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Evangelism Grants Fuel Outreach Projects
Second Annual Pig Roast, Life Church, Monroe Life Church hosted its 2nd Annual Pig Roast–our largest outreach event of the year. Built around the evangelism training we’ve been practicing in our small group discipleship program, this event provided an incredible opportunity to connect with our community. We were blessed to serve over 240 people—nearly 100 more than last year. God worked in powerful ways, allowing us to meet new families, build rela- tionships, and even welcome several guests to our Sunday service the follow- ing day. One especially moving story came through our Life Kids Director, who con- nected with a family in crisis. Their young daughter had been hospitalized with an undiagnosed illness, and the mother, overwhelmed and unsure how she would feed her family, came across our Pig Roast sign. She shared how relieved she was to find not only a meal, but also care and encouragement. Stories like this reflect the heart behind this event—meeting real needs while pointing people to Jesus. We are deeply grateful to SCBO for their support and give all glory to God for the success of this outreach and the many lives touched through it. – Chris Schwartz, executive director, Life Church Lorain County Fair Outreach, NorthCoast Baptist Association, Vermilion Thank you once again for the evangelism grant. It helped us tremendously in this outreach effort. We had a total of 1,882 engagements, 95 people prayed with, and 21 gospel conversations! We had 22 people from the association serving in this eight-day effort. Those 22 came from six different churches in our association. Over 350 New Testaments were passed out. One of the many conversations concluded with recommending a few of our churches that were close to Elyria. This family moved from Parma to Elyria! Having our association name at the fair gave this family a chance to find their new church home! Blessings to you from the NorthCoast Baptist Association. – Steve Mayes, NorthCoast Baptist Association, AMS The Plunge Outreach Event, H20 Church, Cincinnati The Plunge was great! It’s tough to know the number of people since it’s an outdoor event, but we had 20 or so people at each life group, and we have eight life groups. This means that over 150 people came to the event and heard the gospel preached, and countless more heard it since we were out- doors and blared everything over a loudspeaker. I’ve heard of a lot of good connections people made with the students who are joining their small groups. – Cassi Rohlfer, H20 Church, Cincinnati
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