3Story : Know The Whole Story

My first year of serving with Youth or Christ as a volunteer, I was an introverted nerd who had never shared my faith with anyone. Serving as a volunteer, I was asked to do several different things. I was good at running games, could put together the greatest PowerPoint, and loved to play ping pong or MarioKart with any students that wanted to lose. The fun stuff was easy for me, but when we were asked to share our faith with students, I did not have a clue what to do. That is when the leader introduced me to 3Story.

We can best describe 3Story as a way of life that guides followers of Christ to be good news while telling stories of the good news. It is not a set of rules or steps to evangelizing to people, but a relationship model to live out. This idea of relationships was key for me to understand how to share my faith. Because it is based in relationship, this model is not a quick process, but a long journey, living life with students.

The 3Story model consists of three parts that intertwine: My Story, Their Story, and God’s Story. We will more in depth at them in the coming posts, but here is a list of defining traits:

• Stories more than Steps
• Questions more than Answers
• Honesty more than Perfection
• Them more than You
• Love more than Knowledge
• By the Spirit more than by the Numbers

Here is Youth for Christ’s video of how they are using 3Story.