Chapter 8.1 Test Flashcards
The single characteristic of all Growing churches
People
True evangelism is not a program it is a
Result
Of Jesus if has been said…
Men were His method
The church has often been parallel to a might force of salesman
True statement
Research has shown that most growing churches invest at least
10% of their gross income into evangelism
Some people wish to live within sound of chapel bell, but give me a rescue mission 10 yards from hell.
C.T. Studd
“I see every person as though they have a huge “L” in the midst of their forehead, I consider him lost until I know He is saved”
D.L. Moody
Oikos
House, household, or home. In a greater sense Oikos means an individual’s family, friends, and associates
Define Prospect
A non-Christian of whom one or more persons within your church knows in some way.
Four Reasons to develop a prospect file:
- It focuses us on a specific goal
- It focuses us on specific needs
- It focuses us on specific methods
- It focuses us with specific prayer
5 Places to find prospects:
- Church member’s prospect forms
- Church social ministries and programs
- Door-knocking ministries
- New Converts
- Visitors to worship services
6 things to do with you prospects:
- Visit them
- Place the prospect of the church on the mailing list
- Telephone them
- Get a home bible study
- Enroll the adults in Sunday school
- Involve the children in bus ministry
