Overview some ideas ,
Will lead to witnessing opportunities.
1. Ministries to meet the needs of the
people.
2. Ministries to reach people with the
gospel.
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Community Evangelism:
Implement ministry-based evangelism
Ministries:
Baptist Centers, Pregnancy Care
Ministries, Homeless, Substance Abuse,
Literacy, Community Ministries, Disabilities
Awareness, Hunger, Welfare to Work,
Medical.
His Heart, Our Hands Tool Kit
• Community Evangelistic Ministries
• Recommend you read the chapter on Community
and Ministry in “Effective Evangelistic Churches” by
Dr Thom Rainer, dean of evangelism and church
growth at Southern Seminary.
• A balance between ministry and evangelism.
• Empowered by the Holy Spirit
• Have a continuous evangelism training, visiting,
witnessing, and assimilation.
• Teach and preach on lifestyle evangelism.
• Church leaders, Deacons, Sunday School leaders,
and spouses weekly evangelism.
• Must impact your culture, connect, Get outside the
walls!
• Must create mission minded ministry.
• Have a weekly prayer meeting where
the lost are prayed for by name.
• Establish a prayer team to pray for
visitation teams.
• Establish continuous prayer and
evangelism training classes.
• Ministries your Church can begin to meet social needs and
share the gospel.
• Backyard Bible club
• Multi-housing Bible studies for kids
• Ethnic mission church
• Benevolence Ministry
• Support Groups
• Crisis Ministry
• Food assistance
• Clothing Store
• Church Planting ministry
• Taxi service
• Crisis Pregnancy ministry – offer counseling not
abortion.
• Home for unwed mothers
• Women’s (day time) Bible studies
• Mother’s morning out program
• Day Care ministry
• Women’s support/mentoring groups
• Single moms support groups/job skills training
• Discipleship Classes – spiritual growth
• The Man God Uses, Henry Blackaby
• Disciplines of a Godly Man,
R. Kent Hughes
• Accountability Groups
• Bible Study on how to love your wife,
Ephesians
• Crisis Management
• Both parents working; Children raised by other
family members; Children raised by the TV.
• Opportunity to impact children, show God’s love and
forgiveness.
• Latch-Key ministry
• After school program
• Tutoring ministry
• Introduce your Children to God
• Art classes
• Writing classes
• Sports ministry
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Society lay wasted; Divorce dividing marriages
Immigrants in our communities; Impact your community
Divorce Recovery
Addiction Recovery
Eating Disorders
Single Parents
Children of Divorced Parents
Parents of Divorced Children
ESL – English as a second Language
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Society is changing, pluralistic.
The family to reach families
Reach your neighbors
Open doors to connect and share the
gospel.
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New Parents Class
Potty Training Class
New Mother’s Class
New Neighbor’s Class
Communication Classes for families
Marriage Enrichment Classes
Newly-Wed Class – NAMB materials
Family supper ministry
Laundromat Ministry: one night a week
• One way to get to know your
community is by offering a ministry
that will provide for children. PreChristian parents will enroll their
children in a Christian day school. The
ministry will open doors to impact
these parents during special holiday
events.
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Community: Ministry
Open Doors to evangelize
Day Care
Wee School
Home School Classes
Basketball, Baseball teams & instruction
Sports Evangelism Clinics
Gardening Classes
Our community has grown up without
knowledge of God.
Expects call our society secular.
A PSG will create opportunities to share
with seekers and discuss and seek
God in a non-offensive place.
A PSG is an environment to meet God at
your own pace.
• Coffee House or gathering place where
people can discuss spiritual matters
• Find a common ground to connect
• Point to God gradually
• Make gentle offers for salvation
• Pray for the individual(s) to be saved
• An Attitude of Agapé Love
God’s unconditional Love
• A burden and concern for your
community
• You are in the community that God
wants you to reach
• What are you doing to reach them?
• Look for a need and define ways to
meet that need.
• Seek God through prayer. Ask God to
provide the funds, the workers, if you
are the person
• If not you, then who?
• If not now, then when?
• His Heart,
Our Hands
• A Ministry Evangelism
Tool Kit
• Purchase through
www.namb.net
• Or call,
1 (866) 407-6262
Every believer should serve Christ
according to his or her spiritual gifts.
3 Basic facts:
1. Every believer has at least one. 1 Cor.
7:7
2. Know your spiritual gift(s). 1 Cor. 12:1
3. Use your gifts to serve Christ. Rom.
12:6
Why use your Spiritual gifts?
1. Prayer: provides direction, prepares
the ministry for evangelism.
2. Share the vision: people must catch
the vision.
3. Assess Community Needs
4. Determine Giftedness
5. Match Community Needs with Church
gifts.
6.Plan the Ministry: Develop a Mission Statement.
Core Values: Determine what ministries to establish;
prepare objectives, goals, action plans. Implement
actions.
7.Equip people to intentionally share the gospel.
8.Sponsor special events as a bridge to the lost.
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