Major Evangelistic Events

Hold a major evangelistic event once a quarter - for the Sunday morning service. That means every quarter you will be using 12 Sunday services to feed, encourage and equip your people, and 1 Sunday service to reach the lost.

The Best Times to Hold the Evangelistic Events

Plan them for the times that unsaved people would most likely be open to coming to church.

1. The Sunday Before Christmas -
2. 1. This is a must. In some areas lost people will automatically come even if you don't invite them.
   2. Tell the Christmas story
   3. Tell why Jesus came and why Christmas is so important
   4. Use Christmas Carols. Most people in the Western world like Christmas Carols, even if they're not Christians.
   5. Every part of the service should be geared toward one thing - getting people saved.
   6. By all means give an invitation to get saved.
3. Easter Sunday
4. 1. Another must. A lot of lost people think about church on Easter - more than any other Suday of the year.
   2. Emphasize the Resurrection and new life in Christ
   3. Every part of the service should be geared toward one thing - getting people saved.
   4. Give an invitation
5. Back to School time
6. 1. This is a good time for a special speaker or special music program that will appeal to lost people and communicate the Gospel
7. Pick another time between the other dates
8. 1. This is a good time for a special speaker or special music program that will appeal to lost people and communicate the Gospel

Always Use the Sunday Morning Service for these Events

You should also think of other evangelistic opportunities during the year.

1. Vacation Bible School
2. Hallelujah Night (for Halloween)

 A Week After the Event, Have a "Welcome Dinner"

This is a dinner for all the people who got saved at the last event, and for all the people who got saved after the previous event. The purpose is to bond with these people. Invite your church people. Have it in a nice restaurant. The church pays for the new Christian guests. Everyone else pays for their own meal.

1. No preaching. Just a short (5-min devotional).
2. Make sure the guests know the church is paying for the dinner.
3. Everyone wears name tags
4. Let each person introduce him/herself to the group and tell 1-2 things they would like the other people to know about them.
5. Invite people to the New Life Class if they are not already in it.

Preparing for the Next Event

As soon as one special service is past, begin to build for the next one. You are always building for the next event. 

1. Have your people bathe the event in prayer every day for 3 months.
2. Encourage them to continue praying for their list of 5 to come to the event and get saved.
3. 2-3 weeks before the event, encourage your people to invite their list of 5 to the event and give them flyers.