I was recently asked in an email, “what do you say when you go door to door?” Below is an expanded answer to what I emailed back.
I typically will use a three pronged approach. First is to collect food. Second is to gather prayer requests. Third is a spiritual inventory. Sometimes we leave off the first one. Sometimes we leave off the first two. The three pronged approach is very effective though. It starts int he natural, brings up the things of God in the prayer request and then leads right to the Gospel.
Sometimes we will ask for the prayer request and then say that we would be happy to pray with them right then. We say, “we are going to pray in Jesus name, do you know why we do that?” This is an open door to profess Christ. If they do, we pray. If not, we share the Gospel with them. This is a prayer evangelism technique that we learned from the Prayer Stop.
Sometimes we will just have some opening line, “Hi we are in the
neighborhood today taking a quick one question survey. The question is, if
it were 2AM and your house were on fire and I drove by and noticed, would
you want me to wake you from your sleep so you could get out of the
house?” This leads quickly to a Gospel conversation.
Typically when we get into sharing the Gospel we will use the bookmark and
a New Testament which is also on our new door hanger.
This video gives a quick (2.5 minute) intro.
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There is really no “right” way. Just obey the Lord’s command to go and make disciples. If you want to distribute door hangers, do that. If you want to knock and talk, then do that. But, do something! Go and make disciples! Door to door evangelism is an easy and effective way to reach the community with the Gospel.
