Deeper Christian Life Ministry
The Netherlands
“Systematic Visitation:
Binding True Worshippers to
the Fold”
James 1:27
…earnestly contend for the FAITH which was once delivered unto the SAINTS (Jude 3)
Deeper Christian Life Ministry
The Netherlands
Visitation
• One major reasons why every church should be make visitation
ministry a priority is that people matter to both God and to you.
• Visiting them lets them know you care.
• There is no substitute for heart-to-heart personal work.
http://www.lcgi.org/church-health-growth/visitation-ministry-training/
…earnestly contend for the FAITH which was once delivered unto the SAINTS (Jude 3)
Deeper Christian Life Ministry
The Netherlands
Goal of systematic visitation program
• Provide increased fellowship opportunities and to promote love, unity
and commitment among Christians.
• Encourage and strengthen new members, weak members, those who
are ill, shut-in, lonely, discouraged, experiencing problems, etc.
• Show dropouts our love and concern and to pave the way for
aggressive efforts to reclaim them.
• Demonstrate to people who are not Christians that we, like Jesus, are
“friends of sinners”. Matthew 11:19.
• To open doors of opportunity to share the gospel with them
…earnestly contend for the FAITH which was once delivered unto the SAINTS (Jude 3)
Deeper Christian Life Ministry
The Netherlands
Who Needs to Be Visited?
Acts 15:36; Matthew 25:34-36, 40.
• Virtually everyone in the church needs to be visited
especially:
• elderly and disabled people,
• the sick and bereaved people,
• prisoners, people in crisis
…earnestly contend for the FAITH which was once delivered unto the SAINTS (Jude 3)
Deeper Christian Life Ministry
The Netherlands
Who Should Do The Visitation:
Acts 15:36; Matthew 25:34-36, 40.
• Visitation is a corporate effort not just the pastor's or committee's job
hence every born-again believer should be involved.
• Each Christian is a minister who is responsible for using his/her abilities in
ministry to build up the church. Ephesians 4:11-16.
• The fact that we are saved by grace does not excuse us from good deeds;
it demands that we do them. Ephesians 2:8-10
• We cannot hire someone else to do our Christianity. Galatians 6:4,5; 1
Corinthians 3:8
• Each of us is unique. There is someone we can serve and influence for
Christ more effectively than anyone else can.
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What Should Happen in a Typical Visit:
• Spend most of your time listening.
• Be sensitive with what you do say.
• Remember that you are there for them and not for yourself
so be respectful.
• Offer to pray with or for them.
• Leave something with them as a reminder of your visit - a
card, a flower, a balloon, a book, or any small token.
…earnestly contend for the FAITH which was once delivered unto the SAINTS (Jude 3)