We have moved specifically to be a Family (community) on Mission. The Spirit sent us here to be church in the area and to see communities of Freedom multiplied throughout the inner-city that:

‘Restores Broken People+Places’

Clifton South 13,600

Aspley 16,540

Dales 15,020

Basford 15,430

Dunkirk and Lenton 11,900

Berridge 17,530

Leen Valley 9,780

Bestwood 15,900

Mapperley 14,040

Bilborough 16,240

Radford and Park 17,660

Bridge 10,780

St. Anns 15,180

Bulwell 15,990

Sherwood 14,650

Bulwell Forest 13,640

Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey 10,260

Wollaton West 14,050

Mapperley and Wells Road 5,130

Beechdale 5,540

Meadows 7,870

Bell’s Lane Estate 2,960

Moor Green 660

Bestwood Estate 3,340

New Basford 5,860

Bestwood Park 7,210

Nobel Road 1,240

Bilborough 9,430

Old Basford 7,680

Broxtowe 4,860

Park 2,270

Bulwell 22,020

Radford 6,670

Bulwell Hall 2,180

St. Ann’s 14,420

Carrington 3,130

St. Ann’s Phase 10 860

City Centre 3,240

Sherwood 11,680

Clifton Estate 19,070

Snape Wood 2,930

Clifton 22,320

Sneinton 10,100

Crabtree Farm 2,080

Strelley 2,560

Dunkirk and Old Lenton 3,630

Top Valley 6,840

Edward’s Lane 1,830

Whitemoor 4,450

Forest Fields 6,580

Wilford and Silverdale 4,150

Highbury Vale 4,520

Hyson Green 6,500

Wollaton Park Estate 2,410

Lenton Abbey 2,050Lenton 11,220

The whole Freedom Community will be gathering on:

Date: Sun 5th Oct 08

Time: 11:45-2:00pm

Place: Riverway Pub, Arkwright Walk, Meadows, Nottingham

This is an opportunity to hear about what Jesus is doing through us in the local simple churches networked throughout Nottingham City.

It’s also a chance to meet up with others from Freedom’s Extended Family

Look forward to seeing you there,

The Farmers

1. Home

2. Work

3. Leisure

Write down the names of those you know who do not yet know Jesus.

Where are they in their Journey towards Jesus? (check out post entitled ‘Process Evangelism’)

Consider the following:

1. Friendship/Relational Evangelism (Matt 9:9-13)

Do you have relationship with people from your neighbourhood, work, leisure or other that are pre-Christian?

The ‘Good News’ spreads most effectively from person-to-person, in others words, through relationships!

This means establishing real relationships with others

Do you spend time with non-christian friends?

Are you a ‘Friend of Sinners’ (as Jesus was described?)

2. Prayer Evangelism (1 Cor 10:3-5)

Do you pray for your non-Christian friends and family, neighbours and work colleagues?

Are there thought patterns or life-styles you know are blocking them from receiving Jesus?

Try prayer walking your area (specifically praying into issues you see and releasing Gods blessing)

3. Lifestyle Evangelism (1 Peter 2:12)

Does your life represent Jesus?

Are you Passionate about Jesus,

Authentic in your relationship with Him and others

Compassionate to the lost and poor?

4. Kindness Evangelism (Matt 5:16, Rom 2:4)

It’s the Kindness of God that leads people to repentance

What can you do to show kindness, generosity and creativity to those around you?

5. Prophecy and Power Evangelism (1 Cor 14:24, 1 Cor 4:20)

Do you take opportunities to pray for those around you?

Do you depend on the Holy Spirit in your witnessing?

1. Home (your pre-christian family members, your neighbours)

2. Work (your pre-christian colleagues at work, college, school etc)

3. Play (where you go to relax, leisure etc)

Statistics in the Uk have shown the following, approx:

1% come to faith through ‘crusade/city-wide evangelism’

1% through door2door

1% through personal crisis/trauma

3% through ‘cold contact’ with a church (through weddings, funerals, blessings etc)

3% through local ‘evangelistic events’ (such as healing meetings, concerts etc)

5% through ‘childrens ministries’

7% through a ‘church leader’

80% through ‘friendship evangelism’ (came to Jesus through friend or family)

What’s more, approx 70% said coming to faith was a gradual process

compared to approx 30% having a sudden crisis-conversion experience

Many have discussed a tool that views evangelism as a process: the ‘Engle-Scale’

If you were to think of a scale from 0-10

(0=those who have no understanding or desire for Jesus and 9 being those who have understanding, have thought through the implications and are ready to commit to following Jesus as the Way)

Roughly where is the person or people groups at along the scale that you are seeking to be witnesses to?

0-4?

4-7?

7-10? on the Engle Scale?

A Strategy could comprise the following:

0-4 Build Friendship with the person and sow seeds of kindness

4-7 Begin to share basics of the Good News of Jesus

7-10 Offer to pray for and invite your friend to ‘reaping events’ such as Alpha Weekends, Healing Meetings, Housechurch etc

Place: Brigdway Methodist Church (‘life@thecentre’), Meadows Precinct, Meadows, Nottingham

Date: Saturday 6th Sept 08

Time: 12-4pm

Purpose: To be a ‘House of Prayer for all Nations’

We will gather to:

1. Pray for the City

2. Pray for the Region

3. Pray for the Nation

4. Pray for Revival

What I mean is, are they the only ones who are called to evangelism?

Why do some people say things like; ‘I am not called to evangelize, or do evangelism?’

It would seem clear that an evangelist does evangelism

But isn’t the evangelists job to ‘equip the saints to do the work’ (Eph 4:11-12)?

What would an evangelist train/equip the people to do other than evangelize?

Are all people Evangelists?

Clearly not, as it says that Jesus sends some people as Evangelists (Eph 4)

So what does all this mean?

There are the few that are Evangelists (the word evangelist is only mentioned 3 times in New Testament)

Then there are all the Saints (all those who follow Jesus as Lord), these people are all witnesses

The Evangelists responsibility is to evangelise and to train the saints to witness effectively

So all are witnesses (Acts 1:8) but some witnesses are called to be Evangelists

Who evangelises?

We do!

The whole Freedom Community will be gathering on:

Date: Sun 7th Sept 08

Time: 11:45-2:00pm

Place: Riverway Pub, Arkwright Walk, Meadows, Nottingham

This is an opportunity to hear about what Jesus is doing through us in the local simple churches networked throughout Nottingham City.

It’s also a chance to meet up with others from Freedom’s Extended Family

Look forward to seeing you there,

The Farmers