Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

unsaved children and young people who are in thecommunity and who will not have an opportunity to hearthe gospel and be saved unless the church somehowreaches out to them. Their parents are unsaved, and theycertainly cannot be expected to care about the spiritualwelfare of their children.Another example of this is with special evangelistic orrevival services. It is not uncommon for churches to havethese and yet to do little or nothing in preparation forthem, apart from choosing the speaker and preparing forthe meals. A revival service that is accompanied byearnest prayer and by special visitation in the communityto invite the unsaved will be much more fruitful than onethat is simply conducted as a tradition.6. The pastor should seek ideas and suggestions from thechurch members.Toward the goal of getting everyone involved andcreating effective evangelistic outreach, it is wise to findout what the church people think. I know of very fewpastors who do this, and I do not understand why theydon't. It is wise for pastors to get feedback and ideasfrom the people.Get together with the whole church or with variousgroups within the church and invite candid discussion onthe subject of evangelism. Try to find out what hinderspeople from being involved. Find out what they think ofthe current evangelistic efforts. Ask them to analyze eachpart of the church’s program and to give feedback abouthow to make things more fruitful. Challenge them tothink of new ideas or new ways of doing the old things.The pastor has to encourage the people that he is open totheir ideas and suggestions. He should especially focus179