Newquay Evangelism: The Good News After a Storm
Over the past few days, the UK has been hit by several winter storms, including one that struck Newquay quite hard. But today, you wouldn’t have realised that a storm blew through only a couple of days ago. The sun was shining, the temperature was mild, and quite a number of people were in the town centre for the school half-term break.
Six of us gathered at the chapel at 2pm to pray for the outreach, but before we could commence, a man wandered into the chapel to look at the building. Tim was able to show him around and share a few gospel truths with him. The man openly admitted to being a homosexual and said that his views won’t change and that he doesn’t expect God to change his views either. Interestingly, he did mention that churches are vital in the community as they provide moral light.
After the man had left, we prayed and then headed down to the town centre. Upon arrival, we set up the open-air board and began to hand out tracts. Of particular encouragement to me was seeing a young boy make his way to the board to take a tract for children. He then sat down on a bench and read it with his brother and father. So many young people today are devoid of any biblical understanding, so I pray that the lad will take to heart what he read.
Since it was busy in the town, I decided that it would be good to open-air preach. Today, I preached a message I’ve never used before called, “What’s in a Name?” This message seeks to look at how names have meanings, and names can sometimes convey truth to us. To illustrate this, I expounded upon the name, “Immanuel” and “Jesus.” This gave me a wonderful opening to proclaim the gospel. While I preached a few people listened at the edges of the meeting, and a few shop keepers watched from their premises. Then along came a heckler. He decided that I shouldn’t speak, but the Lord used him to draw more people in to hear the good news.
After the preaching, I noticed that Ian was able to have a good conversation with a gentleman. I also was able to talk to a couple who were down on holiday from near Blackpool. They were both nominal Roman Catholics. The man I spoke to said as he gets older, he’ll have to consider God more seriously as he will be meeting him soon. I encouraged him to consider Christ and pointed out that death can strike at any moment so he shouldn’t wait until he is old. The man agreed that life is fragile and that he could die at any moment. As we parted ways, he took a tract designed specifically for Roman Catholics.
Due to other commitments, we were only able to be out on the streets for just over an hour, but it was a very productive time. Please pray that many will come to know and love the Lord Jesus.
SDG!
