Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

Most of it was paid for by unsolicited donations fromthe lost community!“Another thing we did in response to a local tragedyis as follows: Three persons were horribly burned todeath following an automobile accident. One was amember of our church. Footage of the burningvehicle was shown on the evening news and thecommunity was quite shaken over this. As thepersons who died were all in civil service, amemorial service was planned at a nearby basechapel. We called the chaplain and asked if ourchurch could distribute copies of John and Romanswith a cover specially printed in memory of thosewho had died. On the phone he was veryenthusiastic about it, so a young man in our churchworked long and hard to produce the covers andcompile the booklets for the memorial service thenext morning. (Each book was supposed to have acoupon advertising a free, in-home Bible study.However, and I will always feel this was a tragedy,through mis-communication, the coupons wereomitted.) We had children from our church distributecopies at the doors after the memorial service andall of us were absolutely amazed at the eagernesswith which they were accepted by all five hundred ofthose in attendance. I feel that in nearly any localtragedy, this is a good way to get the gospel into thehands of lost people, though I would stronglyencourage some sort of coupon for follow-up (Biblestudy, visit from pastor, free gospel tape, etc.) beincluded.”Ministry to Military PersonnelThe military is an especially fruitful mission field. Peopleare away from their homes and families. They are oftenlonely and discouraged. They are often involved in sinfulthings and are guilt-ridden. When military personnel getsaved, they often make solid Christians because theyunderstand discipline and authority better than nonmilitarypeople.163