Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

A church in Michigan encourages its young men andwomen (older serious teens and young adults) to adoptone or more of the bus kids and then to do things withthem with the goal of befriending and discipling them.When I preached at a Bible conference there severalyears ago on a Thursday and Friday evening, a 12-yearoldboy was saved. Ordinarily the boy wouldn’t havebeen at the special meeting, but he and his older teenagebrother were brought to the meeting by one of the youngmale adult church members who had been playingbasketball and doing other things with them. Thebrothers came to Christ and are growing in the Lordthrough faithful church attendance and Bible study andthe personal loving attention being given them by thechurch member.Testimony Gospel RecordingsThe following is from Pastor Jamie Coley, Blessed HopeIndependent Baptist Church, Fort Mill, South Carolina:“One way that our Church reaches out to thecommunity is that I put my personal testimony ontape along with a clear presentation of the Gospeland we go out and pass them out. We have foundthat many people will take a tape to listen to in theircar, or stereo at home. I let them know where ourChurch is located and the Lord has really used thisto touch lives. We do not charge a penny for thetapes; they are distributed free of charge. This is justone simple thing that others may want to try.”Street EvangelismSteve Schneider sent us the following testimony about achurch in a large city:“The church which I attend (Bethel BaptistFellowship in Brooklyn, New York) encourages the160