A New Vision For Churches and Congregations

When you think of evangelism, what comes to mind? Usually people will have at least one story of setting a dog off on someone, or not being able to get rid of “them” while the dinner is burning in the kitchen.

These stories are usually about being evangelized to, not about doing the evangelizing ourselves. When it comes to this kind of stuff, we say “no way”, and “evangelism” gets put up on the shelf with the old VBS materials from years past.

But what is evangelism? Every time you mention a church activity to a co-worker, you’re evangelizing. Every time you pray before your meal at a restaurant, you’re evangelizing. There is no recipe for successful outreach – you don’t have to rehearse your testimony and be prepared to give someone your entire history in order to attract people to Jesus Christ!

The point is….are you happy with God? Are you happy with your church? Aren’t you busting at the seams with happiness for what God has done in your life? If you are, then don’t keep it to yourself! Next Sunday, scan your bulletin for something that you are particularly interested in, make sure you know the details, and make it a point to bring it up in conversation with someone next week. You might even want to have the information handy on a sheet that you can give out. Viola! You’re evangelizing without knocking on a single door!

If you’d like to get ideas on how to improve your church’s outreach in your community, A New Vision for Churches and Congregations has the tools to help! Please email us at 2009newvision@gmail.com.