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Many people receive tracts, Gospels and children’s books in Newquay!
Rain, wind, hail and gospel! Our Christmas outreaches have commenced.
I have been involved in many different forms of evangelism, but the scariest method of evangelism I've engaged in is door-to-door. Whenever it comes time to go out on these outreaches, I find myself looking for excuses not to go. Perhaps the weather isn't right; maybe that old injury has flared up again. Then there is a mountain of work that needs to be done at the office. All excuses!
Every person we meet has a date with death and eternity. You may see them today, but tomorrow they may be gone. Life is short – it is here one minute gone the next. The Bible tells us that our lives are but a mist which is here for only a short time (James 4:13-14).
In the warmer months, our outreach work is aimed more at open-air evangelism, but now that the colder months are upon us, we move to focus on the door-to-door ministry.
Have you ever felt like you are just wasting your time preaching the gospel in the open air? If so, let me share with you the story of a young man (who wasn't a Christian) who was greatly impacted by two open-air preachers.
Evangelistic work can sometimes be depressing. We labour hard, but we may not see much fruit. If you are feeling discouraged, then please let me encourage you with this devotional message from Mark 4:26-29.
Little by little the gospel advances. Today in Newquay many people heard the good news of Jesus Christ.
It was an extremely busy day in Newquay. We lost count of how many people heard the gospel!
The gospel returned to the streets of Truro today. Many people heard the good news of salvation.
Read about how two young men responded to the preaching of the gospel in the open-air.
The illustration that Jesus gives of evangelism being like fishing (Matthew 4:19) is certainly true. As all fishermen know, there are days when the fish are biting and there are days when there isn’t so much as a nibble. Today in St Austell it appeared that only a few nibbles occurred, yet despite the slower day, the gospel still went forth.
Day One of the Open-Air Mission outreach in Cornwall. Today, we were in St Austell, where we saw the providence of God on display.
Should Christians give thanks for their food in public?
“You don’t understand Josh! I am so passionate about evangelism, but my church isn’t. I feel like they are just pulling me down and putting out the fire within me. I’ve decided I’ll no longer go to church; I will simply go out witnessing instead.”
The Lord was very good to us today. Let’s pray that all the gospel seed would fall upon good soil and that the Father would draw many to the Lord Jesus.
It is easy to be tempted into compromise, soften our message, or engage in man-centred approaches to draw the crowd. It is easy to lower the gospel call of repentance and faith, to one of easy-believism so that we can get people to “uh-huh” to a few questions we ask them about Jesus.
It was a lively day of open-air evangelism in Newquay; we even had an atheist threaten to bomb our church.
In this talk, I look at the question of if Calvinists evangelise, the confessional position on missions, and then some practical thoughts on how Reformed Baptists can work together to achieve the gospel of world evangelisation.
I went to this outreach dragging my heels, but that isn’t how I came home. I came home with a spring in my step, as the Lord worked mightily in Newquay.
“I believe I never was more acceptable to my Master than when I was standing to teach those hearers in the open fields.” - George Whitefield
As spiritually healthy Christians we should be outwardly focused, not just inward. As we read our Bibles, something that should strike us is that our God delights in saving sinners; from cover to cover we see the thread of redemption. Everything in the Old Testament points forward to the coming of the Lord Jesus, and then everything in the New Testament points back to Him. All of the Scripture revolves around Him, and the work He came to do.
Even in the wet weather, the Lord’s providence was on display.
There is a new and water down version of the gospel spreading. Let us return to the Old Paths!
Never underestimate the power of your story. If you are a Christian, then the Lord has been incredibly kind in that He saved you, and now you have a unique testimony that you can tell others.
My passion for evangelism isn’t drying up, and even though this blog is called, “When Evangelism Stops”, I still intend to evangelise.
One year after hearing an open-air sermon, a listener is still alarmed!