Featured Evangelizing children

At Halloween the children are coming to you, not you to the children. And they do so (hopefully) under the careful watching eyes of their parents. Approaching a child on the street is a whole different issue.

Yes Jesus welcomed the children, but if you'll notice, the parents brought their children to Him, He didn't go to the children.

 

Evangelist, you do what the Lord tells you to do. Some folks are going to be offended no matter what you do or do not do whether it involves kids or not. I still go and knock on doors from time to time. I have been told that I might offend someone. Hey, I'm a pastor of a church. Someone is always offended at me for some reason or another. I just keep doing what I know I am supposed to be doing and a small minority is just going to have to be offended.

 

Yes, it is about common sense. But, it is also about obedience. If I feel led to give tracks to anyone who passes by no matter the age then that is what I will do. And, mom and dad can just be offended. Personally, I would not be offended. I would simply take the track from my child and read it for myself before I allowed my child to look at it. Some folks need to loosen their shoe laces and chill.

 

End of the world is near, Robert and I agree on an issue. My kids are both married, one for five years. We are in our 60s now, as of yet, without grandkids. If the Lord blesses us with such, and we have them out on our own, we will be much more cautious than when ours were growing up in the 80s and 90s. In fact, at the time we were raising ours, we were much more cautious in that area that my parents.

I can see the catch 22 of this situation. We have a Wednesday night children's ministry where we take kids from disfunctional families and have a Bible study, crafts and a snack. For some, it is the only time of the week they get a similance of normal life and love. Even in that situation, we always ensure that there are two adults present at all times. It is a shame that our country has come to this, but it has.

For the record, I admire anyone who goes door to door or hands out tracts or other material for the Lord. This situation though, as Salty said, has to be accompanied by common sense.

 

We evangelize kids every Sunday morning...their parents are countin on it. In the end though, the most effective evangelist for a child is their mother or father. You wan to evangelize kids? Disciple their parents!

 

Post of the day, right here!

 

Agreed - I did explain that to her, but her mind was already made up.

 

Evangelizing children must be done with great care and discernment. These young minds are easily manipulated, and many of them will to whatever their Sunday School teacher or youth leader or pastor tells them.

We must be very, very sure about where they are spiritually when dealing with children. Mainly, I'm talking here about one-on-one soul-winning evangelism, not just passing out tracts on the street. I really don't see anything wrong with that.

The use of the Sinner's Prayer holds great danger, because it can be mis-used. I have seen it presented as "say these magic words" and you'll be saved. Or, "just repeat after me. Ready? Lord Jesus I'm a sinner...........etc."

By the way, if a child cannot ask God to save him on his own, he has not been properly prepared with the gospel.

Another by the way, when the Lord saved me, I was not asked to pray a prayer. The preacher simply asked if I understand what it meant to be a sinner; did I understand the penalty for sin; did I repent of my sin and trust Christ and Him alone for my salvation? I answered yes. He said, God bless you son, sit down right over there.

 

Evangelizing children is futile. Any child can. be manipulated to believe as we do, to preform like a Christian aught. They may learn many scriptures and be in the church choir but firmly believe the example the parents set an actions they take while raising them will be the biggest deciding factor on the path they lead after they move out. How we treat our family and talk about others behind closed doors is what our kids will remember and emulate.

 

Excellent post!