Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

activities, nor the love that exists between us. All ofour children have a great desire to serve the Lordthe rest of their lives, and we are confident we willsee this happen if the Lord tarries (excerpted fromKeeping the Kids: How to Keep Our Children fromFalling Prey to the World)._________________The thing that impresses me about this family is theircommitment both to separation FROM the world andseparation UNTO Christ. We see the father taking anaggressive role in godly leadership, starting withpurifying his own life and testimony. We see the motheracting as a godly help meet. Together they make aninvincible team because they are in the center of God’swill. These parents are wholly dedicated to the task ofgodly child training but they are not committed toisolation. They are dedicated to Christ’s GreatCommission and they are praying and THINKING! Theyare finding creative ways to use their family to reach thelost and are discipling their children at the same time.They are in proper affiliation with a New Testamentchurch and are submissive to pastoral authority, but it isobvious, too, that they have a somewhat unusual pastor.They are not merely plowing the same old IndependentBaptist rut a little deeper!Not every family is geared toward and able to do whatthe previous family is doing. But each family can praytogether about ways to be fruitful evangelistically. Eachfamily can try to befriend their neighbors to some extentfor Christ’s sake.(For more about the house churches see The HouseChurch Movement, which is available in print and eBookeditions from Way of Life - wayoflife.org)133