I have been praying for you as you begin a new school year –
I have been especially praying that God is showing you His plans for being His
messengers of His good news to your lost classmates. Please write back to me with specific
requests of things I can be praying for as you trust Him to lead you in
ministry this year!
Last year I sent you a blog about “the
Evangelism Model”. In that blog I
told you how there are 3 basic modes of evangelism found in the New
Testament: the natural mode, the
relational mode and the ministry mode. I
promised to send you ideas for doing ministry that fall into each mode. The resource I am sending today is an idea
for the “Ministry Witness Mode.”
www.everystudent.com
is an evangelistic website hosted by Campus Crusade for Christ. It is a place where non-believing students
can go to ask questions about God. Campus
Crusade for Christ staff immediately get back to the students with answers to
their questions. Also on the site are a
number of articles non-believers are generally interested in on various topics
which prayerfully lead students to consider the spiritual impact of these
topics in their lives.
Ninety-nine point five (99,5) percent of the students on any
Russian campus are not believers. That’s
an overwhelming number. Most of them
will never have a friendship with a believer who can help them to know more
about having a personal relationship with Christ. Go to http://www.everystudent.info/
for some easy strategies to easily expose a large number of non-believers to
Jesus.
Some ways you could use www.everystudent.com:
-print out some flyers or business cards and hand them out
to every student you see (see the attached document for one idea).
-print up some posters and place around your campus every
day. Don’t get discouraged if the
posters don’t stay up for very long, just make it a plan to put up a new poster
every day as you go to class.
-if you live in a dormitory make a big sign to put on the
door to your room or in your window advertising the site
-if you use Facebook to connect with nonbelievers, this is a
great link to send your friends to as well
In order to make the gospel known to all the students on
your campus you will have to use a variety of strategies – some relational
strategies (such as CoJourners) help you help those close to you understand
about salvation. Other strategies (such
as www.everystudent.com) help you
“sow broadly” to those with whom you will never have personal
conversations. I think this website
could be a great help to you in connecting nonbelievers with others who could
help to direct them to Christ. And it’s
easy!