LOCAL LIGHTHOUSE EVANGELISM
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vangelism is a very special and most important ministry, commissioned by the Lord Jesus Himself in Mark 16:15-20.
I minister as a Head Steward at ECC, and it was about four years ago when Pastor Rajinder asked me to help with Local Lighthouse Evangelism, and since then I have been out on the streets with the ECC evangelism teams on a regular basis. At the very beginning, there was a bit of fear, doubt and other lies of the enemy that tried to scare me off evangelism. But, even the very first time I was out with the LLE team, I was greatly encouraged by the things I saw and heard. It was so special to see people being healed on the spot, and some giving their lives to God. I was really happy to share my testimony and my belief in the Lord Jesus with complete strangers. Since then, I have been given greater responsibility by the ECC leadership, to support and encourage the ECC evangelism team leaders in different towns across West London, including Shepherd’s Bush. Honestly, this is the most exciting thing for me: being used by God to lead people to the Lord and to encourage the teams. We have noticed a remarkable change regarding people’s responses to evangelism materials, tracts and the Gospel. Three years ago, people didn’t even want to stop or take any tracts, but today we see people’s hearts and attitudes have changed with prayer. Some now stop and have a chat with us, and are very thankful when we pray for their different needs. Most of the time people don’t realise they are also playing their part in evangelism, because when they leave the tracts and other materials behind on buses, trains or flights, others get the chance to read them too! Please approach any of the Local Lighthouse team leaders and become a witness for the Lord Jesus. You’ll be greatly blessed. Or pick up a registration form from the Information Desk at the back of the Auditorium, and place it into Pastor Rajinder’s pigeonhole in the Auditorium after completion, then someone will contact you.
Edgar
LLE Team Coordinator
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GRAPEVINE magazine • Issue 100 • OCT/NOV 2019
Impact of the Gospel continues to grow in Shepherd’s Bush
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s a team (with Ileen, Minette, Velma, Tannica, Astrid and Edgar), we witness together in front of a very strategically placed ‘Westfield’s Shopping Centre’ - an important location, where the bus station and the underground station meet.
It is a very busy place where people come for shopping. In the past, people weren’t keen to take tracts from us. But today, we see them walking away, still holding the tracts in their hands and reading them as they go. Some will stay and chat. In the month of August everyone took the tracts and we had conversations with them. Some even promised they would visit ECC. There was a woman with two little boys who received a tract from us. One of the boys asked me: “What’s the tract for?” I said to him it’s about Jesus. He asked me: “Who is Jesus?” I responded by telling him a little story about Jesus. But the boy still wanted to know more about Jesus. So, I told the mother that we have a Sunday school service for kids in the church and, if she wouldn’t mind, she could bring the kids so they can learn more about Jesus. She looked inside the tract and saw the church address, and said that they will visit the church. We gave a tract to a Muslim man, who was willing to talk. He went away and came back, still holding the tract in his hands. As he was standing waiting for the bus, he was reading it. We could tell something inside the tract had caught his attention. Another man and his little daughter were given a tract. Initially, the man refused to take it, but he later came back, apologised, and took the tract from the team.
Helena Owusu Team Leader
