Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

“I would suggest you consider camping a little moreon the problem of putting out fires for otherministries as well as the drain that schools, etc.,have on the overall ability to get the folks movingtoward evangelism. I am convinced most pastorswant evangelistic churches but are tied up in somany other ministries to keep people happy that theevangelism is left out in the cold.”We must not forget the example of the Lord Jesus Christ.He explained the priority of His earthly ministry in thesewords: “For the Son of man is come to seek and to savethat which was lost” (Luke 19:10). The Lord urged thepriority of evangelism in the repetition of the GreatCommission (Mat. 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; Luke24:44-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8) and in the example Heput before us in the ministries of the apostles as recordedin the book of Acts. A church that doesn't have time forfruitful evangelism is sinning against the Lord of theHarvest and will doubtless give account at the JudgmentSeat of Christ for becoming sidetracked.9. The pastor must be consistent and persistent inpursuing evangelism with the church.It frequently happens that the pastor will get a burden tostart or restart something in the church and willemphasize it for a short time, but then he will drop itbefore there has been time for the Lord to work inpeople's hearts.An example is a church in central Florida that haddeclined in membership for 20 consecutive years. In1980 the church called a new pastor, and he immediatelysought to revive an evangelistic fervor. It took years,though, for this to happen. Following is the testimony ofa deacon:183