Evangelism
Tools & Resources
It is exciting to share your beliefs with others. When you know and have experienced God in your own life you want to share that with someone. And we encourage you to tell someone about Jesus at every opportunity you can. They can only see Him the unseen through us whom they can see. It is an awesome call we have on our lives but nonetheless it is the most basic call from the Lord, "Tell someone about Me". He makes such a tremendous difference in our lives that to say nothing is to deny Him.
To be effective we need to grasp that it is Gods desire that all should be saved. There are still millions who have not heard the gospel and millions who die without hearing it. Salvation is too precious a gift, too costly a gift for us not to make every effort to "..go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[ the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," Matthew 28:19.
1 Peter 3:15 "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,"
Always be prepared to go and tell someone. Take the time to study and know God's plan of salvation and prepare a testimony to share. God's master plan is simply that once you have experienced Him you share that experience with others in other words communicate, communicate, communicate. Use all the tools at your command. The two most important are His Word and your personal Testimony, whether given verbally or written. You can always supplement with your own inspirational writings and with the many other unique tools you can use to share the story of salvation, you personal experiences with God or many other bible stories.
Before you set off watch Hell's Best Kept Secret a video by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron of Way of The Master for a solid approach to sharing the salvation message. Follow the banner below for more videos, books and training material for evangelism.
Distribution Tools to aid our Personal Evangelism
Distribution tools include tracts, magazines, books, CDs & DVD's, bibles that you leave either in a location or with someone so that they can review at a later time. Sometimes opportunities are brief and you just don't have enough time to tell the whole story but just enough time to peak interest. That's when leaving the person with something to review can make all the difference in encouraging that interest.
You have the opportunity to plant a powerful seed in that person life or even another's life. Sometimes you may not even know who will ever see that book or tract but you simply believe God that His Word will not return to Him void (ref Isaiah 55:11). You may give it to a father and impact the child as well. That person has the opportunity for contemplative meditation on the material given and you can give the media appropriate to the individual - personality and age e.g. a DVD or a book.
Here are some tools I really like and I will continue to add as we grow.
Innovative Opportunities for Evangelism using Distribution Tools
Every now and again I come across some really creative ways to be a part of evangelism. Too often we live such a busy lifestyle that we hardly find the time to talk to the folks in our own household much less to anyone else and evangelism by definition means we must be in communication with others. Make it a priority to tell at least 1 person each day. You can still support evangelism through financial support at you local church and also consider giving to very worthwhile organizations who are in the forefront of distribution of evangelical tools.
Below you will find a list of very good opportunities for Evangelism:
Faith Comes By Hearing is offering the opportunity for you to become Audio Bible Ambassador in their virtual ministry programme. It is all about distribution the scriptures through the internet to people in their heart language , by allowing audio bible downloads from your computer. Follow the link and see if this can work for you - Link If you want further information click on the banner below.
Bibles Unbound delivers bibles to restricted areas around the world through YOU. Bibles Unbound delivers to countries like China, Egypt, N Korea where Christians a restricted from obtaining the Word of God or even corporate assembly. Christians are truly persecuted and they take great risk for their faith, they desperately want the Word. The bible you send encourages and nurtures our persecuted brothers and sisters as well as evangelize others. Bibles Unbound will send you the bibles and mailing labels and all you have to do is mail them out. Follow the link and see if this can work for you.
International Bible Society (IBS-STL) translates, produces and distributes bibles and other scripture resources. They focus on translation for language groups with populations of 1 million or more, they were translation sponsors for the NIV contemporary English version of the bible this site uses. They have major outreach projects for distribution of the bible around the world. Follow this link to donate to their work - Link. Would you like to learn more about IBS-STL follow this Link.
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