Evangelism Outreach

WHEN: Friday, March 7, 2008, 7:15 PM

WHERE: Lighthouse Carey Building, ACC

Dear brothers and sisters,

This Friday night, Cornerstone will be stepping out in faith to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people of Austin. 15% of Austin residents go to a church. It's hard to imagine that close to 9 out of 10 people here are spiritually lost, separated from God, and on the path to eternal judgment. Yet, Christ loved the world and laid down His life so that sinners could be brought into a relationship with the Father.

Christ commanded us to preach the gospel to all creation. Stepping out in faith is an expression of our love and obedience to our Savior, and God has used that to increase my faith and love for Him ("for to the one who has, more will be given" -Lk 8:18).

We will spend time in training and prayer, so no experience required! We will share the gospel using tracts and in 1-on-1 conversations with people. Come with a humble heart and a desire to serve our Lord and the lost. Please pray this week for God to prepare us and the people we will talk to. All of your are encouraged to serve with us.

Time: 7:15 - 10:45 PM
Place: Meet at ACC (Carey Building) for prayer and training. We will carpool to 6th Street.
Bring: Small Bible, coat with pockets, bottle of water

"If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it." (Mark 8:34-36)

In Christ,

Alex


PS - If you're still reading, I want to share something neat that came to mind as I was praying for this. I noticed how this outreach lines up with 3 of our upcoming vision statements!

1) Stepping out in faith helps us grow as disciples of Jesus Christ
2) Outreaches build godly commuinty as they have included people from the youth, college, adults, and even other ACC congregations. (the youth have a conference this weekend, though, so I don't want to take people out of that).
3) Sharing the gospel is the starting point for making disciples locally