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- 2. Jesus gave a clarion call to service to the New Testament church.
- 3. Matthew 28:19,20 “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.”
- 4. Tens of thousands of Seventh-day Adventist lay people worldwide are rediscovering the joy of sharing their faith.
- 5. They have a new understanding of their role as Christians.
- 6. The Biblical truth of God’s call to be His witnesses has lifted their vision and transformed their lives.
- 7. They are sharing their faith with renewed enthusiasm.
- 8. Where the church is growing around the world, lay people are actively involved.
- 9. Church growth or evangelistic success is largely dependent on active laity.
- 10. Gospel Workers, p. 352 “The work of God in this earth can never be finished until the men and women comprising our church membership rally to the work and unite their efforts with those of ministers and church officers.”
- 11. God is gathering lay people around the world for a final movement at the climax of earth’s history.
- 12. He will pour out His Spirit on them as they use their gifts to proclaim the ‘Good News’.
- 13. How do you grow a church? What are the keys to successful evangelism?
- 14. Chapter 1 ‘Five Keys To Successful Evangelism’
- 15. The Five Keys are a Master Strategy Based on Five Church Growth Principles
- 16. These five keys are Biblical, Christ- centered principles that testify to their explosive power by producing growing churches.
- 17. A careful study of the book of Acts reveals the disciples’ success was based on these five universal principles.
- 18. By using ‘The Five Keys’ Pastors and lay people have become more successful in winning lost souls to Christ.
- 19. Key # 1 – Revival Churches grow when there is genuine spiritual revival among the members and a renewal of spiritual life.
- 20. The New Testament Christian church grew largely because each member experienced a personal encounter with Jesus Christ.
- 21. Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power whenthe Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall bewitnesses to Me
- 22. Acts 1:8 “in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
- 23. The disciples: •Shared a Christ they knew •Proclaimed a Christ they experienced. •Witnessed of a Christ who changed them personally.
- 24. Steps to Christ, p. 78 “No sooner does one come to Christ than there is born in his heart a desire to make known to others what a precious friend he has found in Jesus . . .
- 25. Steps to Christ, p. 78 “the saving and sanctifying truth cannotbe shut up in his heart.”
- 26. 3 Ways To Experience A Spiritual Revival
- 27. Church members are spiritually revived when there is a renewed emphasis on 1. Bible study and study of the gift of prophecy
- 31. Test. To ministers p. 113 “Let us give more time to the study of the Bible. We do not understand the word as we should.”
- 32. Test. To ministers, p.113 “When we as a people understand what this book means to us, there will be seen among us a great revival.”
- 34. Churches are revived when there is a renewed emphasis on 2. Intercessory prayer
- 39. Ways to Spiritual Revival 1.Bible Study 2.Prayer
- 40. Churches are revived when there is a renewed emphasis on 3. Witnessing
- 41. Steps to Christ, p.80 “If you will go to work as Christ designs that His disciples shall, and win souls for Him, you will feel the need of a deeper experience and a greater knowledge in divine things, and will hunger and thirst after righteousness.”
- 42. Churches are revived whenthere is a renewed emphasis on 1. Bible study 2. Prayer 3. Witnessing
- 43. The Question is:
- 44. What are we doing as a congregation to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in creating an atmosphere for spiritual revival?
- 45. Spiritual Revival leads to Key To Successful Evangelism
- 46. KEY # 2 TRAINING AND EQUIPPING
- 47. Churches grow when each member is trained and equipped for service.
- 48. The disciples were equipped and trained by the world’s greatest teacher. Jesus spent 3 ½ years training and equipping His disciples.
- 49. In the book of Acts they applied the lessons Jesus taught them.
- 50. The apostle Paul encouraged every pastor to equip the believers for the work of ministry.
- 51. Ephesians 4:11,12 “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors, and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ.”
- 52. Ministry of Healing, p. 149 “Many would be willing to work if they were taught how to begin. They need to be instructed and encouraged.”
- 53. Ministry of Healing, p. 149 “Every church should be a training school for Christian workers.”
- 54. “It’s members should be taught how to: • Give Bible readings, • How to conduct and teach Sabbath-school classes,”
- 55. • How best to help the poor and to care for the sick, • And how to work for the unconverted”
- 56. “There should be: • Schools of health • Cooking schools, • Classes in various lines of Christian help work.”
- 57. “There should not only be teaching, but actual work under experienced instructors.”
- 58. “Let the teachers lead the way in working among the people, and others, uniting with them, will learn from their example.”
- 59. Gospel Workers p. 197,198 “If pastors would give more attention to getting and keeping their flock actively engaged at work, they would accomplish more good, have more time for study and religious visiting, and also avoid many causes of
- 60. A worker who has been trained and equipped for the work can accomplish far more than workers have not been trained.
- 61. Evangelism p. 474 “One worker who has been trained and educated for the work, who is controlled by the Spirit of Christ,”
- 62. Evangelism p. 474 “will accomplish far more than ten laborers who go out deficient in knowledge and weak in the faith.”
- 63. How can the church practically work in an organized way?
- 64. Evangelism, p. 115 “In our churches let companies be formed for service. The formation of small companies as a basis of Christian effort is a plan that has been presented before me by One who cannot err.”
- 65. Organizing Ministries 1.Bible study ministry 2.Literature ministry 3.Home group ministry 4.Visitation ministry 5.Health ministry
- 66. How do you form ministries? Where do you begin?
- 67. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 “Now there are diversities of Gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of Ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of Activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.”
- 68. 1 Corinthians 12:11 “But one and the same Spirit works all these things distributing to each one individually as He wills.”
- 70. Gifts - Teaching Ministries – Bible study ministry Activities –Bible study
- 71. Gifts - Teaching Ministries –Health ministry Activities – Cooking School
- 72. Churches grow when there is a planned process of activity. Churches – Should be a beehive of activity.
- 73. When church members are: •Equipped to serve and • Form small groups •To reach out to their community, in Bible- based ministries,
- 75. The question is:
- 76. What is our church doing to help each member discover their gifts and equip each member for service?
- 77. A revived church equipped to witness, is a church that is ready for the 3rd key to successful evangelism.
- 79. Churches grow when there is a planned process of community outreach meeting the physical, mental, social and spiritual needs of people.
- 80. Matthew 4:23 “Now Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.”
- 81. Jesus lovingly met people’s felt needs. As their hearts opened, He shared the eternal principles of the kingdom with them.
- 82. We will have success in reaching the needs of the people as we follow the Savior’s example and methods.
- 83. Ministry of Healing, p. 143 “Christ’s method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Savior mingled with men as one who desired their good,”
- 84. “He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, “Follow Me.”
- 85. Growing churches have a variety of programs that meet the needs of varied people groups.
- 86. Just as Jesus met the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needs, His people, filled with His love, do the same.
- 87. What is the purpose of medical missionary work?
- 88. Evangelism p. 516 “Medical missionary work gives opportunity for carrying forward successful evangelistic work.”
- 89. “It is as these lines of effort are united, that we may expect to gather the most precious fruit for the Lord.”
- 90. If you want to have a harvest it is necessary to sow the seed. Therefore let’s look at some principles of community outreach
- 91. Principles of Community Outreach 1.The narrow-few principle
- 92. The narrower your program base the fewer results.
- 93. The broader your program base greater the results.
- 95. Principles of Community Outreach 2. The pathways principle
- 96. Each program is a pathway into the community inviting people into contact with the church.
- 97. Principles of Community Outreach 3. Felt-needs principle
- 98. When members discover their spiritual gifts and meet the felt needs of others through a variety of ministries lovingly leading them to Jesus the church grows.
- 103. Home Bible Groups are meeting in church members homes. They are studying the book of Daniel.
- 107. Broad-based community programs awaken spiritual interest and prepare the territory for evangelistic meetings.
- 108. We recommend that your church attempt to contact three times its active membership each year in community based programs.
- 109. By placing these names on a data base and developing an active interest file along with personal relationships
- 110. you will have a responsive audience for evangelistic meetings.
- 111. God blesses: •The prayers we offer •The visits we make •The literature we distribute •The Bible studies we give •The health programs we conduct •The evangelistic meetings we hold
- 112. KEY # 4 REAPING (PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS)
- 113. When the gospel seed has been sown, it is time to reap a harvest.
- 114. Churches grow when God’s word is preached through evangelistic proclamation.
- 115. The New Testament Church placed priority on evangelism.
- 116. Acts 8:4 “Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.”
- 117. 1 Corinthians 1:21 “For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.”
- 118. 1 Corinthians 1:25 “Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”
- 119. Why Evangelism? Because evangelism is God’s means of saving lost people.
- 120. Luke 19:10 “for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
- 121. If God’s top priority was to save the lost. What should our top priority be? Evangelism!
- 122. Evangelism, p. 17 “Evangelistic work, opening the Scriptures to others, warning men and women of what is coming upon the world, is to occupy more and still more of the time of God’s servants.
- 123. The question is: Where do we start?
- 124. Church Manual p. 131, 132 “The church board has a number of important responsibilities, but its chief concern is the work of planning and fostering evangelism.
- 125. Church Manual p. 131, 132 “Because evangelism is the primary work of the church, the first item on the agenda of each church board meeting is to relate directly to the evangelization of the missionary territory of the church.”
- 126. Church Manual p. 131, 132 “Once each quarter of the year the entire church board meeting can well be devoted to plans for evangelism.”
- 127. Churches Grow when:
- 128. There is a rediscovery of the primacy of evangelism by pastors, administrators, lay people and youth within the Adventist church today.
- 129. Churches Grow When: •The calendar year is organized around specific reaping events •There is an evangelistic calendar
- 131. God promises to grant a harvest through biblical preaching and public evangelism.
- 134. Expect Miracles! They will happen as you step out in faith!
- 136. Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
- 137. Once people have heard and accepted Christ and the ‘Three Angel’s Message’ and been baptised they need the 5th key.
- 138. KEY # 5 NURTURE AND FOLLOW-UP
- 139. Churches grow when new converts are nurtured and taught to witness.
- 140. When a new convert is baptized they are infants in the faith.
- 141. Growing churches nurture their (infants) new believers.
- 142. Follow-up of the interest generated by public evangelism is an ongoing part of the church’s effective outreach.
- 143. Evangelism, p. 345 “When men and women accept the truth, we are not to go away and leave them and have no further burden for them. They are to be looked after.”
- 144. They need nurture, love and care if they are to become mature Christians.
- 145. Growing churches are not only concerned about baptizing converts they are concerned about keeping them.
- 146. ‘Five Keys To Successful Evangelism” 1. Spiritual Revival 2. Training and Equipping 3. Community Outreach 4. Reaping – Public Evangelism 5. Nurture & Follow-up
- 147. Imagine what might happen if your church experienced a genuine Holy Spirit revival?
- 148. What if members were praying and earnestly seeking to understand where they could use their gifts in witness?
- 149. What if on multiple nights of the week a variety of training classes were being conducted to equip church members for service?
- 150. What would happen if there were broad-based community outreach programs meeting the needs of your community followed by dynamic public evangelistic meetings?
- 151. This is God’s vision for your church. This is God’s dream for your community. This is God’s goal for His people today.
- 152. God wants your church to be REBORN and it will be as you follow and implement the ‘Five Keys’
- 153. R – Revival E – Equipping B – Bible-based ministries O – Outreach - community R – Reaping –Evangelism N – Nurture
- 154. As you implement these explosive church growth principles your church will be radically REBORN
- 155. Matthew 28:19,20 “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!
- 156. Matthew 28:19,20 “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.”
- 157. Go! Ye therefore and teach all nations! GO! GO! GO! God will bless you!
- 203. EVANGELISM AND CHURCH GROWTH 1. How does a church grow? 2. What are the keys to successful evangelism?
- 204. Church growth is like building a house. To build a house you must have: 1. Vision
- 205. Church growth is like building a house. To build a house you must have: 2. Good plans
- 206. Effective soul-winners must: •Have vision •Develop a master plan
- 208. 2. Good foundation: (‘The Five Keys to Successful Evangelism)
- 209. 3. Good materials (Bibles, lessons, literature etc.)
- 210. 4. Good builders – The Church • Pastors • Lay members