Printed from: https://archive.cmf.org.uk/advocacy/pressrelease/?id=11
Published: 16th August 2002
The Seven Deadly Questions are the most common queries put to anyone seeking to share their Christian faith. They include:
Confident Christianity starts a nationwide tour* on 26 October in Belfast, finishing on 15 March 2003 in Cardiff. Each day-long conference lasts from 10am to 5pm.
CMF General Secretary Peter Saunders said: 'Many Christian students find it difficult to share the Gospel with their friends. They feel themselves insufficiently skilled in evangelism, worry about difficult questions they might face or spend time on peripheral issues instead of what is really important.'
Confident Christianity uses the Book of Acts as its model for sharing the Gospel. The apostolic sermons show the essentials of good presentation; they also show how the disciples were happy to dialogue with unbelievers in an effective way.
The students are first given two minutes to share the Gospel with their friends in role play. The course then shows them how to deal, quickly and easily, with the Seven Deadly Questions after a small amount of preparation. Finally, participants undertake a series of role playing models with the trainers to sharpen their skills.
Added Peter Saunders: 'Confident Christianity works. Since the courses began in 1989 thousands of Christian students have taken part and almost without exception they emerge from the day better able and far more confident to undertake the Great Commission.'
Further information about Confident Christianity can be obtained from students@cmf.org.uk
26 October 2002 - Belfast
2 November - Sheffield; Kilkenny
9 November - Oxford
16 November - Leeds
23 November - Newcastle
30 November - Bristol
18 January 2003 - London
25 January - Glasgow; Plymouth
22 February - Edinburgh; Leicester
1 March - Manchester
8 March - Southampton
15 March - Cardiff
Steven Fouch (CMF Head of Communications) 020 7234 9668
Alistair Thompson on 07970 162 225
Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) was founded in 1949 and is an interdenominational organisation with over 5,000 doctors, 900medical and nursing students and 300 nurses and midwives as members in all branches of medicine, nursing and midwifery. A registered charity, it is linked to over 100 similar bodies in other countries throughout the world.
CMF exists to unite Christian healthcare professionals to pursue the highest ethical standards in Christian and professional life and to increase faith in Christ and acceptance of his ethical teaching.
