EVANGELISTIC FOLLOW UP STRATEGY

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EVANGELISTIC FOLLOW UP STRATEGY

• By
• Passmore N. Mulambo, Director
• Sabbath Personal Ministries
• Southern Africa - Indian Ocean Division

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Evangelistic Follow Up

• The Great Commission is a command with three
  steps
• Evangelism
• Baptism and
• Education

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Retention a Key Component

• John 15 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose
  you and appointed you that you should go and bear
  fruit, and that your fruit should remain
  (NKJV)
• Bring FRUIT and your FRUIT SHOULD REMAIN
  (Keeping)

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Evangelistic Follow up

• The Emphasis is not on going much as we must go
  but, on MAKING DISCIPLES
• The Preaching has been done
• The Teaching has been done
• The Baptism has been done

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Evangelistic Follow Up

• Follow up is a process by which the church
  achieve the great goal of Making Disciples.
• The scandal of evangelism is to preach the gospel
  to the people and fail to help new converts to
  grow into becoming true disciples of Jesus Christ.

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Evangelistic Follow Up

• How do we follow up?
• When do we follow up?
• Who should follow up?

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The Drawing Board

• The battle is warn on the Drawing Board (The
  planning Level)
• The Moment you plan for an Evangelistic Campaign
  Organise an Effective Follow Up Strategy.
• The tendency is relax after the baptism and this
  what I call The Scandal of Modern Evangelism

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Total Participation in Follow Up

• Every member should be encouraged to invite some
  and to take care of someone - Total
  Participation
• Individual Members should not wait to be put in a
  follow up committee for in order to do Follow
  up.

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Follow Up! Is Follow Up

• Follow up! is Follow Up! Follow Up! is Follow Up
• Do not apologize about Follow Up and doing
  Following Up
• Members should not wait for the coming campaign
  to follow up

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The Apostle Pauls Example

• Acts 18 11 And he continue there a year and six
  months, teaching the word of God among them. NKJ
  (in Corinth)
• Its NOT HIT and Run but its an intentional
  continuous process from the beginning to the end.

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New Members Participate in Follow Up

• The how part- Is by INVOLVING new members in the
  life of the church following baptism.
• Do not keep new converts at bay or at layby.
• New Members should be encouraged to invite old
  friends to join them.

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New Testament Nurture in Follow Up

1. Personal devotion life- They by example in
   commitment to God (Acts 4 13-31)
2. The Oikos Factor- House to House Doctrine,
   fellowship, breaking of bread prayer (- (Acts
   242)
3. Corporate Worship and praise- Acts 246)

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• Involvement and Witness- Share possessions (Acts
  4 32-35)
• Use all available opportunities such as Kitchen
  parties, Weddings, Funerals and official meetings
  to share the joys you have in Jesus.

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Ellen G White

• After individuals have been converted to the
  truth, they need to be looked after. The zeal of
  many ministers seems to fail as soon as a measure
  of success attends their efforts. They do not
  realize that these newly converted ones need
  nursing,--watchful attention, help, and
  encouragement

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Ellen G White

• These should not be left alone, a prey to Satan's
  most powerful temptations they need to be
  educated in regard to their duties, to be kindly
  dealt with, to be led along, and to be visited
  and prayed with. These souls need the meat
  apportioned to every man in due season.
  Evangelism p. 351

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Ellen G. White States

• Preaching is a small part of the work to be done
  for the salvation of souls. God's Spirit convicts
  sinners of the truth, and He places them in the
  arms of the church. The ministers may do their
  part, but they can never perform the work that
  the church should do.

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Ellen G White

• God requires His church to nurse those who are
  young in faith and experience, to go to them, not
  for the purpose of gossiping with them, but to
  pray, to speak unto them words that are "like
  apples of gold in pictures of silver."
  Evangelism p. 352

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5 Key Goals in Follow Up for discipleship

• Devotional Depth
• Doctrinal Grounding
• Dedicated relationships
• Dynamic Witnesses
• Disciple Others

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Practical Follow Up Aspects

• Set up Follow up Team from the start
• Keep a correct record of all interests
• Go through the list after baptism
• Ensure that the details are correct
• Call for meetings for progress review

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5 Simple Steps in Follow Up

1. Activate a Follow Up Team
2. Build your team members
3. Compose your plan
4. Derive your resources
5. Engage your membership

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Visitation in Follow Up

• Key Strengths for Effective Visitation
• Capacity to share friendships
• The longing to help with specific human hurts and
  hopes
• Hope and vision for the future that people have

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Visitation in Follow Up

• 4. Remember to keep your visit simple and
  short- do not stay too long.
• 5. Do not leave without prayer.

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Follow Is Follow UP

• Think of how people in love follow up on each
  other!
• Think of how someone follows up on buying a Car
  or House!
• Think of how a lady follows up on someone to make
  her hair do or do her make up!

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Follow Is Follow UP

• That PASSION, Effort and COMMITMENT!
• That is what God needs from every member during
  Evangelism Explosion.
• Forward with Evangelism Explosion