Tuesday, August 1, 2017

GENERAL MISSION STUDIES

GENERAL MISSION STUDIES
OUT LINE:
1.       Concept of mission:
EVANGELISM IN DIFFERENT WAYS
1.     Outside crusade
2.     House to house evangelism
3.     Person to person evangelism
4.     Bus/mobile evangelism
5.     Street evangelism
6.     Prison evangelism
7.     Hospital evangelism
8.     Morning cry evangelism
9.     Telephone evangelism
10.   Radio evangelism
11.   Market/ Garage evangelism
12.   Tracts evangelism
13.   Village evangelism

Follow up after evangelism
What is follow up?
1.     It is the Spiritual work of grounding the new believer in the faith. Col. 1:28-29; Acts. 14:21-22.
2.     It is the assuming of a parent-child relationship with a new believer.
        1Tes. 2:7-12.
Methods of follow up
1. Person to person follow up
2. Group follow up
3. New convert class
4. Follow up through social media

CHURCH PLANTING
In the history of church planting, every evangelistic effort that does not result in church planting is just a wasted effort. You can achife this either by planting them into a local church around you or planting church for them.
 The purpose of gospel sharing is to plant every soul into the body of Christ.

CHURCH GROWTH
2.       Outside Preaching
WHAT IS OUTSIDE PREACHING?
i    Moring cry
ii   Outside crusade
iii  Mobile evangelism
iv  Market preaching

CHALLENGES OF OUTSIDE PREACHING
1.   Money
2.   Weather
3.   The persecutors
4.   Devil's threat over the instrument
5.   Disagreement and lack of unity
6.   Fear of men
7.   Owners of the host house
8.   Absence of the people at the crusade ground
9.   The voice of the preacher
10  The message of the preacher 

3.       Preparations for outside crusade
PREPARATION BEFORE THE DAY OF OUTSIDE PROPAGATION
1.   Leading of God about when and where
2.   Visit the place and inform the people around
3.   Start an intercession prayer for the land breaking
4.   Printing materials: for publicity - hand bill
5.   Banners: (a) That will lead people to the venue (b) At the venue
PREPARATION OF CRUSADE GROUND LOCATION
[a]     A  community of opportunity and need.
[b]     A field that is not overcrowded with churches.
[c]     A land which is not too close mosque or shrine
[d]     A place that is not too far from the worship building
[e]      The ground must not be at outsket of the town

PREPARATION OF USABLE MEN/WOMEN
1.   Prayer team
2.   Choir/ Praises & Worship leader
3.   Interpreters
4.   Crusade moderator
5.   Preachers
6.   Ushers
7.   Counselor
8.   Technical and multimedia

PREPARATION OF CRUSADE MATERIALS
1.   Crusade platform
2.   Public address system: amp, speakers, mike
3.   Drums
4.   Generator
5.   All lightning system/ wire

a.        Preparation of money
4.       The message of outside propagation:                                                                             There are different method of preaching in outside revival, e.g:
a.     Through visual
b.    Through  audio visual
c.     Through life drama ministration
d.    Through direct message from platform

THE MESSAGE OF OUTSIDE CRUSADE
1.     The message that will win soul must be Christ center message
2.     The outside message is different from the one inside the church, that is, the one coming from the church pulpit, e.g:
 a.     It must be total on winning the sinner
 b.     It must not be dragging, a sinner will not want to listen for a long time
c.     Bible must not be too much
 d.     It must have a focus, not to get the sinners lost
 e.     It must educate the sinners on how Adam fell in the garden of Eden and how Jesus took the position of a sinner on the cross
 f.      There must be an emphasis on the necessity and urgency of salvation
 g.     It must end up in outer call, to allow the sinner to respond to the message they heard
 h.     They must be properly handed over to the counselor and visitation team \

5.       Careering for the new convert after propagation
A good soul winner should begin the careering of the prospect immediately after the conversion. That is individual spiritual care is necessary after the birth                                                                                         
a.          A shepherd must be put in place
b.         A fellowship place must be available
c.          Bible study must start immediately




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