ENGAGE with the Gospel, EQUIP for the Gospel, EMPOWER to Spread the Gospel

At every level of Intersect.College—whether among students, practitioners, churches, or emerging initiatives—our framework for development centers on three key dimensions: Engage, Equip, and Empower. To illustrate, let’s consider how this applies specifically to students.

ENGAGE with the Gospel

With non-Christian students, we focus on building genuine relationships—asking thoughtful questions, listening with care, and inviting them to church or meaningful conversations about Jesus. We seek to address their doubts and questions with honesty and respect while sharing the gospel in a personal and compelling way.  This is foundational in focus.

With Christian students, we engage in the Realization Process, helping them explore how their relationship with Jesus shapes every area of life. We emphasize the development of a biblical worldview, the transformative power of faith, and the essential role of the church community.

EQUIP for the Gospel

To equip students for the gospel in a way that intersects academics, faith, life, relationships, and their role as gospel ambassadors, we start by fostering authentic relationships and teaching them to listen attentively. Encouraging students to share their personal salvation testimony provides a simple and effective way to communicate the gospel organically through their own life stories.

We integrate faith with academics and daily living by helping students develop a biblical worldview that influences all areas of life. Encourage deep personal discipleship, leadership development, and active involvement in the church community to ground their faith and mission.

By providing practical opportunities for students to engage in evangelism alongside experienced mentors, we equip them with skills to address doubts, articulate the gospel clearly, and invite others into meaningful conversations. We need to emphasize that evangelism is relational and contextual, requiring sensitivity to others’ current experiences while always pointing toward Jesus.

Finally, we cultivate a mission-focused lifestyle where students embody and share Christ’s love through service and witness in their everyday environments. This holistic approach readies them to represent Christ effectively as ambassadors in the church, academy, society, and the world.

EMPOWER to Share the Gospel

To finish the global evangelism task in this generation, students must move beyond sharing the gospel only with friends on campus and embrace a vision that reaches entire communities and cultures. Central to this vision is the importance of gospel contextualization—communicating God’s unchanging truth in ways that resonate with diverse worldviews and cultural realities.

Training encourages students to engage deeply by listening empathetically and applying models like “Their Story, Our Story, God’s Story,” which foster humility and lifelong learning. Cross-cultural experiences such as mission trips and cultural immersion sharpen relational evangelism skills, teaching patience and trust-building.

Students learn to adapt methods—storytelling, prayer, culturally relevant practices—always keeping the gospel central. This faithful contextualization removes barriers so the gospel is heard as truly good news for each unique community. Equipped in this way, students can serve as effective ambassadors of Christ locally and globally, advancing the vision of finishing the Great Commission in their generation.