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Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

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Bible Study” rather than “Home Bible Study” made asignificant difference in the number <strong>of</strong> responses. This isan example <strong>of</strong> a small change that can make a realdifferent.It is a good idea for the church to provide a nursery forchildren to make it easier for young couples to go out onvisitation.Visitation Night Outreach StationsIt is important to gather the church members togetherregularly for a church-wide focus on evangelism.The problem with the visitation night in many churchesis that it focuses solely on door knocking, and it is notused to encourage all <strong>of</strong> the church members to getinvolved in evangelism in manifold ways.The weekly evangelistic outreach can incorporate thefollowing elements:1. Challenge. It is good for the people to be challengedabout the task at hand, but the visitation night(s) shouldnot be the time to try to embark upon a lengthy trainingprogram. Such training should be done at some othertime, so the visitation night itself is set free for actuallycarrying the gospel into the community. Any exhortationshould therefore be simple and brief.2. Prayer.3. Organization <strong>of</strong> the visitation. — outreach stations,cards, etc.4. Reporting back. It is important for the church’s soulwinners to share their activities with one another and not

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