City Harvest Church KL Blog

Dear Family and Friends,

Greetings in the mighty name of Jesus!

Phew! After 9 days of travelling between Taiwan and Singapore, I am finally back in hazy-but-still-home, Kuala Lumpur. No matter what, it is always nice to be back – nothing beats lying on your own bed and hanging out with all my beloved family and friends! This trip to Taiwan is truly an eye-opener for me. I learnt so much on how to creatively reach out to our family and friends. Traditionally, the approach used for effective evangelism is one that is direct. We preach the gospel and people get saved. Or we go to visit them at their homes and invite them to church. This is still a good approach but it is certainly not the only way of reaching out to our friends.

I want to encourage all of us to creatively reach out to our friends by building lots of bridges. This can be done through doing life together. We can do so by organizing cooking lessons, picnic, Amazing Race, karaoke sessions, wine appreciation, facial, spa, extreme makeover or… just basically everything and anything that you guys enjoy doing. What I am suggesting is that we invite friends to be a part of what we are already doing. On the other hand, we can also participate or organize things that our friends like to do. The whole aim is to make evangelism a lifestyle instead of a program. This approach may not be as direct as the approach used before but I am confident that it can help us to win more friends unto the LORD in the days to come. The world is changing. Hence, the way we win our friends also have to change. But ultimately, we must be sincere. Our love for them ought to be genuine, truly desiring to see them changed by the love of Christ. Well, I once read, ‘You can’t be wrong when you love!’ So, City Harvest, let us practice that. Let us learn to be more accepting, more forgiving, more embracing and more loving as we live our lives to shine forth the love and the glory of Christ.
I am EXCITED,

KEV