Bible Bites
25 Great Personal Work Ideas
Invite people to church.
- To regular services
- To gospel meetings (try to invite them to a specific service)
- To special studies
- To home studies
Use printed and recorded media.
- Leave the Sunday bulletin with a friend each week.
- Give an appropriate tract to a person who has talked about a specific subject.
- Leave a tract at a restaurant, on a plane, bus, cab, park bench, etc.
- Keep a supply on various subjects with you.
- Keep a supply of reference cards.
- Give a sermon recording to someone you have talked with about the Bible.
Give out Bibles.
- Give one to a friend who visits services if they don’t have one.
- Put reference cards in them.
- Give one to a sick, grieving, or troubled friend.
Visit people.
- When your schedule permits, visit their church.
- Visit them when they are sick.
- Go to their home if invited.
- Visit them when they have a baby.
- Visit them if they miss services.
- Visit newcomers or visitors.
Be a friend.
- Help your neighbors.
- Know your neighbors.
- Talk to your neighbors
- Send cards or call visitors or sick or neighbors.
Be a good conversationalist.
- Listen to what people are saying about their problems and lives. Often they are really wanting help.
- Use good questions: What do you think of Christians? Have you visited a church of Christ? Where do you go to church? Have you thought about the difference between religion and following Christ? Do you think much about death? What do you think of Jesus? How are you really doing? Do you read the Bible regularly? Have you considered what the Bible says about . . .?