Our families were commended to the work of full-time traveling evangelism by our home assembly in Union, Maine, in 2008.
The focus of our ministry is two-fold. The Lord, first and foremost, has burdened our hearts with the urgency of preaching the gospel in this country. In this land of religious freedom and churches in abundance, there exists an increasing number of people who are completely unfamiliar with the Gospel, and an even greater number who have only experienced some watered-down version of Christianity from the multitude of ‘churches’ where the Word of God is not taught in truth. We labor in the harvest field through: door-to-door visitation; open-air preaching; traditional gospel meetings; organizing outreaches to prisons, nursing homes, colleges, etc.; literature booths and/or tract distribution at public events; and any other ways the Lord leads to bring salvation to the lost.
The second focus of our ministry is, from the full sense of the gift of the evangelist in Ephesians 4:11-12, to build up the body of Christ by equipping the saints for the work of evangelism. It should be obvious that a few gifted men are not sufficient for the task of preaching the gospel to every creature in this country; nor did the Lord intend for that to be the case. It is clear from 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 that the ministry of reconciliation has been entrusted to every believer, as each has been made an ambassador for Christ. It has been our experience in visiting assemblies, and from meeting with saints from assemblies around the country, that many may be strong in doctrine and faithful in worship, but lack zeal for and commitment to personally taking part in fulfilling the Great Commission. Through teaching and training, exhortation and example, it is our desire to work with assemblies to energize and equip them for proclaiming the gospel to a lost and perishing world.
