Evangelism and Momentum

Over the last 3-4 weeks, our movement has seemed somewhat stagnant. Not much energy. Some might say that’s normal, after the first six weeks of really working hard in the Fall, for things to slow down and have a lull at that point. That’s probably true, but it shouldn’t be lasting this long.

Last Friday, we had an outreach with about 10-12 students going out on campus using soulariums and perspective cards for conversations with students hanging out on campus. Each group of students was able to have at least one good spiritual conversation with someone. Then a few hours later I received a call from one of our staff telling me about the conversation he had with three students, including one who considered himself agnostic. The guy really liked the perspective cards and wanted to get together again this week.

Even though it was just an hour or so of evangelism on a Friday afternoon, I felt encouraged and excited about our movement. We hadn’t seen anyone begin a relationship with Christ but I felt like we were actually engaging students with the gospel.

As I think through most of my time in ministry, it seems we have the most momentum as a movement when we are actively sharing our faith (duh). Whether we see students place their faith in Christ or not, we gain from stepping out in faith and trusting God.

If we want to gain momentum and energy in our movement we have to make sure staff and students are sharing their faith with friends and new students we meet. We may not necessarily see the attendance at our weekly meeting and small groups grow, however they probably will, but we will be encouraged and excited about what God is doing in our lives through evangelism.

Philemon 1:6 “I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith so that, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.”