About Share Your Faith Workshops

While statistics today reveal that 95% of Christians never personally lead anyone to Christ, it appears this was not the case in the early centuries of the church. Jesus called His disciples to follow Him and then promised if they did so, that he would make them to be fishers of men, (Matthew 4:19). It seems to us that anyone and everyone who really follows Christ in the way He has called us, will be an active fisher of men. The Book of Acts reveals that all the early believers were going about "preaching the Word" or sharing their faith. They were not just leaving the work of evangelism up to the church leadership, (Acts 8:1,4).

We are concerned about the discrepancy we see between the effectiveness of the early church and the church of today. While most would acknowledge the priority of The Great Commission of our Lord, few churches and fewer believers are experiencing an effective outreach ministry to the lost. We are convinced that the primary reason believers are not actively sharing their faith today is that they have not been adequately equipped to do so. Our ministries have demonstrated time and time again that a believer who knows what to say and how to say it suddenly discovers a brand new enthusiasm and effectiveness for sharing his or her faith in their daily life experience.

The workshop Share Your Faith Ministries has developed is intended to provide an opportunity for a local church or Christian organization to equip every member with a simple, easy to remember tool for sharing his or her faith with others. Those who attend will have their passion for the lost renewed, they will be equipped with a tool to share their faith in a clear and understandable manner and they will be motivated to prayerfully seek opportunities to do so. In addition, a plan for keeping participants active and reproducing in their ministry of evangelism can be developed in consultation with the Pastor or ministry leader.

Dr. Ken Silva, Director of Share Your Faith Workshops, graduated from California State University in Long Beach in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy. It was there that his life was changed not only by the education he received but also by meeting the girl he would marry as well as the Lord he would serve. From 1970 to 1978 he worked as a Registered Physical Therapist in the Los Angeles County Rehabilitation Hospitals and private practices.

In 1978, Ken graduated from Talbot Theological Seminary in La Mirada, California with a Master of Divinity in New Testament Studies. This was followed by the completion of his doctoral studies and award of his Doctor of Ministry Degree from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

From 1978 to 1985 he served as Associate Pastor of Evangelism and Church Growth at Big Valley Grace Community Church in Modesto, California. Ken is Founding Pastor of River Oak Grace Community Church in Oakdale, California has served as U.S. Director of Evangelism Explosion International for the Western Region, and is now Director of Share Your Faith Ministries for EE International. Since 1982 he has helped train and equip pastors and key laymen in South America, Europe, Asia, Canada, and across the U.S.

Ken lives in Oakdale, California with his wife Diane. They have three sons; Michael, Daniel, and Jonathan.

Share Your Faith Workshops is a ministry of Evangelism Explosion International and is not intended to be a substitute for the Leadership Training Clinics or other Training Ministries it offers. The ministries of Evangelism Explosion International are promoted and recommended to the participants of the Share Your Faith Workshops. For more information about Evangelism Explosion International, visit us on the web at www.eeinternational.org.