the Old Testament Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ, including a presentation of His death and resurrection.3 Those who belived in each city gathered together as a new local church. Not only is such an apologetic strategy a “lost art” in church planting today, but many Christians are even outspokenly opposed to such methods. I sometimes hear believers say that reasoning, arguing, debating, and the like have no place in witnessing. But this attitude should be reassessed unless we are prepared to