A new director for Evangelism Ministries
I wasn’t at the church planting conference held at Moore College today (and tomorrow). However, I read the exciting news that Al Stewart is going to be heading up Evangelism Ministries from January next year. Last year I was a student minister at Evangelism Ministries and benefited greatly from the experience. I was given opportunity to write talks which explained the good news about Jesus. These were then critiqued before I gave them at various church services or events.
Sure, it helped my preaching skills. Yet, more importantly was the great benefit of being reminded that God is the one who gives the growth. I learned this most valuable lesson after giving the same talk a third time and finding out that someone responded in repentance and faith. Certainly had nothing to do with my delivery of the talk or the content of it. Rather God’s Spirit was at work that particular night in the heart of that particular person.
May God give wisdom to Al and the EM board as they consider how to restructure to further promote evangelism and church planting.