soul-winning
Leading to faith
Soul-winning is the practice of converting people to Christianity, especially through personal evangelism.
The term frames salvation as something to be won—a competition for souls between God and the devil.
Common in evangelical and fundamentalist circles: He devoted his life to soul-winning.
A soul-winner is someone who actively pursues converts.
Act of changing states
- witnessingSeeing something occur
- outreachProactive community assistance
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- salvationDeliverance from harm
proselytizing · discipleship · altar call · revival · crusade · tract · sinner's prayer · repentance
Assembled group of worshippers
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- teamOrganized cooperative unit
Sunday school · youth group · pastor · deacon · church growth · membership · baptism · small group
Skilled ways of doing
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- approachWay of handling something
- follow-upSubsequent action on something
visitation · one-on-one · presentation · bridge-building · conversation · equipping · mentoring · accountability
conversion
Act of changing states
- witnessingSeeing something occur
- outreachProactive community assistance
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
salvation · proselytizing · discipleship · altar call · revival · crusade · tract · sinner's prayer · repentance · street preaching
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
team · Sunday school · youth group · pastor · deacon · church growth · membership · baptism · small group · Bible study
techniques
Skilled ways of doing
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- approachWay of handling something
follow-up · visitation · one-on-one · presentation · bridge-building · conversation · equipping · mentoring · accountability · role-playing
- evangelismgospel outreach, evangelize, evangelist, born again, evangelizing
- revivalismrevivals, revivalism, revivalist, revivalists, camp meeting
soul-winningleading astray
Causing to err
apostasy · deconversion · falling away · perdition · damnation
soul-winningprivate devotion
Personal religious observance
quietism · contemplative prayer · monasticism · meditation · contemplation