June 30, 2009

This week I had the privilege of visiting with the 20 student Literature Evangelists that are earnestly working in the Philadelphia area. The Chestnut Hill Church is their base of operations. By this date, they had knocked on 15,000 doors and were on schedule to reach at least 40,000 doors by the end of the summer. As they go, they are signing people up for bible studies. Lillian Torres, our PA Conference Bible Instructor is training Chestnut Hill Church members to directly follow up with those people who sign up. Pastor Tara VinCross and her husband Caleb are working diligently with these student LE’s and the Church members.

On another note, the Chestnut Hill Church is conducting a pilot evangelism method of connecting with people of the community, using holistic approaches, involving church members in a number of significant ministries, and having an evangelistic meeting that Tara VinCross will preach. In order the coordinate this unique holistic evangelistic approach, Caleb VinCross is being provided a small stipend, with accountability factors that must be reached. The goal of this evangelistic approach, is to have a 75% increase in church attendance at the end of two years.