CHMN 551 Field Evangelism

About the Course

This course is offered in connection with a field school of evangelism. The first week offers classroom study of the skills for personal evangelism. The other two weeks are an in-residence study of basic planning, budget building, church participation, advertising, audio-visual aids for public evangelism, and dynamics and techniques of evangelism in which the students will participate.

Who Needs This Course?

• Graduate students:
  • MDiv
  • MACM
  • MSA – CA
  • GCM
• This course may also be taken by
  • Pastors for continuing education
  • Pastors as a non-degree course for professional development
  • DMiss/DIS students as mission prerequisites
  • Graduate students from other schools can use transfer credit

Time Investment

3-4 hours per week

Course Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

1. Encourage students to demonstrate personal commitment, passion, and essential skills for discipleship and evangelism.
2. Uphold the need of equipping members to carry out ministry within the scope of the local and global mission of the Seventh-day Adventist church.
3. Enable leaders to exercise creative and visionary leadership as a minister and servant of Christ.
4. Empower ministers to discern the needs, spiritual gifts, and potential of others, to equip and engage in their God-given ministries.

Topics to Cover

Module 1: The Great Commission

Module 2: Adventist Evangelism

Module 3: Conversion

Module 4: Fishing for People

Module 5: Digital Discipleship and Content Creation

Module 6: How to Grow Digital Content

Module 7: How to Properly Care for Online Followers

Module 8: Turning Fish into Fishermen