Here is a paper on broad-sowing evangelism by A.H., titled Sow the Seed Widely. From the introduction:
Over the years as I’ve been involved in various outreach efforts, Jesus’ simple story has inspired me. In the Muslim world, I have sown seeds among many types of soil, often hard and dry. For me and many others I know outreach is not easy, but the simple challenge from this story has kept me going: We must sow our seed widely in order to see the harvest! This truth is what has inspired my thinking about our future work in North Africa, and I would like to share how the vision to sow the seed widely will play out in our team life on the field. First, I’ll discuss a method which traditionally has not been effective, and then talk about 3 practical ways our team plans to sow the seed widely in North Africa.
Here are his three practical ways:
- Have an organized, weekly outreach for everyone on the team to participate in.
- Each team member plans and is part of a monthly or bi-monthly (every other month) country outreach.
- Team members intentionally spend time with one another’s friends in order to increase potential sharing opportunities and to follow the biblical model of working 2-by-2.
Read the whole thing (3 pages).
Related: A Vision for Team, by A.H.
that's a great article. so practical. I'm going to try some of it where I am.
ReplyDeleteJohn Macarthur preached at the Together for the Gospel conference recently on a related topic from Mark 4. He explains that the sower sows, then sleeps, trusting God to cause the growth. He calls it the Theology of Sleep.
Here's a link to the mp3 download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/g2mhlt4xzjd/t4g2010-session5.mp3