Learning Objectives

Learn how to shape the behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs necessary for a healthy culture of invitations in your ministry in this course from the Fundamentals of Campus Ministry Bundle.

  • Understand the components of a healthy culture of invitation

  • Assess the current state of your ministry's culture of invitation

  • Learn how to coach compelling invitations

  • Study practical strategies to address barriers to making invitations

Play Your Way

Engage with the material in your context!

  • ~45 minutes (self-paced)

    All your progress will be saved so you can resume where you left off.

  • Course Quicksheet (pdf)

    This is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you've taken it.

  • Resource Toolbox

    See a list of the resources referenced in this course, all collected in one spot for your convenience.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: An Invitation Just For You

    • Introduction

    • Before we begin . . .

  • 2

    Chapter 2: Toward a Healthy Culture of Invitations

    • Lesson 1: Always Making Invitations

    • Lesson 2: Jesus' Culture of Invitations

    • Lesson 3: A Healthy Culture of Invitations

  • 3

    Chapter 3: Coaching Compelling Invitations

    • Lesson 1: Leveling Up Our Invitations

    • Lesson 2: Preparing Your Invitations

    • Lesson 3: Invitations to Discipleship and Leadership

  • 4

    Chapter 4: Barriers to Invitations

    • Lesson 1: Invitation Overload

    • Lesson 2: Invitation Fatigue

    • Lesson 3: Smokescreens

    • Lesson 4: Practical Roadblocks

    • Lesson 5: I'm Being Ghosted

    • Lesson 6: I Don't Know Enough People

  • 5

    Chapter 5: Dealing with Rejection

    • Lesson 1: Rejected!

    • Lesson 2: Leading a Brave Community

    • Lesson 3: Celebrate the Ask

  • 6

    Chapter 6: Conclusion

    • Closing Remarks

    • Before you go . . .

Resource Toolbox

All resources referenced from this course will be linked below for your convenience to view and download. Please use/adapt these resources to what works for you in your ministry context.

Worksheets

Make Invitations

Make Invitations Quicksheet

This is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you've taken it!

PDF

Make Invitations

Make Invitations Debrief Guide

(For Leader of Leaders) This is an outline for a 65-minute debrief meeting when doing this course with a group.

PDF

Make Invitations

Make Invitations Assessment

This is a self-assessment to help you evaluate your proficiency in making invitations.

PDF

Reflecting on Jesus' Invitations

Reflecting on Jesus' Invitations Activity

This is a group activity broken down into steps to help you lead your team in improving invitations through practice.

PDF

Customized Invitations

Customized Invitations Worksheet

Think strategically through each person you want to invite so you can customize the invitation for them.

PDF

Invitation Triage

Invitation Triage Continuum

Name barriers and create responses to the "yes," "probably," "possibly," and "no" answers you may receive.

PDF

Invitation Triage Continuum

Invitation Triage Continuum Exercise: Leader's Guide

Use this guide to walk people through using the Invitation Triage Continuum

PDF

Prayer card

2+ Prayer Card

Use this worksheet to commit to praying for faith for two friends.

PDF

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Related Courses

This course is part of the Fundamentals of Campus Ministry Bundle, primarily for leaders of leaders.
For a 101 level, see the Inviting Well course.