About ENGAGE!
Made to send believers out with the gospel
ENGAGE! was created by Dr. Jacob Haywood through Reason for Hope Ministries, the ministry he leads with his brother, Jesse Haywood. It exists to equip Christians for evangelism and apologetics that lead people to Christ.
Why ENGAGE!
Many Christians love Jesus and believe the gospel is true, but freeze when it's time to talk about Him, especially when the hard questions come. ENGAGE! puts a small, clear step in your hands and a few good answers in your pocket.
Play it with your group, or use it on your own as a daily or weekly discipline. Either way, the goal isn't to win arguments. It's to love people enough to tell them the truth about Jesus.
"...always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect..."
1 Peter 3:15 (ESV)
Reason for Hope Ministries
Reason for Hope Ministries takes its name from 1 Peter 3:15. It shares teaching, articles, and resources to help believers defend the faith, share the gospel, and find hope in Jesus in the middle of suffering.
Teaching & articles
Resources for knowing why you believe and how to share it.
Podcasts
The Pastor Brothers and Grief Speak, on faith, ministry, and hope in grief.
Resources to share
Including Why Do Bad Things Happen?, a short gospel tract for the hurting.
Meet Jacob and Jesse
Brothers, pastors, and co-owners of Reason for Hope Ministries.
Dr. Jacob Haywood
Pastor, First Baptist Portland · Portland, Tennessee
Jacob earned both his Master of Divinity and his PhD at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he created ENGAGE!. He is the author of Battles in the Promised Land, about losing his twin sister and finding God faithful in suffering, and Uncreated God, a picture book that helps parents teach children that God is real and made everything.
Jesse Haywood
Pastor, Kingdom Community · Cookeville, Tennessee
Jesse pastors Kingdom Community in Cookeville, Tennessee, and directs the Care Center there. He earned his Master of Divinity at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Together, Jacob and Jesse love helping people find and share the hope they have in Jesus.
Keep going
See the cards, learn the game, and dig into the questions your friends are asking.
Have a friend with questions? Send them to engagecardgame.com/truth.
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.