EVANGELIZING THE WORKPLACE
An 8-Week Biblical Training Course for Christians in the Workforce
By Tony Bennett

INTRODUCTION: Your Job Is Your Mission Field

You spend more waking hours at work than almost anywhere else - which means God has already placed you exactly where He wants you to shine. This eight-week course will train you to see your workplace as sacred ground, build genuine relationships with coworkers, share your faith with clarity and grace, and disciple others right where you clock in every day.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17

Work through one week at a time. Read the key scripture, sit with the teaching lesson, answer the reflection questions honestly, and take on the practical assignment before moving to the next week.

WEEK 1: Your Workplace Is a Mission Field

Key Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20

Opening Prayer

Father, open my eyes to see my job the way You see it - not as a place I have to be, but as a place You sent me. Give me a missionary’s heart inside an ordinary workday. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Teaching Lesson

When Jesus gave the Great Commission, He wasn’t only speaking to people who would become full-time missionaries overseas. He was speaking to ordinary disciples who would go back to fishing boats, tax offices, and family trades - and carry the gospel with them wherever they went. Your workplace is the mission field God has already assigned you, no application required.

This week is about a shift in perspective, not a change of address. You don’t need a new job to have a mission field - you need new eyes for the one you already have.

Reflection Questions

When you think about your workplace, do you tend to see it as secular and separate from your faith, or as a place God has sent you? Why?

Who are three coworkers God has placed directly in your path this season?

What usually stops you from seeing your job as a mission field?

How would your attitude toward Monday morning change if you truly believed your workplace was a divine assignment?

Practical Assignment

Write the names of three coworkers on a card and keep it somewhere you’ll see it daily this week.

Pray for those three coworkers by name before you start work each day.

Notice one moment this week where you chose to see your job as a mission field.

Prayer Focus

Ask God for new eyes to see your workplace as He sees it, and courage to believe He sent you there on purpose.

WEEK 2: Being the Gospel Before Speaking the Gospel

Key Scripture: Matthew 5:16

Opening Prayer

Father, before I say a word about You this week, let my life say something true about You. Shape my character where no one is watching. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Teaching Lesson

Words matter, but they are not the first thing people notice about you. Long before a coworker hears you mention Jesus, they will have already watched how you handle a missed deadline, an unfair boss, or a frustrating customer. That is the sermon they hear first - preached through your patience, honesty, and integrity when it costs you something.

A credible witness is built on consistency: showing up on time, doing quality work, telling the truth even when a lie would be easier, and treating people with respect whether they can help your career or not. This week, ask God to make your everyday conduct undeniable.

Reflection Questions

If a coworker described your character based only on how you act at work, what would they say?

Is there an area of your work life where your light isn’t shining as clearly as it should?

Can you recall a time someone’s consistent character at work opened a door for a spiritual conversation?

What is one habit you could change this week to make your witness more credible?

Practical Assignment

Identify one area where you’ll intentionally let your light shine more clearly this week.

Do one act of quiet excellence or kindness at work that no one asked for.

At the end of the week, write down whether anyone commented on a change they saw in you.

Prayer Focus

Ask God to make your everyday conduct at work a credible reflection of Christ, especially when no one is watching.

WEEK 3: Building Genuine Relationships

Key Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:8

Opening Prayer

Father, save me from treating people like projects. Give me a genuine love for my coworkers that isn’t dependent on whether they ever respond to the gospel. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Teaching Lesson

Paul didn’t just deliver information to the Thessalonians - he gave them his life. That kind of relational investment is what made his gospel message land. It’s easy in a workplace to reduce evangelism to a transaction - find the opening, say the line, move on. But people can tell the difference between someone who wants to know them and someone waiting for a chance to talk at them.

This week is about slowing down. Instead of looking for an evangelism opportunity, look for a person. Invest in the relationship for its own sake, trusting that love shared consistently over time creates the kind of trust where spiritual conversations happen naturally.

Reflection Questions

Which coworker relationships in your life right now are surface-level, and which are genuine?

Have you ever felt like someone was being kind to you only because they wanted to witness to you?

What would it look like to invest in a coworker relationally with zero guarantee it ever leads to a gospel conversation?

Who is one coworker you sense God nudging you to get to know more deeply?

Practical Assignment

Have one real, unhurried conversation with a coworker this week that isn’t about work at all.

Do something practically kind for a coworker with no strings attached.

Write down one new thing you learned about that person’s life.

Prayer Focus

Ask God for a genuine love for your coworkers as people, not projects, and patience to let relationships grow.

WEEK 4: Sharing Your Testimony

Key Scripture: Revelation 12:11

Opening Prayer

Father, thank You for what You’ve done in my life. Help me tell my story simply and honestly, and give me courage to share it even when I feel unqualified. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Teaching Lesson

Your testimony is one piece of evidence no one can argue with: your own life. People can debate theology, but they can’t debate what God has actually done in you. Many believers stay quiet at work because they think their testimony has to be dramatic to count. But a good workplace testimony is usually short, honest, and conversational: what your life was like, what changed, and what’s different now.

This week, take time to actually write your testimony down in a few sentences you could say out loud in under two minutes.

Reflection Questions

If you had 90 seconds to tell a coworker what God has done in your life, what would you say?

What holds you back most from sharing your testimony at work?

Has anyone ever shared their own story of change with you in a way that impacted you?

What is one specific, honest detail from your own life that shows real change?

Practical Assignment

Write out your testimony in three short parts: before, the turning point, and after.

Practice saying it out loud once, in normal conversational language.

Look for (but don’t force) one natural opening this week to share even a small piece of it.

Prayer Focus

Ask God for boldness to own your story and for a natural, unforced opportunity to share it this week.

WEEK 5: Starting Spiritual Conversations

Key Scripture: Colossians 4:5-6

Opening Prayer

Father, give me wisdom to notice the doors You open and courage to walk through them. Season my words with grace. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Teaching Lesson

Paul’s instruction isn’t about forcing spiritual conversations into every interaction - it’s about walking in wisdom and making the best use of the moments God gives you. Spiritual conversations at work rarely start with a formal question; they start with an ordinary question asked with intention, like “How are you really doing?”

This week, practice asking better questions. You’re training yourself to notice the moments God is already providing instead of letting them pass by unnoticed.

Reflection Questions

What usually happens in your mind right before a spiritual conversation could start?

What is one open-ended question you could ask a coworker this week that invites a real answer?

Can you think of a recent moment where a coworker said something that was actually an open door?

What does gracious, salt-seasoned speech look like in your specific workplace culture?

Practical Assignment

Ask one coworker a genuinely curious, deeper-than-usual question this week - then just listen.

Practice noticing at least one moment where a conversation opened a door, and take one step through it.

Journal what you noticed about your own hesitation or courage in the moment.

Prayer Focus

Ask God for eyes to notice open doors this week and grace-filled words when you walk through them.

WEEK 6: Answering Difficult Questions

Key Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15

Opening Prayer

Father, You are not intimidated by hard questions, and neither should I be. Give me an honest answer where I have one, humility where I don’t, and gentleness in every response. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Teaching Lesson

Sooner or later, a genuine conversation about faith will produce a hard question. Peter tells us to always be ready to answer, and to do it with gentleness and respect, not defensiveness. Being prepared doesn’t mean having a perfect answer for everything - it means being willing to say “that’s a great question, let me think about that” when you don’t know.

This week, don’t be afraid of the question you’re most nervous about. Sit down and actually think through how you’d respond to it - not to win a debate, but to give an honest, humble reason for the hope you have.

Reflection Questions

What is the hardest question a coworker has ever asked you about your faith, and how did you respond?

Which faith question makes you feel the most unprepared or anxious right now?

What does it look like practically to answer with gentleness and respect when you feel challenged?

Is it okay to say “I don’t know, but I’ll look into it”? Why does that response still honor Christ?

Practical Assignment

Pick the one question about faith you feel least prepared to answer, and spend focused time thinking through an honest response.

Write out a short, gentle answer to that question in your own words.

If the opportunity comes up naturally, practice responding with calm, respectful honesty.

Prayer Focus

Ask God for a settled, unshakable hope that lets you answer hard questions with gentleness instead of defensiveness.

WEEK 7: Leading Someone Toward Christ

Key Scripture: Romans 10:9-10

Opening Prayer

Father, You are the one who saves - I am only ever an instrument in Your hand. Give me courage to actually invite someone to respond to Christ, and trust me with the outcome. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Teaching Lesson

There is a moment in many gospel conversations where the door is wide open and all that’s left is an invitation - and it’s often the moment believers get the most nervous and let slip by. Leading someone toward Christ isn’t about pressure or manipulation - it’s about clarity and courage. Remember that conversion is the Holy Spirit’s work, not yours. Your job is faithfulness - to plant, water, and, when the moment comes, to actually ask.

Reflection Questions

Have you ever sensed a moment where someone was close to a decision for Christ, but you hesitated to ask directly?

What fear is strongest for you in this moment - rejection, awkwardness, saying it wrong?

How does remembering that salvation is God’s work, not yours, change the pressure you feel?

What is a simple, non-pressuring way you could invite someone to respond to the gospel?

Practical Assignment

Write out, in your own words, one simple way you could invite a coworker to trust Christ.

Pray specifically by name for one coworker you sense may be close to a decision.

If God provides the opportunity this week, take the step of actually asking - gently and without pressure.

Prayer Focus

Ask God for courage to extend a clear invitation when the moment comes, and for peace about the outcome.

WEEK 8: Making Disciples in the Workplace

Key Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:2

Opening Prayer

Father, thank You for eight weeks of stretching my faith at work. Now help me multiply what I’ve learned - raise up someone else, the way You raised me up. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Teaching Lesson

Evangelism that stops at conversion is only half the assignment. Paul’s charge to Timothy was to take what he’d received and entrust it to faithful people who could teach others also - a chain of discipleship meant to multiply. Workplace discipleship doesn’t require a formal program. It can look like grabbing coffee with a newer believer once a week to talk through a passage of Scripture, or simply modeling what it looks like to follow Christ under pressure.

As this eight-week study ends, the real test isn’t whether you can recite what you’ve learned - it’s whether you’ll keep living it out and pass it on.

Reflection Questions

Looking back over these eight weeks, what has changed most in how you see your workplace?

Is there someone at work God may be calling you to disciple?

What would a simple, sustainable rhythm of discipling someone at work actually look like for you?

What is one thing from this study you want to keep doing long after this final week?

Practical Assignment

Identify one person you could begin discipling or mentoring in faith, even informally, going forward.

Reach out this week to schedule a first conversation, coffee, or regular check-in with that person.

Write a short personal commitment: what will you keep doing at work, going forward, because of this study?

Prayer Focus

Thank God for growth over these eight weeks, and ask Him to show you who to invest in next so the mission continues.

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” - Matthew 28:19-20

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