Evangelism in the immediate area of towns surrounding our church building:

Although a large number of new people are brought into our church fellowship each year — many by baptism — many more should be added to this number. “Evangelism” should not be thought of as involving only more distant outreach, nor is Edification complete without including Evangelism.  A proper discipling will always involve winning family and friends.

1.  Visitation Evangelism

Continuous effort is being made to upgrade our visitation evangelism. All new-comers to our church are visited at once. Other prospects can be derived from neighborhood surveys, listings of new rental or home purchases, and Sunday School “enlistment evangelism.”

Develop a growing corps of committed men and women who realize they have the gift and calling of personal evangelism. Use them to stimulate others to share in the visitation outreach and to witness generally.

2.  Neighborhood Evangelism

Neighborhood evangelism needs further development. Three approaches might be:

(1) raise up more neighborhood Bible studies.

(2) employ an outreach emphasis even in the home prayer meetings — leading into Bible studies.(3) encourage all members to develop relationships with their neighbors so that witnessing will be more effective. (“Cold turkey” evangelism is cold.)

Even though the main purpose of a church meeting is not evangelism, many are converted in the services and we should work at increasing the attendance. Especially effective are Guest Sundays. Considerable evangelism should also take place in and through various programs within the church building.