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Techniques for Planning Church Evangelism

Lay Leadership Training Lillian Torres November 10, 2019

Contact Information

Lillian Torres Assistant Evangelism Director ltorres@paconference.org 413-822-3071

Two Parts

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• Pre-Evangelism Church Planning
• Intentional & Practical Comprehensive Evangelism
• The message, the structure and the methods

November 10, 2019 – Part 1

• Post-Evangelism Church Planning
• Intentional & Practical Intentional Nurturing, Discipleship & Mentoring
• The structure and process of making a soul-winning disciple

May 3, 2020 – Part 2

Getting Acquainted

• 1. Short Survey
• 2. Reflection Questions

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Reflection Questions

• 1. What kind of lay-leader or lay-pastor do you

want to be?

• 2. Where should you invest the largest portion
• f your ministry time?

Resource: “Christian Leadership”, EGW

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2 Types of Church Leaders

Type #1 Leader:

• Internally Focused Leader
• Maintenance Focused Leader
• Administration Focused Leader

Type #2 Leader:

• Mission Focused Leader
• Evangelism Focused Leader
• Discipleship Focus Leader

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Acts 6:1-3

“Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily

• distribution. Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the

disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.””

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80% of Our Churches Are Plateaued or Dying* That means that an overwhelming percentage

• f our churches in North America are

UNHEALTHY

Result of An Imbalance

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Life of Church

Goal

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The Difference

Evangelism

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Resource: “Evangelism”, EGW

There is Hope…

Ellicott City Advent ntist Chur urch Th The St Story of a Revitalized Church Ca Case Study #1

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BALTIMORE FIRST – A CASE STUDY

• Declining membership over the last several years
• Declining attendance over the last several years
• Significant number of transfers away to other churches
• No baptisms for almost two years
• Negative cash flow
• Very little meaningful ministry to the community
• No real focus on evangelism
• Very few families with children
• Campus and building in great disrepair
• Major conflict between church and school constituencies
• Poor spiritual climate due to internal conflicts

Pastor Bill McClenndon

Baltimore First

Mission Focused Church

Prayer Children’s Ministry Small Groups Sabbath School Worship

Sabbath Services

Outreach Health Socials Media Evangelism

Baltimore First

Baltimore First

Ellicott City Church

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300 250 150 100 50

Attendance

Ellicott City Church

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 2013 2014 2015 2016

Baptisms

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275 325 375 425 475 525 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Thousands

Tithe Ellicott City Church

Ellicott City – A Church REVITALIZED

• Ellicott City is now a healthy outward-focused missional church
• There is new life and an expectant attitude of God’s blessings
• We have adopted a culture of evangelism
• We have committed to two evangelistic meetings per year
• We have “evangelized” the ministries of the church
• We have committed to making disciples and not just members
• We have restructured all systems and processes in the church
• We have launched a wealth of new ministries
• We have remodeled the entire church and campus
• Major repairs to parking lot and roof
• Ellicott City Church now “looks” like a healthy church.
• We have outgrown our existing facility

WHAT DO GROWING CHURCHES LOOK LIKE?

Growing Churches...

• 1. Know Why They Exist (Purpose v. Ambiguity)
• 2. Are Externally Focused (Them v. Us)
• 3. Believe They Can Grow (Can v. Can't)
• 4. Are Intentionally Led (Proactive v. Reactive)
• 5. Act Decisively (Now v. Later)
• 6. Deal With Challenges (Confrontational v. Passive)
• 7. Are Praying Churches (Supernatural v. Natural)

“Slow & Steady”

Postville e SDA Church Pen ennsylvania Th The St Story of a Revitalizing Churc rch Ca Case Study #2

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Pottsville Church – A CASE STUDY

• Declining membership over the last several years
• Declining attendance over the last several years
• Very few baptisms
• Very little meaningful ministry to the community
• No real focus on evangelism
• Very few families with children
• Church building extremely small
• Internally focused

The Talk

Pottsville Church

1.

Attendance:

• Average Attendance = 28 to 30 (Old Building)
• 2018 = 39 (New Building)
• 2019 = 53-63 (Currently)

2.

Baptisms:

• Baptisms = 1 per year for 20 years
• 2018 = 5 Baptisms
• 2019 = 10 Baptisms
• Presently preparing for the next baptism = 2 Souls
• Attending Church regularly & being nurtured = 7 Souls

3.

Tithes:

• 2016 = $58,320
• 2018 = $98,331
• 2019 = $99,047 so far (2 months) projected close =120,000

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Baptisms

Pastor what’s the Difference?

Pastor Alex DuBee’s response… “The difference between the old Pottsville Church and the new Pottsville Church is the new Pottsville Church today is focused on the mission – evangelism.”

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Evangelism Focus

1.

Treasurer’s Report

2.

Heating System

3.

Telephone

4.

Grass & Snow

5.

Trees & Fence

6.

Fans

7.

VCR TV Stand

8.

Tables & Chairs

9.

Projector & Screen

10.

Haitian Mission Project

11.

Listen Request Magazine Program

1.

Devotional

2.

Clerk’s report

3.

Treasurer’s Report

4.

Church Website Designer

5.

Community Service

6.

Building Projects Items

7.

Evangelism 2020

8.

Speaker

9.

Bible Worker Interest Report

10.

SermonView: Interest Cards Order

11.

Christmas Party/Social 2004 Business Meeting Agenda 2019 Business Meeting Agenda

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Results: A Different Church Experience

• 1. Soul-Winning Hospitality
• 2. Sabbath School
• 3. Worship Service
• 4. Weekly Fellowship Meal Experience
• 5. Prayer Meeting
• 6. A New Understanding of True Evangelism

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Planning for Evangelism

Internally & Externally

A Proper Understanding & Culture of Evangelism

• What is Evangelism?
• What is the typical understanding of Evangelism
• f most church members and leaders?
• Definition of the word Evangelism

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According to American English Dictionary:

• Evangelism:

²“the spreading of the Christian gospel by public

preaching or personal witness.”

• To Evangelize:

²“convert or seek to convert (someone) to Christianity.”

• An Evangelist:

²“a person who seeks to convert others to the

Christian faith, especially by public preaching.”

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According o Harper’s Bible Dictionary:

• To Evangelize:

² “to proclaim the good news.” ² What good news? Of the victory of God’s salvation in

Jesus Christ.

• An Evangelist:

² “one who proclaims good news.”

• Evangelism (noun denoting that activity)

² Greek verb and noun = euangelizo and euangelion ² Euangelion is normally translated "gospel” denoting the

content of the good news.

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Biblical Evangelism

Harper’s Bible Dictionary, pg.286

“In the earliest days of the church, the work of evangelism, that is, proclaiming the Christian gospel to those who had not heard, was carried

• ut by the apostles and others. Later, as the

church grew and spread and as time passed, “evangelist” came to designate a specific office.”

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True Evangelism

• 1. At its core evangelism is about proclaiming and

sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

• 2. Church programs, events, outreach projects

and methods are all venues that open the door for the sharing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Correct View

What are we communicating when we say to

• ur church members:
• 1. “We need to do more evangelism?”
• 2. “We need to focus more on

evangelism?”

• 3. “As a church our mission is to

evangelize.”

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Typical Response

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Foundational First Steps for Planning for Evangelism

Re-educating & Training

Steps 1 & 2

• 1. Evangelism Re-educating:
• Members and leaders on the true meaning and the

focus of evangelism.

• 2. Gospel Teaching:
• Systematic efforts to teach members and leaders the

gospel and how to share it with the lost.

Previous question: “Where should you invest the largest portion

• f your ministry time?”

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Great Controversy,

• pg. 651.1

“In this life we can only begin to understand the wonderful theme of redemption. With our finite comprehension we may consider most earnestly the shame and the glory, the life and the death, the justice and the mercy, that meet in the cross; yet with the utmost stretch of our mental powers we fail to grasp its full significance…

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Great Controversy,

• pg. 651.1

…The length and the breadth, the depth and the height, of redeeming love are but dimly

• comprehended. The plan of redemption will not be

fully understood, even when the ransomed see as they are seen and know as they are known; but through the eternal ages new truth will continually unfold to the wondering and delighted mind. Though the griefs and pains and temptations of earth are ended and the cause removed, the people of God will ever have a distinct, intelligent knowledge of what their salvation has cost.”

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Matthew 24:14

“ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come.”

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A Link & Painful Reality

Why are so many members not actively involved in sharing their faith and evangelism?

• Distortions regarding the gospel*
• Unsure of their Justification
• Misunderstanding of purpose of Sanctification
• Not sure of their own salvation - “Are you saved?

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Gospel Basics

• The gospel is about God and reveals the truth

about Him!

• Jesus is the gospel personified! Jesus did not

just come to proclaim the gospel He came to be the gospel!

• The gospel is the good news of the birth, life,

death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus!

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Gospel Basics

Three problems sin presents to sinful human beings:

• 1. Guilt & Death Sentence
• 2. Slavery & Unrighteousness
• 3. Nature & Constant Force

Three issues we need to be saved from!

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Gospel Basics

God’s solution to the sin problem:

• 1. Justification by Faith – “you in Christ”
• 2. Sanctification by Faith – “Christ in you”
• 3. Glorification by Faith – “you with Christ”

The gospel is the good news of God’s solution to the sin problem; a mighty power revealed in the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that can deliver us completely from the tyranny of sin and self!

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GF

Gospel Basics

Jesus accomplished 3 things on the Cross – The 3 P’s:

• 1. Freed us from the penalty of sin
• 2. Freed us from the power of sin
• 3. Freed us from the presence of sin

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The 3 Phases of Salvation

Answer:

• Yes, I am saved from the guilt and punishment of sin.
• Yes, I am being saved from the power and slavery of sin.
• Yes, I will receive the fullness of my salvation at the

second coming of Christ when I will be freed from the presence of sin.

Titus 3:11-13

• Gospel
• Fruit of the Gospel
• Hope of the Gospel

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“The sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for sin is the great truth around which all other truths cluster. In order to be rightly understood and appreciated, every truth in the word of God, from Genesis to Revelation, must be studied in the light that streams from the cross of Calvary. I present before you the great, grand monument of mercy and regeneration, salvation and redemption,—the Son of God uplifted on the

• cross. This is to be the foundation of every discourse given by
• ur ministers.””

Gospel Workers, pg. 315.2

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Great Controversy,

• pg. 651.2

“The cross of Christ will be the science and the song of the redeemed through all eternity...That the Maker of all worlds, the Arbiter of all destinies, should lay aside His glory and humiliate Himself from love to man will ever excite the wonder and adoration of the universe.”

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The Apostle Paul

• 1. Prolific New Testament Writer
• 2. Lesson Learned from Athens to Corinth
• 1 Corinthians 2:2
• 3. Letter to the Romans
• Romans 1:16

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The Apostle Paul

• 4. Leadership to Corinthians vs. Galatians
• 5. Paul’s Resume & Ministry Scars
• 1 Corinthians Chapters 6 & 11
• Philippians Chapter 3
• 6. Close of His Ministry
• Before Prison – Acts 20:17-28
• In Prison – 2 Timothy 4:5

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Philippians 3:8

“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.”

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Galatians 6:14

“But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”

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2 Corinthians 9:15

“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.”

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Seminars

Gospel Freedom Series

Schedule 9:30 am – 10:30 am - Lillian Torres – “The Problem With Sin” 11:15 am – 12:15 pm – Dr. Jeff McAuliffe – Sermon: “Who Am I” 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm – Lunch 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Lillian Torres “Are you Sure! 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm - Dr. Robert McAuliffe – “Paid in Full” 3:30 to 4:30 pm - Dr. Jeffrey McAuliffe – “Set Free” 4:30 pm to 5:00 – Q & A - Panel

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Review

Step #1 – Correct Understanding of what is true Biblical evangelism. Step #2 – Create a systematic church structure that will ensure successful evangelism

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Organizing the Church for Proper Evangelism

7 Key Structures

Two Focus Areas:

• 1. Creating an effective comprehensive church

structure for the activity of Evangelism which is the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

• 2. Examining God’s ordain methods for reaching

lost souls and Evangelizing which is seeking to convert people to the good news of Christianity.

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Baltimore First

“Turning a church around is 80% dealing with the things in

this box.”

Pastor Bill McClendon

“The church of Christ is organized for service.”

Ministry of Healing, p. 148

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“The church is God's appointed agency for the salvation of men. It was organized for service, and its mission is to carry the gospel to the world.” Acts of the Apostles,

• pg. 9.1

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God has a plan and a process for reaching souls:

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• Body Level One
• Body Level Two
• Body Level Three
• Body Level Four
• Body Level Five

What if 100 people walked into your church today desiring to know

• Christ. What would you do with them?

Most churches are not organized for effective Evangelism.

Present Reality

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Foundational

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What happens when your church receives a request for Bible study? Explain the process the interest contact goes through.

Discussion Question #1

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What does your church do with a newly baptized member? Explain your discipleship structure and the process of assimilation for the new member into the church family and its mission.

Discussion Question #2

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What does your church do when a guest attends on Sabbath? Explain the process of securing their contact information and getting to know them. Is your church designed in such a way that it meets the needs of guests when they arrive on Sabbath?

Discussion Question #3

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Structure is crucial because it is structure that supports and facilitates the purposes and mission of an

• rganization.

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Every successful organization has a clear vision, mission and structure.

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A God of Order

“God is a God of order. Everything connected with heaven is in perfect order...Success can only attend

• rder and harmonious action. God requires order and

system in His work now no less than in the days of

• Israel. All who are working for Him are to labor

intelligently, not in a careless, haphazard manner. He would have His work done with faith and exactness, that He may place the seal of His approval upon it.” Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 376. (1890)

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Evangelism, pg. 703.1

“God is the great Master Worker, and by His providence He prepares the way for His work to be

• accomplished. He provides opportunities, opens up

lines of influence, and channels of working. If His people are watching the indications of His providence, and stand ready to co-operate with Him, they will see a great work accomplished.”

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7 Essential Church Structures

1.

Personal Ministries Department

2.

Resource Center

3.

Cycle of Training

4.

Guest/New Members’ Sabbath School Class

5.

New Members’ Orientation Classes

6.

Discipleship Program

7.

Hospitality Training

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• 1. Personal Ministries

Department

How important is the role of the Personal Ministries Department?

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Key Ministries

1.

Develop a Church Bible School

2.

Develop a Church Bible Study Interest Report

3.

Cycle of Systematic Lay-Training

Note: All church ministries should be working together with

• ne common objective - to find ways to reach people and

share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Personal Ministries

Department guides that process.

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PM Resources

• AdventSource
• https://www.adventsource.org
• All your ministry needs from A to Z
• GROW Series
• GC Personal Ministries - https://grow.adventist.org
• Download PDF various evangelism methods

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The personal ministries department is to “enlist all members and children in some form of personal outreach service.” Church Manual, p. 132

TMI & Personal Ministries

https://grow.adventist.org GC Personal Ministries

Resources

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GROW Series Mid – 2020

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• 2. Resources Center

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• Body Level One
• Body Level Two
• Body Level Three
• Body Level Four
• Body Level Five

• Body Level One
• Body Level Two
• Body Level Three
• Body Level Four
• Body Level Five

• Body Level One
• Body Level Two
• Body Level Three
• Body Level Four
• Body Level Five

• Body Level One
• Body Level Two
• Body Level Three
• Body Level Four
• Body Level Five

• Body Level One
• Body Level Two
• Body Level Three
• Body Level Four
• Body Level Five

• Body Level One
• Body Level Two
• Body Level Three
• Body Level Four
• Body Level Five

Christian Service, Evangelism

Resources

Soul-Wining Resources

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Bible Study Lessons

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• During Worship Announce
• Guests often wonder where they can get

information about the church

• Invite them to visit your Resource Center
• Promote Free Book Available to Guests
• Resource room can double as a Guest/New

Members Sabbath School Class

Promote Resource Center

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• 3. Cycle of Training

“Every church should be a training school for Christian workers.” Christian Service, pg. 59

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Essential Lay-Training Topics:

1.

How to share your faith in a concise manner (4 C’s)

2.

How to share your testimony in a few minutes (3 Prongs)

3.

General principles in giving a Bible study (ABC)

4.

Three steps to leading people to decisions for Christ (Head, Heart and Feet)

5.

Dealing with Obstacles and Objectives (open ended questions)

6.

How to Present the Gospel (3 P’s)

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• 4. Guests/New Members

Sabbath School Class How safe are your Sabbath School classes for guests and new members?

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Resources

Guest/New Members’ Sabbath School Class Resources

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• 5. New Members

Orientation Classes

Process of assimilating a new member into their new church family and the mission of church.

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• 6. Discipleship Program

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” Matthew 28:19, 20

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Question

How do you make a disciple?

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Resources

The Discipleship Handbook is part of the GROW Your Church series of Personal Ministries resources.

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• 7. Soul-Winning

Hospitality Training

Hospitality Beyond…

• 1. The Handshakes
• 2. Smiles
• 3. Holding Doors
• 4. Handing a Bulletin

Church Website – New Church Front Door=

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• 1. Ones first impressions in the church affects ones impression of

God

• 2. Every aspect of church is an expression of who God is
• 3. When we don’t properly welcome guests we are communicating

“You don’t matter, you don’t fit in God’s family.”

• 4. Our hospitality preaches a sermon before the pastor preaches

his sermon

Reasons Why Hospitality Ministry is Important

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Review

Step #1 – Correct Understanding of what is true Biblical evangelism. Step #2 – Create a systematic church structure that will ensure successful evangelism Step #3 – Heaven ordained evangelism methods & techniques

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Evangelism Methods

Reminder: An entering wedge to the gospel.

2 Types of Traditional Evangelism Activities

• 1. Impersonal Evangelism
• 2. Personal Evangelism

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Impersonal Evangelism

• Literature Evangelism
• Public Evangelism
• Door-to-Door Evangelism
• Mailing Bible Study Enrollment Cards
• Leads from Media Ministries
• Amazing Facts, It Is Written, V.O.P.

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Evangelistic Series

• Pre-work – 45%
• Meetings – 10%
• Post-Work – 45%

Sow – Cultivate - Reap

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Personal Evangelism

• Friendship Evangelism
• Family, Friends, Neighbors, Co-workers
• Church Guests
• Children of Church Members
• Close Relatives of Church Members
• Former Seventh-day Adventists
• Church Events

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Members & Bible Studies

• Bible studies is at the heart of the evangelistic

process.

• “The plan of holding Bible readings [studies]

was a heaven-born idea.” Christian Service, p. 141

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Training Events

• 1. Sunday, February 16th – 21st 2020
• Bible Worker Training
• Location: Blue Mountain Academy
• 2. Sunday, July 12th to Friday, July 17th 2020
• Discipleship Training
• Location: Blue Mountain Academy

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Resource

• It Is Written
• SALT 365 — Evangelism Training Series
• 75 Training Videos
• https://vimeo.com/channels/salt365
• Free online evangelism training series for

people who want to share Jesus in their

• community. Hosted by various evangelism

experts.

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Ministry of Healing, Page 143

“Christ's method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Savior mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, "Follow Me.”

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Know Your Community

• Demographic Profile Church Community
• Needs Profile of the Community
• Community Strengths
• Local Community Services
• Jeanette Dare, Community Services Director
• Email: jdare@paconference.org

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Allentown, PA

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Allentown Urban Ministry Demographic & Need Profile

• 62% Hispanic ethnicity
• Median household income is approximately 54% of the

national average

• Single parent households are approximately 2.5 times the

national average

• Crime 1.64 times the national average.
• Underachieving public schools (bottom 15 percent)

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Ministries that have arisen

• ut of the profile:
• Hispanic: ESL, Bi-lingual programming
• Poverty: “ Free Wednesday” Clothes, food, and

toiletries

• Single Parents: Several kid’s programs
• Crime: Center safe zone for children; values
• School: SCA, “Homework Help”

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God’s 3 Evangelism Agencies

Heaven ordain plan for effective Evangelism

“God works by means of instruments, or second

• causes. He uses the gospel ministry, medical

missionary work, and the publications containing present truth to impress hearts. All are made effectual by means of faith. As the truth is heard or read, the Holy Spirit sends it home to those who hear and read with an earnest desire to know what is right...

Letter 54, 1903

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…The gospel ministry, medical missionary work, and our publications are God's

• agencies. One is not to supersede the other.”

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Letter 54, 1903, cont.

1.

The Gospel Ministry

2.

The Medical Missionary Ministry

3.

The Publication Ministry Each agency is composed of many lines of work coming together for one purpose.

Three Pronged Plan

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• 1. The Gospel Ministry
• Preaching
• Teaching
• Bible Studies
• Small Groups
• Natural Encounters

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• 2. The Medical Missionary

§ The Pioneer work § Entering Wedge § The Right Arm of the Gospel § The Gospel in Practice (Illustration) § The Compassion of Christ Revealed

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“From the light that has been given me, I know that an intimate relationship should ever exist between the medical missionary work and the gospel ministry. They are bound together in sacred union as one work, and are never to be divorced.” Counsels on Health, pg. 528.1 “The Lord has signified that the missionary, health-restorative gospel shall never be separated from the ministry of the word. The Lord Jesus has in His own example shown us the way in which His work is to be done in the restoration of suffering humanity.” 3MR 403.3

Never to Be Separated

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• 2. The Medical Missionary Work

Compassion Ministry

• Physical Health Needs
• Mental & Emotional
• Social Needs
• Personal Immediate Needs

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• 3. The Publication Ministry

“The canvassing work is a most successful way of saving souls.” CM page 37

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The Evolution of the Publication or Literature Ministry

• Tracks
• Books
• Electronic Media
• Social Media

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Desire of Ages, pg. 822

“Christ has made full provision for the prosecution of the work. He took upon Himself the responsibility for its success. So long as they obeyed His word, and worked in connection with Him, they could not fail.”

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Review

Step #1 – Correct Understanding of what is true Biblical evangelism. Step #2 – Create a systematic church structure that will ensure successful evangelism Step #3 – Heaven ordained evangelism methods & techniques

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Prayer

“Through much prayer you must labor for souls, for this is the only method by which you can reach hearts. It is not your work, but the work of Christ who is by your side, that impresses hearts…” Evangelism, pg. 341

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Holy Spirit

“The work of the Holy Spirit is immeasurably

• great. It is from this source that power and

efficiency come to the worker for God;” Review and Herald, November 29, 1892

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