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Training College Students to Be Christian Apologists

East Texas Regional Collegiate Student Conf. (Feb 24-26, 2006)

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BHIM has developed a six-hour apologetic seminar to prepare college students to share Christ with their peers. Understanding others’ questions about Christianity and answering those questions with gentleness and respect is emphasized.

To evaluate the seminar these students took a pretest and posttest. They answered 10 questions on a 10-point scale, with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. The results of the pretests and posttests are compared above to measure the students’ increase or decrease in their confidence about sharing Christ. The questions, average pretest and posttest scores, and variance are given below. The scores have been converted to a 100-point scale. Student confidence increased in every area, averaging a 12.0 % increase.

"The basic approach shared here was very practical." Dan Conway.
"By learning apologetics, I am better prepared to have a discussion regarding Christ." Jessica Small.

Question

	Pre Test Avg.	Post Test Avg.	Variance
1.How confident are you about talking with peers on campus about your Christian faith?	78.8	87.6	8.8
2.Do you feel confident talking with an atheist about your faith in Christ?	63.0	80.4	17.4
3.Do you feel equipped to talk with a peer who disagrees on a moral issue (e.g. abortion)?	75.2	83.8	8.5
4.Do you feel comfortable talking with a friend who says that truth is relative?	72.6	84.6	12.0
5.Do you feel comfortable talking with a New Ager about your faith in Christ?	70.0	84.2	14.2
6.Do you feel comfortable talking with a Buddhist or Hindu about your faith?	70.4	83.8	8.5
7.Would you feel comfortable talking with a Muslim about your faith in Christ?	68.3	83.8	15.5
8.Would you feel comfortable talking with a peer about the evidence God’s existence?	72.6	85.8	13.2
9.Would you feel comfortable talking with someone about your worldview as a Christian?	81.7	89.6	7.9
10.Do you feel comfortable talking with your friends about their worldviews?	79.6	89.2	9.6

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Under Development

"By learning apologetics, I am better prepared to have a discussion regarding Christ." Jessica Small

Bob Hartman is developing a third Christian apologetics seminar for college students. The new seminar, which will deal with postmoderism, is scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2009.

"The seminar," explained Dr. Hartman, "will prepare Christian college students to successfully deal with the challenges of agnosticism and postmodernism. It will not only deal with postmoderism as we encounter it day, but will show its historical roots."

This seminar will deal with such philosophers as David Hume and Immanuel Kant. However, these thinkers will be presented in terms that relate to and that are clearly understood by lay people of the Twenty-First Century.