Organic Evangelism

• Pray more, critique less. Speaking about the church. It’s not a secret that there are weak points in a church and places where we need to grow, but unfortunately, many believers don’t realize the difference between constructive criticism, which is shared with specific and responsible people in the church, and criticism that believers share with outsiders and kids, and in this way close their doors for them to be in the church. Instead of this, learn to pray more for the church and for specific weak points. We are sure that God will answer and bless the church through your prayers. Next time a desire springs up for you to criticize, instead pray for this critical point.
• Invite people to church. The church – the pillar and ground of truth! This is a place where people hear the Gospel! We purposefully, in sermons, songs, and conversations bring up the Gospel!
• Serve the guests that visit the church. Beloved, God truly blesses us with guests every Sunday, and many of them are ending up in a church for the first time. For them to speak to a believer is already something unique. But if you invite them to your home, if you exchange phone numbers, if you reach out to them on a weekday, or if you help fulfill their needs, you will not only by word, but also by deed, show the Gospel! Specifically this makes the church pleasant, pretty, and attractive.
• Love other believers. John 13:35 “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Beloved, when the surrounding people will see genuine love for each other between believers, they will truly desire, at a minimum, to learn more about what drives these people.
• Time! What if you dedicate exactly one hour a week? What if during this hour you will search for people in your contacts and call them and pray for them? Or maybe during this hour you will go to a public place and will attempt to start a conversation with someone to share with them what Christ has done in your life.
• Potentially you will set yourself a goal – attempt to share the Gospel with someone once a week. The goal is simple – to introduce people to Jesus Christ. Their reaction and answer are not in your hands. This is not our responsibility. God Himself will use Scripture to transform their inner being.
• And most importantly – be passionate about God, the Gospel, and salvation yourselves! When you delight in fellowship with God, you will speak about this everywhere!

¹ Lord, you have been our dwelling place
    in all generations.
² Before the mountains were brought forth,
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

³ You return man to dust
    and say, “Return, O children of man!”
⁴ For a thousand years in your sight
    are but as yesterday when it is past,
    or as a watch in the night.

• Thursday (6:30 PM) – Kid’s Bible School (open to all but required for parents), followed by a prayer service at 7:30PM
• Sunday services:
  • Worship Service in Russian at 9:00 AM
  • Worship Service in English at 11:15 AM
  • Evening Service at 6:00 PM