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Evangelism forms part of discipleship. Too often people divorce evangelism from discipleship and that creates a unbiblical dichotomy. | Evangelism forms part of discipleship. Too often people divorce evangelism from discipleship and that creates a unbiblical dichotomy. | ||
- | * Evangelism: We " | + | |
- | * Edification: | + | |
Therefore, we should never talk about " | Therefore, we should never talk about " | ||
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So... if you're looking for my **// | So... if you're looking for my **// | ||
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+ | ===== Evangelists & Evangelism ===== | ||
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+ | **My Point:** The local church pastor is the person primarily responsible for evangelism in his church. | ||
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+ | **The Problem:** Most churches don't evangelize because the majority of pastors refuse to do the work of an evangelist. | ||
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+ | There are three mentions of " | ||
+ | * Acts 21.8 | ||
+ | * Ephesians 4.11 | ||
+ | * 2Timothy 4.5 | ||
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+ | ==== [1] The Evangelist Evangelizes ==== | ||
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+ | >**Acts 21.8:** And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. | ||
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+ | Philip, one of the seven original deacons in the church at Jerusalem (Acts 6.5), was an evangelist. Through the example of his life we can see and understand that an evangelist evangelizes: | ||
+ | * (Acts 8.5) He " | ||
+ | * (Acts 8.12) He preached "the things concerning the kingdom of God." | ||
+ | * (Acts 8.35) He " | ||
+ | * (Acts 8.40) He " | ||
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+ | ==== [2] The Evangelist Trains ==== | ||
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+ | The evangelist is also one of the four leaders Christ gave as gifts to the Church for the perfecting of the saints, that the saints might do the work of the ministry that results in the edifying of the body of Christ. | ||
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+ | So we can clearly see the will of God (the divine design) in the evangelist. | ||
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+ | * The evangelist is principally a " | ||
+ | * The evangelist, therefore, will teach the saints the biblical principles of evangelism. | ||
+ | * The evangelist will, after that, show the saints a good example of of how to apply those biblical principles of evangelism (he'll take them out with him and show them how he evangelizes). | ||
+ | * The evangelist will then provide opportunities to the saints to go and evangelize so that they can apply the teaching he gave them and follow the example he showed them. | ||
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+ | Remember that all the redeemed (all Christians) are called by God to evangelize. There is no "gift of evangelism" | ||
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+ | > | ||
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+ | If you are one of the reconciled, you have been entrusted with the word of reconciliation (the gospel) and God calls you an ambassador for Christ. God expects you to preach this word to those who need reconciliation with God. There is no "gift of evangelism." | ||
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+ | ==== [3] The Pastor & the Work of an Evangelist ==== | ||
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+ | > | ||
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+ | In the absence of an evangelist in the local church, God has commanded (it is an order from the Lord) the pastor of that church to do the work of an evangelist. That includes everything we have just seen that Bible says is the work of an evangelist: | ||
+ | * Like Philip the evangelist, the pastor is required to evangelize. | ||
+ | * Like God stated in Ephesians 4.11-12, the pastor is responsible to teach his congregation how to evangelize biblically. After that he is to provide them with a sound, biblical example of how to evangelize by showing them how to do it. After that he is to provide opportunities for his people to go out and evangelize with him so they can apply the teaching he gave them and follow the example he showed them. | ||
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+ | **//The local church pastor is the person primarily responsible for evangelism in his church.//** | ||
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+ | **The Problem:** The majority of pastors refuse to do the work of an evangelist. Because of this, most Christians and the Church in general do not evangelize. | ||
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===== Pissing Up a Rope ===== | ===== Pissing Up a Rope ===== | ||
- | I've heard it said that open-air preaching is futile and useless. The actual phrase that was used by the brethren was that street preaching was just " | + | I've heard it said that open-air preaching is futile and useless. The actual phrase that was used by the brethren was that **street preaching was just " |
Noah, "a preacher of righteousness" | Noah, "a preacher of righteousness" | ||
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**//But he won no convert// | **//But he won no convert// | ||
- | Gee... What a **tool* (also defined in the [[http:// | + | Gee... What a **tool** (also defined in the [[http:// |
**For apostasy there is no remedy but judgment.** | **For apostasy there is no remedy but judgment.** | ||
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- | ===== Gospel | + | ===== Tracts ===== |
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+ | Motivation to pass out tracts: {{ : | ||
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+ | Buy good tracts: | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
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+ | Learn: | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== EDDM ===== | ||
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+ | ==== The Problem ==== | ||
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+ | One of the problems I have encountered where I live is the restrictive nature of local " | ||
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+ | Lenexa, for example, states the following in their [[http:// | ||
+ | * **Purpose: | ||
+ | * **Definition: | ||
+ | * **Prohibited: | ||
+ | * **Prohibited: | ||
+ | * **Prohibited: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== The Solution ==== | ||
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+ | Most people want their privacy at home. They want the quiet enjoyment of their private property (me, too). They don't want unwanted intrusions into the privacy of their homes (me, too). | ||
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+ | In addition to that, we don't want to break the law (Rom 13.1-5, etc.). | ||
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+ | So, how can we reach people in our community with the message of the biblical gospel in a way that abides by the law and doesn' | ||
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+ | **[[https:// | ||
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+ | EDDM is a service offered by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that reaches every address in a chosen and defined geographic location. | ||
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+ | **The Steps:** | ||
+ | - Create or Use an Existing USPS.com Account | ||
+ | - Select Neighborhoods & Audience | ||
+ | - Design & Print Your Mailpiece | ||
+ | - Choose Drop-Off Date & Payment Options | ||
+ | - Print Forms & Prepare Mailing Bundles | ||
+ | - Drop Off Your Bundles at the Post Office | ||
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+ | **Resources: | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * Mailers: {{ : | ||
+ | * {{ : | ||
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+ | ==== Examples ==== | ||
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+ | When I was the pastor of Harvest Baptist Church, we invested in several rounds of EDDM in order to reach our community with the message of the gospel and an invitation to our Bible-believing congregation. | ||
+ | * Our first mailer: {{: | ||
+ | * Our second mailer: {{ : | ||
+ | * One round of 100,000 mailers: {{ : | ||
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+ | Andy, founder and owner of [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Cost ==== | ||
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+ | The USPO charges $0.178 per EDDM mailer (that' | ||
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+ | In 2012, Andy (from Tract Planet) designed and printed 100,000 mailers for $7,500.00 (that' | ||
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+ | You can reach your entire community with the message of the gospel for about 25 cents each. | ||
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+ | Or... you can keep your quarter laid up in a napkin and see how that works out for you... | ||
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+ | > He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come... And another came, saying, Lord, behold, //**here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin**// | ||
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topical_evangelism.txt · Last modified: 2021/05/02 19:11 by gregkedro