Thursday, September 17, 2020
Five things your church can do in the assembly to be evangelistic
If you want to be serious about reaching lost people for Jesus, here are five simple suggestions for use in the worship assembly.
Take advantage of the "big" days. Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, Senior Sunday. These are high traffic Sundays for visitors. It is a great time to explain how honored you would be to answer questions, or to talk about what it means to be a Jesus follower.
Have special community days/events and use them to create opportunities. Marriage seminars, financial classes, parenting, caring for older parents, etc. Be sure and let the community attenders at these events that since you come at these topics from a Christian perspective that you be glad to sit down and visit about what it means to follow Jesus in every aspect of life.
Preach good news sermons periodically. Sermons on the cross and the resurrection need to done on a regular basis. Let your congregation know in advance so they can invite people. Have Friend's day, bring a neighbor day, who are we days.
Always include an invitation/alter call and make it easy to respond. People in the aisle, under the large banner in the foyer, at the front after services, ask someone in the yellow teeshirts or whatever. Just know they are probably not going to come down the aisle like they used to. Nor are they likely to search out the third classroom on the left in the middle hallway out the side door. And the preacher does not always have to be the one giving the invitation.
Tell conversion stories publicly. Have new converts up for a public blessing. Tell their story. The people that influenced them. A little of the back story. Even better if the convert will tell the story. Or some of the people that helped lead them to Jesus. This will inspire your members to be active in sharing their faith and may inspire some seeker to make the next move.
Consistent sharing the good news by sermon and the Lord's supper.
Regular telling stories.
Continuous invitations to talk about Jesus.
It will bear fruit.
