EVANGELISM
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No man cared for my soul - Part 2
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 10 April 2022
Synopsis: Jesus longed to give those who were “weary and burdened” rest for their souls:
Matt 11:28-30 (NIV) “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you.....
Do the work of an Evangelist - Part 4
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 27 March 2022
Synopsis: Five stages of evangelism.
1) Preparing the soil.
2) Planting (Sowing seed)
3) Cultivating
4) Harvesting
5) Preserving
A farmer first prepares the ground, then plants the seed, and then.....
No man cared for my soul
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 13 March 2022
Synopsis: While hiding in a cave from his enemies, David cries in despair that “no man cared for my soul”.
Psalm 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would acknowledge me:.....
Do the work of an Evangelist
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 21 February 2022
Synopsis: 2 Tim 4:5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
Y1-106- Evangelism and Church Growth
Sermon by Johnray Rennie on 30 September 2021
Synopsis: Evangelism is recognized as one of the Five-fold miniseries.
It also follows, you would expect Evangelists to operate mostly outside of the Church.
The true Evangelist comes with a sense of.....
God can use anyone
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 7 February 2021
Synopsis: The heroes of the story were the most unlikely candidates:
1) They had leprosy.
2) They were outsiders who sat at the entrance of the city’s gate. 3) They were dying of starvation.
Answering the unbeliever - Part 4a
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 11 October 2020
Synopsis: Those who deny God’s existence must invent explanations for the origin of life on earth.
- Life on earth spontaneously willed itself into existence out of nothing.
- The inert elements that.....
Answering the unbeliever - Part 3
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 27 September 2020
Synopsis: Why is there evil in the world if God is good?
Atheists, skeptics and other critics of Christianity often argue against God on the basis of the reality of evil and suffering. “See,” they say,.....
Answering the unbeliever - Part 2
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 13 September 2020
Synopsis: Common questions asked when a Christian is confronted by a staunch unbeliever.
Can the Bible be trusted?
Isn’t a good life sufficient enough to get to Heaven?
Living water
Sermon by Prudence Mabasa on 22 March 2020
Synopsis: John 4:13-14 (NIV) Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in.....
Answering the unbeliever - Part 1
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 8 March 2020
Synopsis: Common questions asked when a Christian is confronted by a staunch unbeliever.
1) What about the heathen who haven’t heard the Gospel?
2) What about the sincere Buddhist, Hindu etc?
Outreach and Evangelism
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 2 February 2020
Synopsis: The root of the word evangelism, evangel, is derived from the Greek word euangelion which is translated good news. From that same word, we derive the word gospel. Many words in English are.....
The Great Commission - Part 5 - Trends and opportunities
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 18 November 2018
Synopsis: Jesus gave the Great Commission 2000 years ago, what’s happened since?
“With the explosion of the church in the Southern Hemisphere, we must ask, does the church of the Lord Jesus Christ still.....
Church planting
Sermon by Peter Watt on 10 October 2018
Synopsis: Prov 24:3-4 By wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;
And by knowledge the rooms are filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.
The Great Commission - Part 7 - Trends and opportunities
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 26 August 2018
Synopsis: TREND 1: MIGRATION
In the past you had to go to a foreign country to be a missionary to other people groups. Now many of those people groups are coming to us. “Go into all the world” includes.....
MISSIONS- The prototype Christian church
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 22 July 2018
Synopsis: Acts 11:26 The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
But what were the traits of this prototype church in Antioch where Christians first received their name? Amongst other things,.....
Giving an answer for your Hope
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 15 July 2018
Synopsis: 1 Peter 3:15 In your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and.....
i4118 Foundation
Sermon by Des Burrows on 24 June 2018
Synopsis: Presentation on the work of the i4118 Foundation.
Evangelism
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 4 February 2018
Synopsis: Evangelism is the commitment to or act of preaching the Gospel with the intention of spreading the message and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Here Am I, Send Me
Sermon by Nico Bougas on 25 September 2017
Synopsis: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Isaiah 6.8
Building the kingdom
Sermon by Gordon Calmeyer on 12 October 2016
Synopsis: Some are called to preach the gospel, while others are called to make disciples.
Evangelism
Sermon by Gordon Calmeyer on 14 August 2016
Synopsis: We serve a God of grace and mercy. He doesn't excuse what we do, but he forgives.
There's a teaching going around now that you don't even have to repent anymore. God knows the decision that.....
The parable of the banquet
Sermon by Lindsey Parker on 4 October 2015
Synopsis: Luke 14:15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing.....
The Great Commission - Part3b - Global trends (cont)
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 13 September 2015
Synopsis: So what are some of the global trends we are seeing in today’s world? How do these present challenges or opportunities for us to advance and complete the Great Commission?
- Positive trends in.....
Passion for souls
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 23 August 2015
Synopsis: When William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, was asked by the king of England what the ruling force of his life was, he replied, “Sir, some men’s passion is for gold, other men’s passion is.....
Passion for souls - Part 2
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 10 August 2015
Synopsis: While hiding in a cave from his enemies, David cries in despair that “no man cared for my soul” (Psalm 142:4)
Today too there are millions of people in the world whose souls it seems no one cares.....
Last words of Jesus - The great commission
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 12 July 2015
Synopsis: When someone is about to leave us (e.g. death or a departure to a faraway land), the last words they speak are ones that they consider to be the most important. There’s no time for wasted words when.....
Missions
Sermon by Andy Barnard on 28 June 2015
Synopsis: The importance and the true purpose of missions as seen throughout the Bible.
Our Mission
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 21 June 2015
Synopsis: Let me introduce my message today with two questions.
1) Do you consider yourself a true Christian, meaning "a Disciple of Christ Jesus" who is compelled by God's love to do his will?
2) What is.....
The Great Commission - Part 3- Global trends
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 7 June 2015
Synopsis: If current patterns continue, the unreached will still be 23-28% of the world’s population in 2025 (Stan Park, Ethne '06). So how should we approach missions and evangelism? Should we just keep on.....
Evangelism
Sermon by Tony Louch on 30 November 2014
Synopsis: We are born again to reproduce.
We need to be part of emptying hell and filling heaven.
The four lepers of Samaria
Sermon by Graham Sahling on 16 November 2014
Synopsis: 2 Kings 7:3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there,.....
True religion
Sermon by Candice Towndrow on 22 June 2014
Synopsis: James 1:26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as.....
Last words of Jesus - The great commission
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 15 June 2014
Synopsis: When someone is about to leave us (e.g. death or a departure to a faraway land), the last words they speak are ones that they consider to be the most important.
There’s no time for wasted words.....
What makes good soil
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 25 May 2014
Synopsis: A Christian who does not bear fruit for the kingdom is not good soil. You cannot say “I am good soil” when you haven’t produced any harvest. In the parable of the sower Jesus said:
Matt 13:23.....
The scattering of the church
Sermon by Mark Hodgetts on 24 May 2014
Synopsis: It took Acts 8:1 to fulfill Acts 1:8.
Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the.....
ANTIOCH - The prototype Christian church
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 15 February 2014
Synopsis: Acts 11:26 The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
As Antioch was the place where followers of Jesus were first named “Christians”, the name by which we are still called today,.....
Ministers of Freedom
Sermon by Des Burrows on 1 September 2013
Synopsis: God, by His Spirit has made us competent. And this competence makes us Ministers of the new covenant. We are Minsters of FREEDOM
Global Evangelism Mission
Sermon by Joseph Mpakanyane on 30 June 2013
Synopsis: Joseph shares on the work of GEM (Global Evangelism Mission) in Lesotho. Also a brief look at the parable of the talents and what we can learn from it.
God can use anyone
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 23 June 2013
Synopsis: Former shoe salesman, D.L. Moody said,
“If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent. After all, there are comparatively few people.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 2
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai
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Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison,.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 6
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 7
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speakers: Candice Towndrow & Timothy Okhai.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me;.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 3
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 4
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Erica Grunewald.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison,.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 5
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Intro
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Erica Grunewald
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison,.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 1
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison,.....
How To Invest Your Life
Sermon by Steve Dutton on 14 April 2013
Synopsis: Matthew 25:14-30
"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to.....
On this rock I will build my church
Sermon by Gordon Calmeyer on 23 February 2013
Synopsis: Judges 6:13 (NASB) Then Gideon said to him, "O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not.....
Outreach
Sermon by Graham Sahling on 2 September 2012
Synopsis: Outreach is defined as an organisation's involvement with the community, especially in providing a service or advice outside it’s usual centres of operation
Mission Shaped Communications
Sermon by Leston Blackburn on 27 July 2012
Synopsis: Isa 54:2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the.....
Healthcare Christian Fellowship
Sermon by HCF on 24 June 2012
Synopsis: Mark 16:15 (KJV) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Ps 142:4 (KJV) I looked on my right hand, and beheld , but there was no man that would.....
The prototype Christian church (Missionary church)
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 17 June 2012
Synopsis: Followers of Jesus were known by some as the “Nazarene sect” (Acts 24:5).
At the time of Stephen’s martyrdom, Christianity was referred to as “the Way” (Acts 9:1-2)
But the disciples were first.....
Follow me - Come and See
Sermon by Des Burrows on 16 November 2011
Synopsis: In many large stores, employees are instructed to take customers to find what they are looking for rather than simply giving them verbal directions.
Now the same can be true when someone enquires.....
The Great Commission
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 24 July 2011
Synopsis: Often people ask, "What prophetic event remains unfulfilled to prevent the return of Jesus?"
Well consider this prophecy by Jesus.
In Matthew 24:14, speaking prophetically Jesus said that "this.....
Solving community problems
Sermon by Costa Mitchell on 6 October 2010
Synopsis: AGF 2010 annual conference at YFC Cyara.
Costa Mitchell is the national director of the Association of Vineyard Churches in South Africa.
Our mission
Sermon by Costa Mitchell on 6 October 2010
Synopsis: AGF 2010 annual conference at YFC Cyara.
Costa Mitchell is the national director of the Association of Vineyard Churches in South Africa.
Evangelism tools
Sermon by Justus Carstens on 5 October 2010
Synopsis: AGF 2010 annual conference at YFC Cyara.
Mercy Actions
Sermon by Julio Da Silva on 5 October 2010
Synopsis: AGF 2010 annual conference at YFC Cyara.
God's heart for the lost
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 19 September 2010
Synopsis: Psalm 50:16 But to the wicked, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? 17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. 18 When you see a thief,.....
Evangelism
Sermon by Colin Pietersen on 12 September 2010
Synopsis: Salvation is not just a fire-insurance against hell.
You are saved so that you can do the work of the Lord.
God wants us to go into all the world and reach the lost and dying nations of the world.
Missions
Sermon by Rudi Korda on 1 August 2010
Synopsis: Matt 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord,.....
The Unfinished Task
Sermon by Louis Blom on 25 July 2010
Synopsis: Every year… 36.4 million …people die without Christ. The 10/40 Window has:
- 65% of the world’s population.
- 90% of the world’s poorest.
- 95% those unreached by Christian witness.
The.....
The disobedient church
Sermon by Missions on 18 April 2010
Synopsis: (1) THE COMMAND
(2) THE CONCERN
(3) THE CAUSE &
(4) THE CURE
The Gideons
Sermon by Alec Stewart on 22 November 2009
Synopsis: Alec Stewart shares at Brakpan Assembly on the work of the Gideons in South Africa and the world. The Gideons International is an interdenominational association of Christian business and.....
The power of the Holy Spirit - "Dunamis"
Sermon by Louis Blom on 6 June 2009
Synopsis: Louis Blom gives feedback from Judea Harvest. 1000 tents set up, 10000 crusades, 4500 churches planted, 65 churches planted in India.
Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit.....
Thirsting for God
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 17 May 2009
Synopsis: Without the Lord we fall into one of 2 categories of people that Jesus addressed; sinners and Pharisees.
Do you fall into either one of these groups?
Are we like the self-righteous Pharisee who.....
Missions
Sermon by Candice Towndrow on 31 August 2008
Synopsis: Jer 17:5 This is what the LORD says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
6 He will be like a bush in the.....
God uses the things man despises
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 6 July 2008
Synopsis: Just as David used 5 stones to defeat Goliath, so God uses 5 things to defeat Satan. He uses:
(1) the foolish things,
(2) the weak things,
(3) the lowly things,
(4) the despised things AND
(5).....
Get ready, get power and go
Sermon by Julio Da Silva on 16 February 2008
Synopsis: In order to do God's work we must be prepared (get ready), we must must have the power of the Holy Spirit (get power) - and then we must GO.
The Common Characteristics of a Successful Church Plant (THESIS)
Sermon by Leston Blackburn on 1 January 2008
Synopsis: A summary of a dissertation identifying the common characteristics which contribute to the success of a church plant as identified by church planters and organizations around the world. More than.....
Evangelism
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 26 August 2007
Synopsis: 4 lepers went out from a city that was starving and found food, but while they were feasting they said “What we are doing is not right”.
In like manner, the gospel is one beggar telling another.....
Being a witness
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 3 September 2005
Synopsis: We are not all evangelists, but we are all called to be witnesses.
Witnesses
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 27 June 1999
Synopsis: Heb 10:28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled.....
The 4 Ms for churches of tomorrow
Sermon by David Wong on 17 June 1995
Synopsis: David Wong from the Pentecostal Mission in Hong Kong speaks on the “M’s” that are required for the church of the 21st century to remain relevant. They are not Methodology, Money and.....
Becoming a Christian
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 9 April 1995
Synopsis: How to become a Christian and how to lead someone to Christ.
Taking South Africa for God
Sermon by Nicholas Bhengu on 6 March 1955
Synopsis: An article in the March 1955 Pentecostal Evangel by Nicholas Bhengu on "Taking South Africa for God."
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