We want to help people learn easy ways to share the hope and love of Christ with their neighbors in the midst of this crisis. People are searching for hope right now, and as Christians, we have an opportunity to share the one true source of hope with them. This series is meant to do just that — to share the hope of Jesus through looking at specific stories in the Bible.
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” — 1 Peter 3:15
The Content:
The Bible Stories of Hope series is a discovery Bible study on Jesus’ authority over all. Each week we’ll go through a story from the book of Luke highlighting Jesus, His love, His power, and ultimately the hope He gives us. We’ll discuss what the story teaches us, and how we should apply the lesson to our lives.
The Format:
Each session starts with a time of care, allowing each person to briefly share how they are doing. Then we move into a time of accountability where we follow up on the actions we challenged ourselves to do at the end of the previous week’s session (e.g. share the Bible story with someone else).
From there, we move into a time of studying — reading through a new Bible story and discussing the meaning and importance of the story. We answer questions from the text and then practice retelling the story so that we can build confidence in sharing it with others. Lastly, we close by thinking of someone in our sphere of influence we can share the story with in the coming days, and then we pray together.
The Series Leader:
e3 Partners’ own Troy Cooper will be leading us through the Bible Stories of Hope series.
Troy is the VP of Global City Strategy for e3. He and his family have a passion for spreading the gospel and equipping local believers to make disciples and plant churches. They live on mission among the 93% unchurched communities in southern California and serve in various other parts all over the world as well.
Recordings from Previous Weeks
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Chris and Adrienne live in Austin, TX and are leading a church plant using I am Second principles. Chris and Adrienne also travel the world helping churches plant churches overseas and domestically. They have started a program to train future domestic and international church planters. Chris speaks in a variety of venues including summer youth camps, retreats, men's conferences, Campus Crusade conferences, Churches and more.
Chris and Adrienne pastor Wells Branch Community Church in Austin, TX. As Church Planters with e3 Partners Ministry, they lead trips to Spanish speaking countries in Central and South America. In 2012, Chris and Adrienne planted churches in Costa Rica! Their goal is to train up leaders stateside to aid them in training pastors and lay people in Costa Rica to reach the unreached with the Gospel by training them how to church plant.
When Chris and Adrienne return from each e3 Expedition abroad, they actively seek out future domestic and international church planters and put them into the training cycle.
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