What is the Reach the Lost pillar?
It is the Pillar that focuses on sharing the Gospel of Jesus with those who have not professed a faith in Jesus. Jesus commissioned us to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We Glorify God in this pillar by:
Developing an understanding of Biblical instruction on reaching the lost.
Engaging in deliberately planned and spontaneous opportunities for reaching the lost.
Actively participating in reaching the lost in every aspect of our Every-Day Ordinary Lives.
Understand what the Bible teaches about reaching the lost for Christ.
- Meet twice during the first month: in the second and fourth week.
- Conduct a self-study during week 1: Mt 28:19-20, Mk 16:15, Acts 20:24, Ps 105, 1 Pet 3:15, Rm 10:17, Jn 3:16
- Review and discuss the FMC baptism guide.
- Discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in reaching the lost; discuss why debating Christianity is not usually helpful.
- Discuss the wide and narrow path graphic and be able to explain it to someone else.
- Develop a 1 minute, 3 minute, & 10 minute personal testimony (the wide and narrow path may be helpful here).
- Develop a list of 5 people in your sphere of influence who have not professed a faith in Jesus; pray over this list.
- Do a study on evangelism, Great Commission, and reaching the lost using https://www.gotquestions.org/
Apply what you learned to deliberately planned and spontaneous evangelism.
- Break into teams of 2-3 people and meet two times during the month either by phone, Zoom, or in person.
- Discuss among your teams specific ways you can reach the lost or have reached the lost in the past.
- Practice giving your 1, 3, 10 min testimonies to your teammates.
- Pray with your teammates for people in your sphere of influence that you will share the Gospel with.
- Go to a store and practice engaging with total strangers about non-religious topics.
- Deliberately plan to share your testimony with one person (can be a believing friend) each week.
- Spontaneously engage in sharing your testimony in a public setting twice during the month.
- Continue study on evangelism, Great Commission, and reaching the lost using https://www.gotquestions.org/
Engage in reaching the lost in your Every-day Ordinary Life.
- Switch teams and meet at least twice during the month in person; meet as a pillar once in month three.
- Catch new teammates up on your progress to date and pray together.
- Continue to engage in deliberate & spontaneous opportunities to reach the lost in your main sphere of influence.
- Pray before you move (ask God to guide your steps and lead you to those who need to hear the Gospel message).
- Invite a different person each week to join you at FM worship on Sunday mornings.
- Come alongside anyone who expresses interest in learning more about Jesus.
- Continue study on evangelism, Great Commission, and reaching the lost using https://www.gotquestions.org/
ENDSTATE
Glorify God by devoting ourselves to a life of reaching the lost in our every-day ordinary life.