A Strategy for Building Our Local Church Body

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• A Strategy for Building Our Local Church Body

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Why?

• Should We Prioritize Evangelism?

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Why should we evangelize?

• It expands the Kingdom of God.
• Gods Commission to us.
• Bringing glory to God.
• The lifting up of Godly holiness in peoples
  lives.

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Come, Follow Me and I Will Make You Fishers of
Men.

• - Mark 117

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At Once They Left Their Nets and Followed Him.

• -The Next Verse

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Our Mission as Followers of Jesus.

• Luke 199-10- Jesus came to seek and to save
  what was lost.
• Mark 1045- Jesus came to serve and to give his
  life as a ransom for many.
• John 146,12- Jesus is the way, the truth, and
  the life. No one comes to the Father but through
  him. Anyone who has faith will do what he did.
• Matt. 2819- Go and make disciples. Baptize
  them. Teach them.
• 2 Cor. 520- We are Christs ambassadors, as
  though God were making his appeal through us.

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What?

• Will Our Strategy be Effective?

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The Strategy

• Step 1 Build a trusting relationship.
• Step 2 Begin to witness verbally.
• Step 3 Extend invitation to church or event.
• Step 4 Follow through with a home visit.
• Step 5 Find an open door to present the gospel
• Step 6 Begin discipleship process.
• Step 7 Celebrate what God has done!

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Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary
use words.

• St. Francis of Asissi

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Everyone is to workand whats more, everyones
work is to produce something good.

• -C.S. Lewis on the work of the church

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Who?

• Doesnt the Pastoral Staff Do That?

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The evangelists are

• The pastoral leadership
• The church body (laity)

Christianity is essentially a lay movement.
Greg Ogden
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Arent the sick in need of a doctor?

• We bring a message of healing, redemption, and
  hope.
• We are reaching those who are receptive to the
  gospel of Jesus Christ.
• We are reaching out to unbelievers everywhere.

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How?

• Can We Really Do This?

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Evangelism Begins with Leadership and it Ends
with the Laity.

• 1. Vision and future goals.
• 2. Asking the right questions.
• 3. Commitment and perseverance.
• 4. Passion and enthusiasm

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Equipping the Church

• 1. Hold classroom training seminars.
• Teaching
• Discussion
• Gifts inventory
• On-the-job Training.
• Take trainees on calls
• Give briefing and debriefing
• Repeat again until trainee can be a trainer.

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The Church Needs Quality Planning.

• High-impact outreach events that vary purposes.
• Worship services that have
• Cultural relevance
• Excellent audio/visual
• Thoughtful and meaningful proclamation of the
  Word
• A stimulating atmosphere and pace
• Engaging components of worship
• A wide variety of classes that provide excellent
  training for people with different ministry
  styles.
• A wide variety of service projects.

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Just Be Willing to Do Something!

• It is written I believed therefore I have
  spoken. With that same spirit of faith we also
  believe and therefore speak because we know 2
  Corithians 413
• Its time the church stands up and shows that it
  really believes the truths that it acknowledges.
• Faith without deeds is dead. James 226

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It usually takes about five times more energy to
reactivate a disgruntled or carnal member than it
does to win a receptive unbeliever.-Rick
Warren, The Purpose Driven Church
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Its only the Spirit of God who enables one to
carry on the redemptive mission of evangelism.

• -Robert E. Coleman

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Where?

• Do We Have to Go to Them?

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Calling on Visitors

• Meet people personally who visit our church.
• Builds relations on their own grounds.
• Opens opportunity for personal evangelism.
• Opens opportunity for personal discipleship.

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Calling on Non-visitors

• Take initiative to build rapport with those
  around you that do not attend church
• Coworkers
• Clients
• Friends
• Relatives
• Neighbors
• Strangers
• This may lead to invitation and subsequent
  visitation to church.

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When?

• Wont There Always Be Later?

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Responding to Gods Call with Urgency

• Responding to Gods will openly.
• Praying for and receiving vision.
• Working out the fear of others.
• Looking for and when led creating open doors to
  share Gods good news.

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As Gods fellow workers we urge you not to
receive Gods grace in vain
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I tell you, now is the time of Gods favor, now
is the day of salvation.

• -2 Corinthians 61,2

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Yesterday is Already Gone. Tomorrow May Never
Come.Now is the Only Time to Act!

• -Words of a Wise Man