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First Letter
Dear
Pastor, Sunday School Worker, Discipleship Leader or Evangelism Leader.
In today’s
world, being intentional is the name of the game. It seems that
there is no goal that can be reached unless you are intentional
about getting there. I find it is the same with Evangelism. To do
evangelism, you have to be intentional, or it usually just does
not happen! Being intentional means being prepared for whatever
God is doing and prepared for what He brings your way. You have to be
open to the Spirit’s leading, you must be prepared, and most of the time
you must do some planning. Good preparation takes good planning.
Before you
can be strategic and intentional about reaching people with the gospel
of Christ, you must reaffirm the purpose of your church. Without
emphasis on evangelism that Jesus laid out for us in the Great
Commission, our church services become mere gatherings.
Therefore,
I would like to propose a strategy that could help you and your church
to be intentional in your plans for evangelism. It will involve
four emphasis Sundays during the next year, and it is my hope that it
will help you to motivate your church to be intentional about
evangelism.
The first
Sunday will be September 24, 2006 and will involve the supplying of the
Gospel of John with attractive covers by The Pocket Testament League to
your church members, and then instructing them, perhaps during the
morning service, how they can use this as a tool for evangelism during
the week. Imagine the impact that your church could have on its
community if every member would participate to share Jesus with someone.
I can see the Lord blessing that kind of intentionality.
Pocket
Testament Sunday will kick off a cycle of emphasis. Every quarter will
feature a different strategy to reach outside of the walls of your
church and help your people to witness to those around them. This is
about getting your people involved in sharing.
I will be
sending you details on how to become involved and how to secure the
Pocket Testaments in the next month, as well as the contact information
for The Pocket Testament League. I hope you will pray with me about
this, and become involved this year in intentional evangelism.
Keep
Sharing Jesus,
Doug
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