Gospel Tract Ministry

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• Tract Ministry
• Who Can Be In this Ministry?

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Anyone of Us or ALL of Us..Everyone of Us!!!
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What Is A Tract?

• A tract is a short, simple presentation of the
  gospel message,
• printed in convenient pocket size, designed for
  easy distribution and use.

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• There is probably no easier, more convenient way
  to share the Good News of Jesus Christ than
  through the use of gospel tracts.

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Many people have been led to Christ in this way.
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• 1. If one thousand people would each put out just
  fifty tracts per week, in one year over 2.6
  million tracts would be distributed!
• 2. If one person would be saved for every one
  thousand tracts, 2600 souls would be won to
  Christ during that year!
• 3. Just minutes per day per person is required to
  hand out this many tracts!
• "As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I
  you."John 2021.

Did You Know That
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• Why Tracts Are Effective
• Many people never go to church or read the Bible.
  A tract may be the only clear presentation of the
  Gospel they will ever receive.
• A tract can go anywhere inexpensively. You can
  carry it in your pocket or purse, place it in a
  rack, or send it through the mail.

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• A tract will reinforce your personal witness.
  Even if you can't follow up, the reader can write
  to the address on the back for further help.
• Some people will not listen to you, but will
  accept a tract. Many people have been saved
  through reading (and rereading) a tract in
  privacy.

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When you give a tract, you are representing the
Lord.
How To Use Tracts
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Here are a few suggestions on how to witness for
Jesus Christ with tracts
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Prayerfully.

• Be Obedient to the love Christ and a develop a
  genuine concern for those whom you will meet.
• Pray that the Holy Spirit will, through the
  tracts you give, open hearts and minds to the
  Gospel.

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Practically.

• Be sensitive to the needs and interests of those
  around you, and be equipped to use tracts when it
  is appropriate.

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Prospectively

• . Tracts open the door to further witness.
• But if you have an opportunity to share your
  faith,
• Don't give a tract as an excuse to not witness.

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Pleasantly

• It costs so little to smile, but a smile goes so
  far.
• If a person refuses a tract or wants to argue, be
  pleasant.
• Don't argue.

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Plentifully

• . Tracts cost so little that you can afford to
  give them freely.
• Certainly some people will throw them away.
  People turn off the radio, yet we still broadcast
  the Gospel.
• Be persistent, and trust the Lord to bring forth
  fruit.

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Ways To Use Tracts

• Mail tracts with letters, greeting cards and
  bills. Send them to friends, shut-ins, and
  visitors to your church.
• Give them to waitresses, and salespeople.
• Carry them on vacation and whenever you travel.
  Always have some in your pocket, purse, and glove
  compartment.

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• Keep tracts inside the entrance of your home to
  give to solicitors.
• Place a tract rack in your church.

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• Place tract racks in hospitals, rest homes, bus
  stations, prisons, etc.
• Give tracts to children in VBS and Sunday school
  and on special days like Halloween, Valentine's
  Day and Christmas.
• Go with teams from your church with tracts
  door-to-door, to sports events, fairs, etc.

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Why use tracts

• Tracts can make an opening for us to share our
  faith.
• We can watch people's reaction as we give them a
  tract, and see if they are open to listen to
  spiritual things.
• They can do the witnessing for us.
• If we are too timid to speak to someone about the
  things of God, we can at least give them a tract,
  or leave it lying around so that someone will
  pick it up.

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• They speak to the person when they are
  ready--i.e. they don't read it until they want
  to.
• They can find their way into people's homes when
  we can't.
• They don't get into argument. They just state
  their case.

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• There are tracts for every occasion, for every
  need, and for every type of person.
• Tracts can be distributed by anyone, regardless
  of age, sex, race, or education.
• Tracts provide an easy way to "break the ice" or
  "open the door" to witness.

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• Tracts can be passed along, and can therefore be
  used over and over again.
• Tracts can be mass distributed easily.
• Tracts are inexpensive and can be handed out
  liberally.

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• 1. Tracts can get inside homes and stay there.
  You can't.
• 2. Tracts never lose their temper or become
  involved in arguments.

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• Dr. Oswald J. Smith said, "The only way to carry
  out the Great Commission will be by the means of
  the printed page.
• " Billy Graham said, "Nothing surpasses a tract
  for sowing the seed of the Good News."

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If you want people to accept your tract from you,

• Don't say, "Would you like this?
• They will probably say, "What is it?" and then
  you're in trouble.

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Instead, say,

• "Did you get one of these?"
• That question has a two-fold effect.
• You stir up curiosity and make them ask
• "One of what?
• That's when you pass it to them. That phrase
  also makes them feel as though they are missing
  out on something. And so they are.

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Remember
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• There is probably no easier, more convenient way
  to share the Good News of Jesus Christ than
  through the use of gospel tracts.