Student Evangelism: What is Working In Your Setting?

Josh on December 16th, 2009

A friend of mine asked me what are the best practices in evangelism to students right now – and I thought I would pose the question to the blog readers and see: What is working in your setting in reaching new students for Christ? Post your answers in the comments!

For us it would be a strong entry-level service that is safe for outsiders, with friendship evangelism running at the core. Occasional supplemental events help students at least cross the threshold, too. You?

JG

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Comments (9)

Sean McGever at 9:54pm December 16

We build relationships at the school campuses themselves and then network through students themselves. I don’t invite students to our events until we already know each other by name. The key is a go-to-them strategy.

With that said, many students invite their friends based on our strong entry-level events just like you mentioned.

Kevin Becker at 8:41am December 21

Me and my wifes first night of youth ministry, we threw a mini (I mean mini) local concert in the basement. We had about 8 kids. All from our church that lived in the district and decided to come with us. We grew to a steady 35 kids until June of the following year. Thats when the Presbyterian church gave us the news that they were closing up shop and selling the building. The new church that bought the building gave our program a big thumbs down. We had to be out by July 1. “You’r doing what? But?… God what’s happening? We were just starting to sink our roots into the neighborhood. I did not want to find another building and start all over again. As a team we decided to trust God and pray.

This is when it all changed. We found out through the grape vine that we could rent the grammar schools gym for peanuts if we made the event open to the neighborhood. What an awesome opportunity. A public school is an established center for learning in the community. It’s universal, non threatening, and a place where parents and students can feel comfortable. Elmora School number 12 was were God decided we should park our rear ends. The school was located in the heart of the district. The gym was huge. All of the kids in the neighborhood could walk there.

Opening night in september blew our minds. We opened the doors to the gym at 7 p.m. and God literally opened the doors to the neighborhood to us. We steadily began to grow and are still growing as we seek God, and refine our program. Is there any way you could rent your public schools to meet in?
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