Evangelism Committee Chair Rich Howard

Rich Howard

2020-2021 Evangelism Committee:

Pastor: Curt Miller, Elder: Heinrich Johnsen, Chair: Richard Howard

Committee Members: Budi Tjahjadi, Jenni Paulson, Jon Penner, Luis Orellana, Tom Futrell.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” (Romans 1:16-17)

During 2020-2021, Pastor Curt Miller, Elder Heinrich Johnsen and the committee members have spent time in prayer, thinking and action with evangelism on our hearts and minds. Prayer, that many would learn of the character of our good Father, and the sacrificial love of his son, Jesus, and through the teaching of the Word, that many would treasure and accept with transformed hearts, Jesus as Lord and Savior! Thinking and discussing ideas to equip and encourage College Church’s evangelistic pursuits.

Over the last couple months, we have been working to gather evangelism resources (books, videos, articles, speakers, etc.) that will be made available for the congregation, with the intent to encourage sharing the gospel with everyone we know. Action, during the summer and fall of 2020, we hosted prayer walks at College Church and in our own local neighborhoods and invited our neighbors to join us. One neighbor who comes to mind joined us, and said he was not sure if he would pray aloud, he would just “listen.” Well, after hearing a few prayers, he decided to pray aloud. And guess what? He prayed aloud the rest of our walk! Later, after the walk, he said that the prayer walk was so good. He was so glad he came and was so encouraged! Praise God!

In these recent times the committee has continued to meet virtually. We long for the time when we can all gather again freely. We are and will continue looking for God’s leading, praying and thinking on ways to equip and encourage College Church in evangelism. We are thankful and will continue to support our local evangelists. We will keep sharing the gospel!

With thankful hearts…

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)

Partner Evangelists:

Daniel Bair (Luis Orellana, liaison)

Tom Johnston (Jon Penner, liaison)

Manny Mill (Tom Futrell, liaison)

Nate Amodio (Budi Tjahjadi, liaison)

Kalli Hill (Jenni Paulson, liaison)