Sharing the Gospel on Mission – Student’s Guide

by Mike and Amy Whipple and Kathy Kurda Petrash

Short-term missions can create tremendous impact, both for participants and those they serve. Often, though, eager participants are well-equipped to be the hands and feet of Christ, while being under-equipped to be his ambassadors through their speech. Both are vital, and both are areas into which Christ calls his people.

Sharing the Gospel on Mission seeks to narrow this gap by offering a highly practical, applicable training for having excellent spiritual conversations, designed with short-term mission trips in mind.

NOTE: this is the STUDENT’S VERSION. Find the Leader Version here! Trip participants should only need the student version.

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Overview

Content is divided between pre-trip, during the trip, and post-trip elements, allowing natural engagement and long-term application.

It’s also excellent material for ministries and churches seeking to make local evangelism more natural and impactful.

Sharing the Gospel on Mission is the fruit of a collaboration between Cru and the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, and incorporates evangelism principles and practices developed through Cru’s decades of campus ministry experience.

Inside Sharing the Gospel on Mission, you’ll find practical exercises and tools that will help prepare you to join others in their spiritual journey.

This resource contains exercises for pre-trip preparation and devotional content to build evangelism into any short-term mission trip experience, or even into local outreach!

NOTE: this is the STUDENT’S VERSION. Find the Leader Version here! Trip participants should only need the student version.

About the authors

Mike and Amy Whipple

Mike and Amy Whipple have served with Cru’s Campus Ministry for over 35 years, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with students and equipping them to do the same. Though their ministry began on local campuses, Mike has more recently led national initiatives with Christian colleges and churches, training and mobilizing students for ministry around the world. He has served as an advisor to the Evangelism Commission of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities and conducted research with Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center on the impact of short-term missions on students’ engagement in evangelism. Together, Mike and Amy have helped thousands of students grow in confidence and competence in sharing their faith and asking questions that lead to deeper spiritual conversations. They live in Orlando and love spending time with their seven adult children, their spouses, and their adorable grandchildren.

Kathy Kurda Petrash

Kathy Kurda Petrash serves as a Director on the Campus Ministry’s Strategic Partnering team, giving leadership to Cru’s partnerships with Christian Colleges. She is motivated by helping students see how they can reflect the love of God as they show up in their spheres of influence. She is based in Chicago with her husband, and in her free time loves everything to do with the outdoors.