There are two primary ways to do health evangelism: Church Programs & Individual Outreach. Both are useful and needed.
First, talk to your Health / Ministries Leader. Don’t have one in your church? Get involved yourself. Let your Pastor and/or Church Board know you are interested in doing outreach. It’s important to work as a team with your church.
Second, list who you think might be good to include on your health team. Sit down with them and discuss what resources you might already have. Perhaps someone in the church has done a cooking school in the past, or held at CHIP or other program previously.
We highly encourage you to read “The Ministry of Healing.” As you read this amazing book, note what God puts emphasis on in regards to health, compassion, love, and service. Hmmm, you thought it would be diet, exercise, and water. Of course, these are vital for health too, but they are also tools to express your compassion, love, and service. Remember, the point of health reform is to reach a lost and dying world, not to simply live longer.
Once you’ve decided on a program or programs and have built your team, which can be 2 people or even 10 (depending on the size of your church or the complexity of the program), schedule your programs regularly. To learn more about specific programs, click our “Resources & Programs” page for ideas and information.
Keeping a regular schedule increases the effectiveness of your programs. Each time people see the flyer’s, posters, etc., the Holy Spirit can work on their heart. There is a story of one family that heard the radio ads for a particular series every year in October. After 8 or 9 years, they finally attended, and were baptized! Do not give up! Being consistent is so important.
Individual Outreach
Health Luncheons: Make a simple meal (if you are brave you can cook it right in front of your friends and neighbors). You can give a short health talk part way through the meal.
Visit friends/family: If someone is sick or in the hospital, visit them and lovingly insist to help them. You can go over to clean their house, or just show up with a meal! People don’t like to ask for help and will usually say no if you ask. So, don’t! Simply show up ready to work and say, “I’m here to help you! Would you like me to clean your kitchen, or vacuum your home?”
Hand out “Glow” or other tracts: The ABC carries a variety of health and spiritual health topics from several different sources.
Do a DVD ministry: You can host this in your own home or someone else’s each week. Be sure to schedule this and have set viewing times (or pick up/drop off times if you are leaving the DVD for your participants to view by themselves) to maintain momentum. You can start with just friends or market the ministry by putting up posters or other advertising.