How to Bake Gospel Snacks

Don’t worry! This isn’t a recipe for cross-cookies, but rather a helpful method for average Christians to share our faith.

I don’t know about you, but when I was first learning how to share my faith, whenever my non-Christian friends showed any sign of spiritual hunger, I’d do one of two things:

1. Run back to the kitchen in fear.

2. Pounce with a full-blown spiritual buffet.

With the latter, my friends’ eyes would often glaze over, like the glaze I was trying to layer on my three course explanation on the nature of Christ!

John Chapman, author of Know and Tell the Gospel notes the two hardest elements of evangelism:

• The courage to share the Gospel

• To wisdom to know when to stop and entrust the results to God.

If we don’t seek God’s help to balance these, we may overwhelm our non-Christian friends with spiritual monologues instead of holding life-changing spiritual conversations. This is when baking Gospel snacks are so handy! Here’s Doug Pollocks’ definition from God Space:

Have you ever shared a Gospel snack with a friend before? You’d be surprised how helpful they are! If you’d like to get started give these a go:

Consider at least 3 ways that the Gospel has tangibly changed your life, and write down a 2 minute (max!) story on each.

Ask at lest one mature Christian friend for feedback and encouragement on your Gospel snacks.

Share one Gospel snack with at least one non-Christian in the next fortnight.

No idea how to start? Try:

“Hey, you know I‘m a Christian right? Well I‘m trying to grow in how I share my faith with others in a way that actually helps, so I‘ve been working on a 2 minute story on my faith journey. Is it ok if I share it with you? I‘d love to hear your thoughts!”