Having a keen desire to share the love of God to those who are outside the Church. This we call it - sowing the seed.
It is not mainly for those who are serving the believers within the church but meant for those who wish to do evangelism through words and in action to those who are outside the fold.
For those who can set apart weekly five to ten hours to serve others. A list of suggested activities is given below.
Suggested activities:
- Taking Tuition for needy kids/ youth. Share the love of Christ to them.
- Organize weekly children/ youth meetings for them.
- Visiting hospitals and praying for the sick in the name of Jesus.
- Going as a team to unreached places in the city or suburban places or villages to share the love of Jesus.
- An open home for the neighbors.
- Helping the Pastor or missionary or evangelist by giving time to go with them for visits.
- Counsel broken families and those who are in depression.
- Teach new believers to grow in the Lord. Disciple them.
- Conduct cottage prayer fellowship for others.
- Planting a new Church in a new place.
- Take a job in a needy place in North or any other place with a purpose to bring people to the Kingdom of God.
- Do anything, give your skills for the outreach ministry.
- It is not just giving money alone, but physical involvement in outreach.
What is Outreach?
There are two things. Inface and outface. (Luke 15). Feeding the 99 or polishing the 9 coins in inface. Searching for the one sheep or one coin is outreach.
In other words what we do for our own Church members like a Sunday sermon, Sunday School Teacher, being a committee member, serving in the choir – all these are important but is in INFACE MINISTRIES.
OUTFACE MINISTRY is any activity that one does for those who are outside the church. The Lost men and women. Children class conducted for others is Out Face.
What we do for the edification of the Church is also ministry. It is also serving the Lord. But in Scribes Sowers Group, we wish to focus on outreach. Pastors and many others are there to take care of those who are inside. We launch this Scribes Sowers Group for outface - outreach ministry. Sowing the seed of the love of Christ to others. Church members also need revival and edification. But our emphasis is for those who are out of the Church. Bringing outsiders inside the Church.
Some more details:
- There is no membership or course fee.
- We shall have monthly online review meetings.
- We encourage all the members to join the next Scribes Mission course but not compulsory.
- Our Resource persons will spend time with you to help you involve in Missions.
- There is reporting. We encourage participants to send a monthly brief report of what they could do. There is accountability.
- Since this is a new concept, we shall also learn from you all.
- Ultimately, we wish to encourage all our OT participants and theology students to involve in Mission.
- Initially membership is restricted to known believers who had completed our 12 Video lessons (OT NT Survey)
This is a draft version. With your suggestions we shall further update this draft.
This is just to tell you – What do we mean by SCRIBES SOWERS.
By
J Godwin Nickelson & Team
Scribes Publishers, Erode, India
info@otmadeeasy.in
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