Youth Evangelism (part 1)

Question
I have become with somebody else the Team-coordinator for Evangelism.  Our job is to bring people to Christ (of course that's the job for every Christian) but for [our church] [a lady] and I are the coordinators.  So we have a very good job to do. We are both very excited about it. But it is also a challenge.

For myself it's important that we have a goal so that we can see over about a year what the results are and where we can go further and where things must change.

Our question is: can you give us some ideas how you start evangelism for youth?  How do you start things and what are [some] things [we shouldn't do]?

 

Answer

I will give you a few thoughts... I think first of all it's important to remember that the main goal of evangelism is to lead people into a relationship with Christ.  One of my mentors says that one of the problems in the Church today is that most of us believe in evangelism, but don't have a heart for the lost.

Another problem often comes in our definition of success in evangelism. (See my article on the subject) Although we do want people to make a decision for Christ, it doesn't mean we're unsuccessful when we don't pray with them to give their hearts to Him.  We're successful when we leave a positive impression on lost people concerning Christ and the Gospel.  In this way, we are one link in the chain that leads them to Christ.