wfn.org | PCT spruces up members’ visitation skills and one-on-one evangelism

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>3035 Edition

>April 26~May 2, 2010

PCT spruces up members’ visitation skills and one-on-one  evangelism

>Reported by Chen Wei-chien

>Written by Lydia Ma

Have you visited a friend to share the gospel recently? House  visitations are 
no longer solely a

pastor’s responsibility, but rather, one of the most  conventional means for 
Christians to share

>the gospel and reach out to people.

For Christians who are less confident in their ability to share  the gospel, 
PCT General

Assembly is organizing a series of events as part of efforts to  get its 
members involved in

house visitations and evangelism. These events are geared towards  helping them 
participate

in PCT’s “One-on-One Evangelism”, which is part of  PCT’s “New Doubling 
Movement”.

Co-hosted by PCT General Assembly’s Evangelism Committee and  Women’s Ministry

Committee, these events are basically training seminars held at  various 
locations throughout

Taiwan. A seminar was recently held on April 24th in Taichung at  Liu-Yuan 
Presbyterian

Church and it was the third seminar of the series.

During the seminar, a seasoned visitations pastor and a hospital  chaplain 
addressed topics

such as “visitation and evangelism”, “how to show  empathy”, “visitation 
techniques”, and “inter-

personal relationships”. It concluded with a group activity  where participants 
shared what

>they’d learned through a skit.

According to Evangelism Committee Program Secretary Rev. Tsai  Nan-hsin, home 
visitations

are foundational to all church ministries because no matter what  churches do 
to attract people

into its pews, follow-ups are always necessary after a person  comes to church 
for the first

time. These follow-ups ultimately involve paying some kind of  personal visit.

He underscored that house visitations are no longer solely a  minister’s 
responsibility, but

rather, a ministry requiring the participation of every Christian.  Learning a 
few house visitation

skills can help Christians know how to lead their friends to  Christ.

Women’s Ministry Committee Program Secretary Rev. Lee  Hsing-ling commented 
that house

visitation training seminars were originally sponsored by PCT  Women’s Ministry 
Committee

because house visits were generally carried out by women in many  churches. PCT

Evangelism Committee came onboard this project later to encourage  both men and 
women to

>participate.

So far, PCT has organized two seminars on house visitations. It  hopes future 
seminars will

draw a wider array of participants besides women and clergy  because these 
seminars exist

to help and train anyone interested in evangelism and house  visitations.

According to Lee, these new seminars place equal emphasis on  theory and 
practice and what

sets them apart is a group activity at the end. For this activity,  
participants are divided into two

groups and instructed to present what they’ve learned during  the seminar 
through a skit.

This seminar will next be held in the cities of Kaohsiung, Tainan,  Chiayi, 
Taitung, and Hualien.

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