Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

fishermen were congregating, and I had cast my BuzzBombs out into the Pacific Ocean until I thought my armwas going to fall off, but more often than not I returnedhome empty handed. I had the right equipment, even theright color and size Buzz Bomb, but something wasmissing. One day a friend showed me that I was jiggingthe lure too aggressively, that I needed to let it stay closerto the bottom and jig it more gently. Bingo! That was themissing piece of the puzzle. My salmon fishing becamevery effective. In fact, my two boys and I caught 220pounds of salmon that fall, largely because of that onesimple tip.The same is true for evangelism. Two Bible-believingchurches can operate a Sunday School in the same cityand one will be more fruitful than the other simplybecause of the difference in zeal and effectual planningand the details of how the Sunday School is operated.The same is true for Vacation Bible School and “doorknocking” and every other type of evangelism. Having a“program” is not enough. It must be conducted wisely.Of course, the bottom line with evangelism is that it mustbe done. There is a saying, “I like my way of doing itbetter than your way of not doing it.” While it is crucialthat we subject everything we do to the biblical standard—prove all things; hold fast that which is good—it isalso crucial that we rise up and do something for the Lordwhile there is still time. One evangelistic “idea” wellused is better than 100 not used.David & Linda CloudFifth editionJanuary 3, 2012