Jesus Creed � Party Evangelism: A Churched Perspective

I love this idea of party evangelism. I've tried this. Sort of. My wife and I didn't utilize a specific plan like the group mentioned at Jesus Creed, but we just believed that spiritual conversations would occur and connections would be made. Were they ever. Last summer my wife announced one day, "We're going to be having a weekly potluck on Monday nights. Just make an announcement at church and invite them all to come." As the summer progressed we went from about a dozen to 50+ one night. Many nights we have 30-35. So much ministry happened those nights. A lot of love was given to people whose lives were in great turmoil. Relationships were made that were influential in seeing people be baptized, or helping people find a new church home, or helping people experience the love of God in a new and marvelous way. There were people who came and felt like they "belonged" and had "family" there — that they were valued and they didn't feel that elsewhere in their lives. I believe in party or potluck evangelism. I think you could build a church from it. In fact I'm interested in that very idea: party evangelism and servant evangelism working together. Party evangelism is what the guys at Artisan Church in Rochester, NY are doing. Check out there web site — one of the finest pieces of eye candy I've ever seen — and look at the festivities. My kids have been bugging us all winter about when are we having the next potluck. We're talking about Memorial Day.