Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life

[Pages:223]Ideas for Evangelism

Copyright 2000 by David W. Cloud Fifth edition January 2012 ISBN: 1-58318-067-2

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Table of Contents

About Way of Life's eBooks ............................................6

Preface ..............................................................................8

Introduction ....................................................................11 Pastoral Leadership Is Essential ......................................11 A Biblical Goal of Evangelism Is Essential.....................12

Training the People.........................................................19 Emphasize Evangelism by Word and Deed .....................19 The Right Message ..........................................................22 Scripture Memorization ...................................................23 Learning to Deal with a Variety of Situations..................25 A Library of Evangelism-Related Materials ....................28 Fasting and Prayer ...........................................................28 Tears and Compassion .....................................................34 Discipleship .....................................................................35 Standards for Church Workers.........................................38 Use the Evangelists..........................................................39 Encourage the Exhorters ..................................................41 Visitor Consciousness ......................................................42

The Church Services ......................................................51 Afternoon Sunday Schools ..............................................53 Afternoon Preaching ........................................................54 Sunday Schools................................................................56

Visitation Program..........................................................63 Miscellaneous ..................................................................63 Visitation Night Outreach Stations ..................................64 Flexible Visitation Program .............................................67 Visitation Meal.................................................................68 Operation Saturation ........................................................70 New Move-Ins .................................................................70 Religious Survey .............................................................71 Visitor Pies.......................................................................71

Pass It On Discipleship ..................................................73

Evangelistic Bible Studies..............................................76

Advertising .....................................................................87

Gospel Tracts..................................................................91

Be Careful about the Message .........................................91 Things to Remember When Distributing Tracts ..............94 Card Showers.................................................................100 Personal Testimony Tracts .............................................100 Gospel Tract with Songs and Hymns.............................100 Gospel Sermon CDs ......................................................101 Students and Immigrants ..............................................102

Campus Ministry ...........................................................102 Foreign Exchange and College Students .......................105 Immigrants .....................................................................107 Virtual English Classes ..................................................108 Children ........................................................................109

Vacation Bible School....................................................112 Youth ............................................................................116

Youth Ministry ..............................................................116 Youth Sports ..................................................................117 Starting New Churches.................................................120

Friendship Evangelism .................................................123

Using the Home for Evangelism ..................................127

Apologetics Evangelism...............................................134

An Unshakeable Faith ...................................................135 Creation Science Videos ................................................139 Miscellaneous Ideas .....................................................148

Evangelistic Prayer List ................................................148 Neighborhood Walks .....................................................149 Trying to Reach every Segment of Society ...................152 Church Papers................................................................153 Correspondence Courses................................................153 Adopt A Bus Kid............................................................159 Testimony Gospel Recordings.......................................160 Street Evangelism ..........................................................160 Tragedy Outreach ..........................................................161 Ministry to Military Personnel ......................................163 Seven Questions Campaign ...........................................166 Catholic Evangelism......................................................167 Gospel Meetings ............................................................167

Homeless Lunches .........................................................168 Fair Ministry ..................................................................168 Bookstalls ......................................................................170 Drive-in Movies.............................................................170 Elevator Ministry ...........................................................170 Preaching in Trailer Parks..............................................171 Bookstores .....................................................................172 Jewish Evangelism ........................................................173 Reviving a Church That Is Lukewarm Toward Evangelism ...................................................................175

What's Wrong with Most Soul Winning Programs ......187

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Preface

The following report is the fruit of our effort to collect ideas for evangelism. They have been gleaned from many sources, including our own missionary and church experiences that go back more than 40 years. We have spent 20 years in church planting in South Asia.We have also ministered on bus routes, in jails, taught Sunday School classes, witnessed on military bases and university campuses, in nursing homes, and in many other situations.

We have also had the privilege of corresponding with hundreds of people on this subject.

It is so easy for churches to get "stuck in a rut" with their gospel outreach. For some reason, the New Evangelical and Charismatic crowds often appear to have more resourcefulness and vision than Bible-believing fundamental Baptists do. Of course, I realize that much of their evangelistic work is operated contrary to the teaching of Scripture. They are willing to use carnal means such as rock music, and they are not "hindered" by having to preach unpopular things such as repentance and separation. But the fact remains that it is largely the New Evangelical and charismatic and emerging crowds that are busy on the public school and college campuses, who are going head to head with the secular humanists, who are reaching into every part of the communities, from the poor to the rich, who are in the city ghettos, and who are targeting the unevangelized "people groups."

It is always helpful to get a fresh vision, but we do not need to go to the "church growth" gurus such as Bill Hybels and Rick Warren to learn how to use carnal,

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