Battle Log
Wednesday 17 April 2019
Posted 17 April 2019, 6:17 PM by Glen Richards. Permalink
Tuesday and Wednesday saw the Christchurch (NZ) team try something different: door to door evangelism.
It’s the school holidays, and apparently this is a good time to do it. I had the experience of Kim from OAC guiding me (always a good way to learn evangelism skills).
Kim fielded the first few conversations, and I noticed he’d sometimes say: “We are not Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormons”.
So one of the first conversations that I fielded, I had a man come to the door, and I said who we were and what we were doing, and I clarified by saying, “We are not Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormons”. Well, the guy at the door said, “Oh, I’m a Jehovah’s Witnesses”!
Internally, I was laughing at myself hard. :D
But externally I ignored it and quickly asked if he would be keen to discuss. He said, “I’ve got my own beliefs thanks”. It struck me that that is exactly what Christians often say to religious groups coming to the door. The roles were reversed!
Safe to say, I haven’t used that line again! ;)
But some wonderful conversations were had over the two days of outreach.
Afresh, I realised how many people the team are reaching in this city.
We were talking to a mother and her younger children, when an older son came out. He instantly recognised me and said that I had talked to him in the city (I don’t remember it)!
Later, we knocked on a door and a lady I had talked to at the Eastgate bus stops (maybe a month earlier) answered the door (we were door knocking very close to the Eastgate bus stops). She pulled out the Bible I had given her, and we had another opportunity to share the gospel.
We had two wonderful situations where we were invited in and were allowed to discuss the Gospel in depth.
It was a wonderful experience, and I’m very keen to try it again (which I’ll do next week).
Your prayer is so appreciated. And if you live in Christchurch, let me encourage you to get in touch and get involved. :)
View previous Christchurch (NZ) report (14 April 2019)
Christchurch (NZ) Team
Weekly outreaches:
Tue 3:30pm - 5:30pm - Riccarton (corner of Riccarton Rd and Rotherham St)
Fri 1:30pm - 3:30pm - City (Bridge of Remembrance)
Sat 11am - 1pm - Riccarton (corner of Riccarton Rd and Rotherham St)
Sun 1:30pm - 3:30pm - City (corner of Colombo St and Cashel St).
Contact Glen Richards or Andy Barlow for more information.