Outreach & Evangelism Challenge

Like the Sunday School Bible Verse Memorization Challenge 

You can also do something similar for Outreach/Evangelism. Have everyone give a weekly report in Sunday School on their sharing the "Gospel & Convos" and do an annual recognition night. This can help everyone keep prayer and outreach journals (digital or physical), and encourage everyone to regularly be about the business of the Great Commission.  

Even if you only collect the dsta every Sunday and domt do a recognition night...

A evangelism spreadsheet file with shared access to the church teachers & leaders, is good as the pastor & elders can look at the data weekly, monthly and annually. They can see who in the Church is actively doing this work. 

It can help them with teaching and expanding education, sending some to conferences or additional training, see if a church outreach group should be formed, who could be asked to join it and who might lead it (with multiple assistors), .... as well as who the church might consider hiring long term as a pt or ft local missionary, or long term fully funding 1 or 2 to be missionaries in North America, or who to fully fund& send out on short term mission trips. Larger churches can do all of these but smaller churches should focus on local (for growing the local church).

!! It isnt to be viewed as a numbers thing but a faithful thing. If God causes an increase in 5 to 10 yrs then great, if the evangelism worker indeed is being faithful then seeds are sown and God's will in this is being done. Pastor, do not cut this outreach persons job off just because you arent seeing increase in membership!  Evangelism is the goal. If God wants to grow this congregation... it will be in HIS timing and growing at His speed. 

And if you do hire a position for this, ensure it covers all the financial needs that person has (for that family), incl full benefits that the church fully pays their medical, dental, optical, hospital bills, rent/mortgage, repair bills, provides reliable transportation needs, car gas, etc.  Do not hire someone if your church cannot pay all that persons financial needs annually and as needed. 

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