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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In Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus calls us all to GO make disciples! Every believer has this call. As a body of Christ, however, with various giftings and spheres of influence, WHERE and HOW we are obedient to this call will be different. After years of being obedient to this call in international missions service and now in the states, I've found that following Paul's example in Acts 19:8-10 and his command to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:2 is the best and most effective way to fulfill my obedience to the call! In Acts 19:8-10, Paul takes a group of disciples who are eager to do the work and trains them so that they train others and saturate 8-15 million people with the gospel in only two years! He then tells Timothy to teach faithful men who will teach others also, in 2 Timothy 2:2. I have seen this work in the lives of many people in Ethiopia, Europe and America. Therefore, my vision as a Church Planting Movement Catalyst for e3partners is to see the church on the East Coast raise up leaders from within who are trained to reach people who are far from God in their communities, train them to be disciples who make disciples who plant churches that plant churches! Faithful men and women training other faithful men and women so that the task is completed and Jesus comes back to a bride prepared!
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