how to set up and run an evangelization

8/8/2019 How to Set Up and Run an Evangelization

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How to Set up and Run an

Evangelization & Discipleship

Cycle in Your Church

A Systematic

Approach to ChurchGrowth and Retention

of New Members


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Resource


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Resources

From Spectator toDisciple

Adult Sabbath School

Ideal Book No. One

Does Your Church Needa Doctor

How to Find and ReachReceptive People

How to Say Hellowithout Saying Good-bye

How to Set Up and Runan Intercessory Prayer

Ministry in Your Church

How to Use andInterpret the Bible andthe Writings of Ellen

White

How to Write aStatement of Mission for

Your Church

Ministry in an Age ofChanging Social Context

Spiritual Gifts: Keys toMinistry

The Great CommissionModel


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Resource

1958

Multnomah Press,

1981


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The Event Driven Nature of

Adventist Churches

Between events the churchBetween events the church

doesn't do much.doesn't do much.


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The Event Driven Nature of

Adventist Evangelism


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Lev. 23 - The Event Driven Nature of

Israelite Religion

Unleavened

BreadHoly life and

walk

FirstfruitsResurrection

PentecostHarvest

Trumpets NewYear

Day of

AtonementJudgment

TabernaclesIngathering

AttendanceAttendance

requiredrequired

AttendanceAttendancerequiredrequired

PassoverRedemption

Latter Rain

AttendanceAttendance

requiredrequired


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The Basic New

Testament Cycle

Acts 2:41Acts 2:41--4747

Received

the word

Gathered

Together

Baptized

Instructed

FellowshipReached

out

Grew

daily

Positive

witnessTheThe

difference isdifference is

that this is athat this is acontinuouscontinuous

cyclecycle


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Historic Adventist Cycles

Annual no-event cycle

Annual nominatingcommittee cycle

Caring church cycleTypical evangelism cycle


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Annual no-event cycle

Starts Ends

Zilch, nada,Zilch, nada,

nothingnothing


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Annual nominating committeecycle

This year

Next yearDuring theyear


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Caring Church Cycle

Assimilationsystem

Friendship

evangelism skills

Quarter 1Quarter 1

Physical health

related

presentations

Quarter 2Quarter 2

Mental health

related

presentations

(Parenting, etc.)

Quarter 3Quarter 3

Pre-evangelism

presentations

(Family seminars,

etc.)

Quarter 4Quarter 4

Full-message

presentations

(Rev. Seminars,

campaigns, etc.)


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Typical evangelism cycle

Church yearChurch year(Begin at any date)(Begin at any date)

Apply strategiesApply strategies ReapingReaping

activitiesactivities

BaptismsBaptisms


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Pastors

Class

12/13

weeksLarge Group

Evangelism

Small Group

Evangelism

Interest grows

as people

attend

functions

Mostly

done bymembers

Evangelism/Discipleship Cycle

Permanent

prayer

ministry

Small group

Bible studies

Handbills

Telephone

Direct mail

72 Hour

Guest

System

Door-to-

Door

OnOn--going Activities Based on Spiritual Giftsgoing Activities Based on Spiritual Gifts

Start

Mobilization

Promotion

Confirmation

Class

12/13 weeks

Baptismal

Celebration

Senior

pastor

visits

twice

Enrolled in

training


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Step 1: MotivatingChurch Members

Chapter 10


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Regal Books,

1987

Regal Books,

1972

Resources


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Motivating Church Members

Problem 2: Too fewpeople to do too much

work.

Problem 1: No people todo any work.


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Burn Out Problem

Church membersburn out for

three reasons:

1. When one out of everyfour key church

leaders is exhausted,cynical, disillusioned,

and self-deprecating.


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Burn Out Problem

2. Nearly 40% say they aredisillusioned by the

pettiness and backbiting of some churchmembers and findthemselves becomingcynical because so many

church members do notfollow through on whatthey say they will do inchurch activities.


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Burn Out Problem

3. Sitting through

too manyfrustratingmeetings wherenothing is

accomplished.


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Pastoral Involvement

How much

should thepastor be

involved?


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Pastoral Involvement

Research showsthat a majorreason many good

programs are notutilized in thechurch is becauseof the slow start

necessitated by thecommitment of somuch pastoraltime.

The pastor needs to know

what is going on, but does

not need to be the active

agent for all ministries.


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Effective Mobilization

A sense of community and the opportunity for developingfriendships with other volunteers.

A chance for personal growth and development.

Participation by volunteers in problem solving and significantdecision making.

Choosing from involvement alternatives related to individualneeds and interests.

An explicit contract regarding time and level of commitment.

Opportunity to help set goals.Regular mechanisms for affirmation and feedback.

Meaningful orientation and training activities.


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Building an Effective

Mobilization Process

This process is often left

out in program planningin the local church


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Resources

Intervarsity,

1985Augsburg,

1983


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What Todays

VolunteersWant

Clearly defined and limited tasks. Short terms in office.

Plenty of people power.

Simple direct feedback. Lots of affirmation.


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An Effective

Mobilization Process

Principle:An enabling process to mobilize

the membership in todaysworld is usually more effectivewhen it is build mostly aroundsmall mission oriented task

forces (small groups) thanaround committees.


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Whats the Difference?

Church committees oftenare made up of members

who do not expect to do anywork.

They expect to merely

listen to what is proposed,give their opinion, and voteup or down.


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Whats the Difference?

A church committee is usually astanding committee, often indicated

in the Church Manual andoften withexecutive authority.

A task force is ad. hoc. It does a specifictask and ceases to exist


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How to Build

Enabling Groups Choose leaders who already demonstrate

ministry in their lives and who recognizethat the purpose of the group is to

generate ministries. Set the tone with specific training

activities. Have an annual retreat that includes

inspiration, instruction and planning. Meet in homes, mail and agenda in

advance, take some time for fellowshipand watch the attendance climb.


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The Care and

Feeding of Guests

Guest is a

better wordthan visitor


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Three Principles

Guests need to feelthey belong theminute they arrive onthe church campus.

Principle 1Principle 1: The church needs to

develop high levels ofsocialization and sense of

belonging


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Three Principles

Principle 2Principle 2: Low levels of anxiety,

embarrassment and confusion. Physical environment.

Easy to read and well placed

signs and directions. Body language of receptionists.


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Three Principles


embarrassment and confusion. 30 seconds to make a first

impression.

In about 2 minutes peoplemake a conscious orunconscious decision.


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Three Principles


embarrassment and confusion. Training of receptionists

Probably the most neglected

aspect of SDA churchplanning.


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Three Principles

Principle 3Principle 3: The 72 hour follow-up

phenomenon Living Bible Heb. 13:2 Dont forget to entertain strangers, for

by doing so some people have entertained angelswithout knowing it.

Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy; I took up

the case of the stranger. Titus 1:8 An elder must be hospitable . . . Col. 4:5 Be wise in the way you act toward

outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.


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Three Principles


phenomenon The first 72 hours after a

person visits the church are

critical. Contacts: Personal, telephone,

e-mail, snail mail.


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Three Principles


phenomenon Personal visit: Pastor is not the best

choice

Ideal is by couple in same agecategory.

People are always impressed by theenthusiasm of church members.


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Step Two: Large GroupEvangelism

Public evangelism iseffective when it ispart of an overall

strategy and not astand along program


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Large Group Evangelism

How long and how often?

By fitting types of large group

evangelism into a yearly cycle,a local church can discover thebest way to use it.

Scheduling.Short or long?


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Step Three: Small GroupEvangelism

Small groups are themost effectiveoutreached systems in

todays world


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Types of Groups

Nurture groups

These groups deal mostlywith issues relating to thepeople in the group

Single parents

Grief recovery

Intercessory prayer


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Types of Groups

Outreach groups

Outreach groups include amission component andare intentionallyconvert oriented.


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Step Four : BaptismalCelebration

Baptismal services oughtto be more than eventstacked on to the regular

order of service


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Baptismal Celebration

Schedule baptisms at regulartimes during the year.

Make it the main event of theday.

Introduce the new members to

the congregation and let themtell their stories.


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Dunk and dump: Amajor baptismal

problem

AbandonedAbandoned ConfusedConfused


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Research shows that every newmember should have a

minimum of seven new friendsin the church within the first sixmonths of membership.

This does not happen by chance,only by intention.


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Step Five : ConfirmationClass

Baptism is not an end initself, but most churchesdont have an intentionaldiscipleship program builtinto their overall design.


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Content of the Class

Runs for 13 weeks.Intentional to parallel

Sabbath School. Taught by the pastor as

far as possible. That way,the pastor knows whather/his people learnabout Adventism.


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Confirmation Class Topics

Adventist worldview.

Adventist lifestyle.

How the SDA church is organized andfunctions.

How the local SDA church were they aremembers is organized and functions.

Introduction to spiritual gifts.

Introduction to personal witnessing andoutreach.


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Step Six : MembershipTraining

All growing churcheshave some type ofadult training system

as a regular part of thechurch organizationand lifestyle.


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Motivat

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Large and smallLarge and smallgroup evangelismgroup evangelism

BaptismalBaptismal

celebrationcelebration

ConfirmationConfirmation

classclass

Systemat

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Systemat

ictrainingtraining

IntercessoryIntercessory

PrayerPrayer

Work of theWork of the

Holy SpiritHoly Spirit

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