Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

We were aiming toward the revival meetings at ourchurch each August for the real spiritual harvest.Every year, near the end of summer vacation, ourchurch held a revival. Two years in a row we invitedall the baseball Little League boys we could to comehave a challenging game, followed by a dinner(which I provided at the church), followed byattending a service at the revival. We did not makerevival service seem pressured by us in doing it thisway. The first year we did this my son’s Little Leaguecoach attended the service and made a professionof faith in Christ, as did a boy from the team. A fewdays later the boy’s parents both received the Lordand went on to become faithful and active in thechurch.The second year, after having the weekly baseballgames at the park for the boys, we challenged menfrom a local Navy base to come and play against theLittle League boys before the revival service at ourchurch. We had around fifty unsaved men and boysfor baseball and dinner. While most of the Navy menleft before the services, it was a good opportunity forour church people to get to know them and witnessto them. Many of the Little League boys attended theservice that night and seven made professions offaith!NOTE: Much to my initial surprise, it really was notthat difficult to get twenty to thirty lost teenage boystogether each week with the open opportunity ofsharing testimonies and the gospel with them. Ondays when we really pushed, we could get up to fiftytogether and had three baseball games going atonce. These outreaches could have potentially beenmuch more effective if men from the church hadtaken a real, personal interest in investing time,prayer, teaching, etc. in the lives of these boys.119