People cross the same five thresholds on their way to faith — in order, at different speeds. Learn to walk your friends across them with patience and warmth, and never make the fifth-threshold call on a second-threshold person.
For a decade, Doug Schaupp and Don Everts listened to the real stories of people who came to faith from deep skepticism. They expected a hundred different paths. Instead they found one — told over and over.
Everyone crossed the same five thresholds, in the same order, at their own speed. The whole art of relational evangelism is learning to tell which threshold a person is at, and offering them the next step — never a leap.
This is the home for that teaching: Doug's videos, podcast, books, courses, and coaching, all in one place, organized around the five thresholds themselves.
Match the next step to the threshold. Don't apply one tactic to everyone.
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Videos, podcast episodes, articles, guides, and books — browsable, searchable, and organized by the five thresholds.
“Don't make the Threshold-5 call on a Threshold-2 person.”
The one sentence at the heart of the whole framework
Coaching for leaders building a conversion culture, and in-person intensives for whole staff teams. Tell Doug where you're stuck, and he'll tailor it.
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