Schools Work theme: Evangelism in Schools

There is a need to step carefully when using the word ‘evangelism’ in schools. Nick Shepherd, in his Grove booklet Schools’ Ministry as Mission (2008), gives us a helpful understanding of evangelism and what the mission of God looks like in education. The following session guide takes Shepherd’s three principles of evangelism as discernment, dialogue and demonstration, and uses them as a basis for working with Christian students to explore what living out their faith in school could look like. This should also be an encouragement for any Christians visiting schools to seek out what it means for them to share their faith with demonstration, dialogue and discernment.