Recently I wrote about ‘Reaping where you did not sow’ (‘Precision harvesting’)
which is the idea of looking for non-believers who ‘ripe’ to turn to Christ as
soon as they hear the gospel. In last week’s topic, ‘Looking for the people God
has prepared,’ I talked about the idea of trusting that God has already prepared
someone to join you in helping to fulfill the Great Commission on your campus.
This week I will continue the
series of what a spiritual movement looks like.
I would like to give you an idea of how you can challenge other
believers to join you in what God is doing to build a spiritual movement at
your school. Here is a resource on how to challenge believers to join you as
you trust God to work in your city.
(This idea is adapted from a book called, T4T, A Discipleship
Re-revolution.) I love this example
because it is directly from Scripture. I
also love it because it is super simple and is easy to remember! You can easily adapt it to fit your
context. We call these kinds of students
or volunteers, “Key believers.”
We
have a special designation so that we can differentiate between someone who is
completely aligned to the vision of building a student spiritual movement on
campus, including the idea of intentional/ initiative evangelism and
discipleship/ training believers on campus to reach and disciple/ train other
believers.
There
are other believers who may want to be used by God, but have a different
calling from God – perhaps to do ministry in orphanages, or to lead the youth
group. They are believers, but their
vision is different.
You
may also have non-believers who participate in some of your events.
The
main thing is that you want to be asking those who are like-minded to join you
in planning and leading the ministry, rather than those who are called by God
to a different sort of ministry.]
Ask for God to show you who
He has already raised up or who He is in the process of raising up to work
together with you to build a spiritual movement of students in your city. Share with them the vision that God has given
you of how He wants to use you to bring the gospel to lost students around you. Take them to Mt.28 and ask them to join you
in making the Great Commission happen on your campus!
My team is praying that God
would lead you to those who He has already raised up who are like-minded to
join you in being a part of God’s work among students in your city!
Step out in faith and invite
other believers to participate in God’s mission on your campus!
To add to the summary the first part of a spiritual
movement is:
Looking for the people God has prepared (evangelism)
Among non-Christians - sharing the gospel through:
- initiative evangelism
- building relationships
Among Christians – searching for those God has raised up to work with you:
- Christian students you already know at your university,
- Christian students you meet while sharing the gospel,
- using the 'Precision harvesting' strategy
Challenge believers to join you
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