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When you discover what kind of church they're in (if any), it will help you
determine what the person believes and adapt your presentation accordingly.
If they say they don't attend church, they are usually expecting you to "be
judgmental" of them for not being a "goodie-goodie," but you can usually

prevent that and get on their good side by saying playfully that you don't
blame them for not attending church, because "most churches today are not
worth joining," which is true.

Regardless of how they answer the church question, you follow up with
saying that you're out for a purpose much more important than church -
making sure people know how to get to heaven. (If they think you care more
about "recruiting" members to your church than you care about their SOUL,

then you'll appear insincere and greedy.)

Ask them plainly, "Do you know for sure if you're going to heaven?" or "Do
you know if you're going to heaven or hell?" or "If you died today, where
would you go?" or "Do you know how to get to heaven?" If they aren't sure,
alert them to the fact that 1 John 5:13 says "...ye may know that ye have
eternal life..." and offer to show them specifically how from the Bible. If

they say they're "working on" getting to heaven, or they're getting to heaven
by being a "good person," Psalms 39:5b is a fast way to show them that the
best they can do is not enough to get them to heaven: "...verily every man
at his best state is altogether vanity..." Let them dwell on that for a few
seconds while it sinks in, then proceed to show them the real way to heaven.

One problem with the church rep intro is that Baptists have a bad reputation
and are demonized by various groups (especially catholics), so as soon as

they hear the name of your church, you've already lost credibility in their
mind. One way around this is to speed up your introduction and describe
your church without naming it. "We're from the church in Dallas, and..." or
"We're from the church on 3rd street, and..." If you change the subject
quickly enough, they'll hear the key word "church" and forget what else you
said, and they usually won't bother asking what specific church you're from!
(Of course, your church doesn't have to have the word "Baptist" in its name

to be a good church, but most of the good churches do.)

CONTENT OF A REGULAR GOSPEL PRESENTATION