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4. Evangelism and Witnessing Contents 1. Defining Evangelism and Witnessing 2. Every Member Ministry 3. Spiritual Gifts for Evangelism and Witnessing 4. Evangelism and Witnessing as a Lifestyle 5. Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing 6. Personal Evangelism and Witnessing 7. Corporate Evangelism and Witnessing 8. Equipping for Evangelism and Witnessing 9. Releasing Into Ministry 10. A Love Response 11. Let the Church Know 12. Evaluating Witnessing and Evangelism 13. A Perpetual Ministry

5. Evangelism and Witnessing Our Goal {167} TO INCREASE A person’s store of biblical knowledge. To use that knowledge for good, and in this context the greatest good is to give those who faced eternal destruction the opportunity for eternal life.

6. Evangelism and Witnessing Lesson 2, April 14 Evangelism and Witnessing Lesson 2, April 14 Every Member Ministry

7. Key Text 1 Peter 2:9 NKJV “B UT YOU ARE a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

8. Every Member Ministry Initial Words {181} a ministry share what God has done This is at the heart and soul of personal witness. GOD’S PEOPLE ARE called to be a “royal priesthood.” If called to the “priest-hood,” then we have a ministry. God is calling us into a relationship with Himself, and it is out of that relation- ship that we are compelled to share the great things that God has done, and is doing, for us.

9. Every Member Ministry Quick Look 1. A Ministry for All (Ephesians 4:11, 12) 2. Ministering With God (1 Corinthians 3:6, 9) 3. Making Ministry Reports (Acts 14:27)

10. Every Member Ministry 1. A Ministry for All Ephesians 4:11, 12 NKJV “AND HE HIMSELF gave some to be…pastors…for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry….”

11. 1.A Ministry for All God-given Ministry {182} T HE BIBLE TELLS us that all Christians have a God-given ministry. We need to know what it is and then determine by God’s grace how to use it for His glory. Everyone who has been reconciled to God through the sacrifice of Jesus is given the ministry of reconciliation and is an ambassador for Christ.

12. Today ministry is seen to be something that the pastor does. Part of the work of the pastor is to equip the members for a personal ministry. The New Testament believers understood the concept of every member ministry. 1.A Ministry for All God-given Ministry {182}

13. As we consider the world field today, the harvest still seems great and the laborers few. The disciples were told to pray that reapers would be sent out into the harvest. As we modern-day disciples pray for laborers, the Holy Spirit will open the way for us to do that which He has called us to do. 1.A Ministry for All The Need for Laborers {183}

14. Every Member Ministry 2. Ministering With God 1 Corinthians 3:6, 9 NKJV “I PLANTED, A POLLOS watered, but God gave the increase. For we are God’s fellow workers….”

15. 2. Ministering With God Individuals But Together {184} “A CHURCH BODY grows when all of the members do their share. How often do churches deprive members of an opportunity to contribute to the body? If church leaders don’t understand the ministry of all believers principle, they will not intentionally work for maximum involvement of the membership.

16. The blessings received when each individual member works within a planned church evangelistic strategy are many. 2. Ministering With God Individuals But Together {184} We will focus here on the important areas of encouragement and accountability. The group dynamic encourages accountability, not in the sense of judgment but in the sense of review and evaluation.

17. We are working together to accomplish a divine objective. Members must feel strongly that they are working together with God, who motivates, directs, empowers, and gives the increase. 2. Ministering With God Divine Objective {185}

18. Jesus called the first disciples and promised to make them fishers of men. He taught and equipped them. However, there was still another divine aspect that they would need after Jesus had returned to heaven. That was the Holy Spirit, who would empower the early church in its witnessing and evangelism mission. 2. Ministering With God Divine Objective {185}

19. We need to be aware that we cannot do anything apart from the Lord and that only by an attitude of faith, submission, humility, and willingness to die to self and to serve others can we be the most effective witnesses in God’s hands. 2. Ministering With God Divine Objective {185}

20. Every Member Ministry 3. Making Ministry Reports Acts 14:27 NKJV “A ND WHEN THEY had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

21. 3. Making Ministry Reports For Support {186} REPORTING TO THE church on witnessing and evangelism activities builds a climate of encouragement and blessing. Those reporting can receive the encouragement of the church membership, and those hearing the reports are blessed as they realize what God is accomplishing through His people.

22. Through reporting, the church and those witnessing can again see that they are co-workers with the Lord. Some are hesitant to turn in reports because they wonder if it is a form of boasting in human achievement; however, by our faithful reporting, God is glorified, and His church is strengthened in faith. 3. Making Ministry Reports For Support {186}

23. Every Member Ministry Final Words {187} “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.”— Gospel Workers 352