2013-10-04T14:53:31-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/conversion/ http://faithgateway.com/jesus-changed-everything/ 2013-10-04T14:53:31-05:00 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. — Romans 10:9 Years ago, I was dating a young woman named Reneé whom I loved very much. The only problem was that she was a committed Christian and I was […] http://internetevangelismday.com/videokristi.php 2011-06-20T13:47:00-05:00 A student finding truth and meaning on the Internet. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/854 2010-08-09T16:15:33-05:00 One of the testimonies that Power to Change have on their site is that of Shoshy, mother of a New York policeman who was helping at the World Trade Center. Read Shoshy’s story and watch her on video here. Even eight years later, many people still try to make sense of the enormity of this event, and we can offer help and comfort through such online help designed for outsiders. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/87 2010-08-08T17:10:03-05:00 Two very helpful resources here: 1) The Gray Matrix Frank Gray’s modification of the Engel Scale is an incredibly useful pictorial tool: More on the Matrix 2) How Adults Become Christians Dave Bennett, UK National Director of Bridge Builders (formerly Pocket Testament Leaque) conducted this study by interviewing a range of lasting adult convert regarding the factors that had brought them to faith. His main findings were that the majority of lasting conversions: a. took a long time – an average of about 2 years. b. spiritual journeys frequently started due to a felt need or life problem. d. the biggest factor by far, claimed by the respondents, was ongoing relationships with Christians, and seeing faith modeled in their lives. This far exceeded other factors such as reading books, tracts, even the Bible, or watching videos. http://internetevangelismday.com/kasia.php 2010-08-08T16:06:43-05:00 Kasia lives in Poland. She began an internet discussion with a young believer in Florida, who encouraged her to visit several Internet sites, including IMB’s VitaNovis which put her in touch with their Polish team. As a direct result of visiting the IMB site, Kasia began to correspond with a young Polish Baptist woman, who played a role in Kasia coming to faith in Christ. http://internetevangelismday.com/christina.php 2010-08-08T16:05:36-05:00 Christina was at a crisis in her life when she went to see The Passion of the Christ film. She went to buy a Bible, and then viewed an outreach website based on The Passion. Early in January of 2004 I came to a crossroad in my life. I was living away from my family and going to college... http://internetevangelismday.com/kevin.php 2010-08-08T16:04:39-05:00 TV adverts for the outreach site PowertoChange.com attracted their attention, but Kevin and Cathy were at first skeptical. They went online to check it out. There they found a clear message of truth with the promise of help to change their ways. http://internetevangelismday.com/results.php 2010-08-08T16:02:53-05:00 There is no magic bullet in evangelism, discipleship, or anything else. Over the years, new mediums and methods have been each championed as holding the key to evangelism and church growth. Yet the church continues to decline numerically in some countries of the West. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2018:3&version=KJV 2009-08-24T18:40:02-05:00 This passage describes conversion in an unusual way, suggesting that it involves casting away cynicism and other "adult" attitudes and embracing an innocent, childlike faith in Jesus Christ. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts.9.1-19&version=NIV 2009-07-20T13:27:46-05:00 It is one of the wonderful ironies of the New Testament that the early church's greatest evangelist started out as its greatest enemy. This is the story of Saul--later renamed Paul--and the encounter with Jesus that led him to stop persecuting the church... and join it.