KiwiJohn Posted March 24, 2010 Posted March 24, 2010 Can I encourage everyone to PLEASE support, encourage, and pray for your literature evangelists, particularly your local worker. Have you ever wondered what brings people into the SDA church? A survey was done in Japan in Dec. '93 and reported by the Japanese SDA Lay People's Monthly. Question: What brought you into the Adventist Church? 4326 people responded. Results: ADRA - 29 Missionaries - 36 Health Ministries - 46 Radio & TV - 54 Hospital Ministry - 95 Small Group Bible Studies - 123 Lay Members Bible Studies - 148 Others - 216 Public Evangelism - 216 SDA Schools - 251 Pastoral Visits - 293 SDA Family Home - 356 Voice of Prophecy - 358 Friends & Relatives - 634 LITERATURE MINISTRY - 1471! Praise God! Quote
karl Posted March 24, 2010 Posted March 24, 2010 Friends & Relatives - 634 LITERATURE MINISTRY - 1471! Praise God! Thanks for this, KJ. We are having poor success with our literature outreach here in Arkansas (maybe Americans don't read as much as Japanese) but our friendship outreach and our little Christian school have been the two avenues that have been the most successful. Our evangelistic series have been flops. People get worn out going to so many meetings over nearly a month. I'm trying to develop a series that will cover all of the major points in a long weekend. Then we can have followup seminars to fill in the blanks. Quote
Members phkrause Posted March 25, 2010 Members Posted March 25, 2010 Can I encourage everyone to PLEASE support, encourage, and pray for your literature evangelists, particularly your local worker. Have you ever wondered what brings people into the SDA church? A survey was done in Japan in Dec. '93 and reported by the Japanese SDA Lay People's Monthly. Question: What brought you into the Adventist Church? 4326 people responded. Results: ADRA - 29 Missionaries - 36 Health Ministries - 46 Radio & TV - 54 Hospital Ministry - 95 Small Group Bible Studies - 123 Lay Members Bible Studies - 148 Others - 216 Public Evangelism - 216 SDA Schools - 251 Pastoral Visits - 293 SDA Family Home - 356 Voice of Prophecy - 358 Friends & Relatives - 634 LITERATURE MINISTRY - 1471! Praise God! That's pretty interesting KJ, I would never have thought that at all. Will put this on my pray list. Thanks for the post. pk Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
Members abelisle Posted March 25, 2010 Members Posted March 25, 2010 And I bet the ones who came in through "Friends and Relatives" had the higher retention rates. Alex Quote We are our worst enemy - sad but true. http://abelisle.blogspot.com
Members phkrause Posted March 25, 2010 Members Posted March 25, 2010 And I bet the ones who came in through "Friends and Relatives" had the higher retention rates. Alex I think you make a very good point Alex. Not only that, I find that many families that have family worship together also stay in the church. pk Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
Administrators Gail Posted March 25, 2010 Administrators Posted March 25, 2010 I view myself as a sort of literature evangelist, too. I LOVE matching up good books with good homes! Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
oldsailor29 Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 Can I encourage everyone to PLEASE support, encourage, and pray for your literature evangelists, particularly your local worker. Have you ever wondered what brings people into the SDA church? A survey was done in Japan in Dec. '93 and reported by the Japanese SDA Lay People's Monthly. Question: What brought you into the Adventist Church? 4326 people responded. Results: ADRA - 29 Missionaries - 36 Health Ministries - 46 Radio & TV - 54 Hospital Ministry - 95 Small Group Bible Studies - 123 Lay Members Bible Studies - 148 Others - 216 Public Evangelism - 216 SDA Schools - 251 Pastoral Visits - 293 SDA Family Home - 356 Voice of Prophecy - 358 Friends & Relatives - 634 LITERATURE MINISTRY - 1471! Praise God! I pray for all of them, but the Christian farmer who is pulling weeds out of his garden is also doing the Lord's work, and I pray for him too. I think the problem of our evangelistic efforts flopping is mostly due to running ahead of God, not waiting for God to lead. Whenever we jump off the high place, analogically speaking, expecting the angels to catch us before we hit the ground, we are dead wrong. And I have seen this happen a lot. Quote Prs God, frm whm blssngs flw http://www.zoelifestyle.com/jmccall
GreatLakesGramma Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 I think the problem of our evangelistic efforts flopping is mostly due to running ahead of God, not waiting for God to lead. Whenever we jump off the high place, analogically speaking, expecting the angels to catch us before we hit the ground, we are dead wrong. And I have seen this happen a lot. It happens all the time. And so many will do their best to lay a guilt trip on you if you're not jumping too. Quote Catherine God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." -- C. S. Lewis
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