Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

to 30-45 minutes or so because of the necessity ofwrapping up the service in time for lunch. In that brieftime the preacher attempts not only to build up the saintsbut also to evangelize the lost!Following are some suggestions about how to changethese things.Afternoon Sunday SchoolsOne possibility is to separate the evangelistic SundaySchool from the regular Sunday School for churchmembers. The original Sunday Schools were conductedin the afternoons following regular church services forthe Christians. The goal was to gather together unsavedchildren and teach them the gospel of Jesus Christ andthe basics of Christian discipleship. Since they were heldin the afternoon, there was sufficient time for singingsongs, teaching the Scriptures, and dealing individuallywith the children and young people without the pressureof having to finish quickly and get to the next service.Sunday afternoons are a good time to have anevangelistic outreach to children and young people,because they are typically home from school andtherefore more available than during the week. They canalso be held on Saturdays.The Fair Havens Baptist Church of Sardis, Ontario,operates its evangelistic bus ministry on Saturdayafternoon.The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, England,conducts its large Sunday School outreach in theafternoons. The Sunday School and Young People’sBible Classes are at 3:00 p.m. The staff numbers over