting new Babes in Christ started successfully. It depends a good deal on the commitment and care of the leaders, and it does not attempt to clone them or constrict them by producing talks for them to copy for use each night, but instead offers healthy material, some of which should be included in the leaders’ talks, though expressed in his or her own way. The Christian Foundations course is designed to help the participants to discover the power and the joy of the scriptures, to find the attractiveness of Christian fellowship, to get them launched in prayer, able to cope with the temptations that will surely come their way, and prepare them for a life of Christian witness and service.

      I hope it will be a real help, especially for those who preach for decision and are looking for some suitable material for the follow-up.

      Michael Green

      Christmas 2012

      ONE

      The Great Need

      I have been privileged to lead evangelistic missions in all of the five continents during my long life, and it is an unfailing joy and privilege to see men and women entrusting their lives to Jesus Christ. But I am not at all convinced of the quality and effectiveness of the aftercare offered to those who profess their faith. It is usually very weak and unsystematic, if it is even attempted at all.

      I’m afraid Many evangelists seem content to see hands raised or some other mode of response, at the end of their address, and then to go away counting these as conversions. But that may well not be the case. Those concerned may at best have made a hesitant profession of faith that needs to be carefully nourished. Sadly, this care is often lacking.

      Why?

      In church circles, the prevalent idea seems to be that new believers can slot easily into the regular worship of the church. However, church culture is massively different from what most of them have been reared in all their lives. The singing of hymns is alien to most red-blooded males. The idea that one person up front should speak uninterrupted for up to twenty minutes is repellent to those used to the speedy interaction of Facebook or Twitter.

      And So-called fellowship time afterwards, with weak tea served in green cups and saucers (British) or coffee in Styrofoam cups (American) is not the easy fellowship of the pub or an American sports bar. Clearly, your new believers are going to need some help if they are to going to be able to adjust to the fresh world of being in Christ!

      If that is the case in the churches, the need is just as critical in the universities. Most Christian Unions (British) or Christian organizations in American colleges and universities constitute a very small proportion of the university population. Their number are looked down on by the many who regarded them as rather pathetic. They do not get drunk or fornicate and seem to lead grey and lacklustre lives. Worse, they tend, like most small minority groups to be, well, pretty inwardly-looking, fundamentalist in their convictions, and unable to relate easily to those who are not of their persuasion. These have their own inherited patterns of behavior that seem very strange to the rest of the student body. And yet, when a fellow student comes to a Christian commitment, these are the people who are expected to take care of him or her! Oh, let the students handle the follow-up, seems to be the attitude in the afterglow of many

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