A few years ago, our church started a door-to-door evangelism project called “Reach Carthage.” So far, we’ve shared the gospel at over 1,000 homes in our community, and members from our church who had never verbally communicated the gospel to an unbeliever took advantage of the opportunity.
Door-to-door evangelism tends to get a bad rap, and many Christians question its effectiveness. But in our experience, the people in our community have responded positively. At about half of the homes we visit, someone answers the door and a positive conversation ensues. We train our church to follow the God, man, Christ, response format, though there are a variety of faithful ways to present the gospel. We pray for them, shake their hand, and are often thanked for taking the time to come by!
In this article, I want to commend seven reasons to consider door-to-door evangelism for your church.
1. You do something far more often when you put it on the calendar.
Evangelism can be a rather awkward topic because we all know we should be evangelizing, but we rarely do it—or we do it unpredictably.
However, when we actually set regular dates on the calendar for us and others
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