So, we were looking for a church. Hard to choose. In a way, we fell into the consumer church trap: Church shopping. But we were pleased to see the amount of outreach done by these churches we visited. Not only direct evangelism, but making contributions to the community around them. And not only running their own projects, but involvement in, and support for, empowerment of, the wider community.
Direct evangelism
- · Bible exhibition
- · Street evangelism – singing, tracting
- · Alpha
- · Alternative halloween party
- · Children’s holiday clubs
- · Film nights
- · Church planting
- · Door-to-door visiting
- · Debates on culture
Church and inter-church social initiatives
- · Street pastors
- · Children’s breakfast clubs
- · Mobile bus youth project - computer games, recording studio, sports
- · Rap, hip hop music
- · Schools assemblies - self-esteem, empowerment
- · Employment projects
- · Old peoples holiday at home
- · Boys and girls brigades
- · After school clubs
- · Classical concerts
- · Art exhibitions
- · Church schools
- · Debt counselling
Also supporting and leading community groups
- · Community library
- · Local radio
- · Music festival on an estate
- · Community forums
- · Council Youth club
Churches we’ve visited that do these things
- · Calvary Chapel South London
- · Catford Community Church
- · Forest Hill Community Church
- · Holy Trinity
- · Ichthus Christian Fellowship
- · King’s Church
- · Mayow Road Hall
- · Perry Rise Baptist Church
- · St. john’s Penge
