How to Share the Gospel
The three circles of evangelism is a tool designed to help Christians share their faith. This tool provides a method of turning everyday conversations about brokenness into everyday conversations about Christ. The goal of ‘3 Circles’ is to equip Christians to share their faith with non-Christians.
This tool helps Christians to share the gospel using three simple circles. These represent (1) God’s Design, (2) Brokenness and (3) the Gospel. They also illustrate how accepting and submitting to Jesus will grow faith and lead to God’s perfect design.
The method provides quick answers to common questions of faith:
- What was GOD’s DESIGN?
- How did we depart from God’s Design through SIN?
- Can anyone escape BROKENNESS and what does BROKENNESS feel like?
All you need to have is a pen and paper, or napkin, or hand!
8 Steps
Step 1.
Draw a circle and label it “Brokenness”. Draw several squiggly arrows out from it and looping back to ‘Brokenness’. We are trying to show no matter what we do it just boomerangs back to brokenness.
Conversation Example:
“We live in a world of brokenness, full of hurting people hurting each other. We try escaping brokenness by focusing on career, gaining money, overachieving, drugs, gambling, or alcohol. But all this just leads to greater brokenness. I overachieved, and had a long string of failed relationships. But in the end I just felt more pain.”
Step 2.
On the left of brokenness, draw a second circle, and write “God’s Design” above. Draw a heart inside the circle to symbolize God’s love.
Conversation Example:
“Brokenness was not God’s original design! God’s design was perfect, like Himself, with no brokenness present.”
Step 3.
Draw an arrow from God’s Design to Brokenness and label it “Sin”.
Conversation Example:
“Each of us has rebelled against God and walked away from His perfect design. The Bible calls this sin, and this leaves us in brokenness. Are you familiar with the concept of sin? Do you see this in your own life?”
Step 4.
Draw a third circle below and between the first two (forming an upside-down triangle of circles), and write “Jesus” above it.
Conversation Example:
“God saw we could not escape our brokenness on our own, so God demonstrated his love towards us!” Now draw a down-arrow below Jesus’ name inside the circle. “God sent Jesus to the earth. Jesus was perfect and lived a perfect life, because He was God.” Next draw a cross next to the down-arrow. “He suffered a horrible death on a cross to take our sin upon Himself.” Next draw an up-arrow next to the cross. “Then Jesus rose again proving that He has power over death! He’s alive!”
Step 5.
Draw a line from Brokenness to Jesus and write “Turn and Believe” on the line(or follow). Draw a king’s crown over the circle for Jesus.
Conversation Example:
“Jesus tells all people to repent and turn from your sins. He also tells us to believe that He died for your sin and that God raised Him from the dead and to follow Jesus as king of your life. Jesus promises that if you do that
you will be forgiven and restored back to God’s design!”
Step 6.
Draw a line from Jesus to God’s Design and label it “Restored.”
Conversation Example:
“If we turn and believe in Jesus we can leave this world of brokenness and be restored into a relationship with God and pursue His design.”
Step 7.
Draw a line from God’s Design to Brokenness and write “Go” above it.
Conversation Example:
“More than that, God then sends us back into this ‘Brokenness’ to tell others about the good news of Jesus Christ.”
Step 8.
After the diagram is drawn ask:
“Where do you see yourself? Are you in God’s perfect design or are you currently in brokenness?”
Their answer to this will help you understand where they see themselves in relation to God and give them an opportunity to respond to follow Jesus. This can be followed by your testimony.