4 June 2009

Church members lead outreach in WA

Perth, Western Australia
Glenn Townend/Melody Tan

Adventist church members in Perth have concluded an evangelistic series, attended by more than 700 people. Of these, 260 people expressed interest in finding out more about spiritual issues and being informed of further similar events.

"The main aim of the ‘Search for Significance' series was to get church members to bring their ‘non-churched' friends and this certainly happened," says David Maxwell, team leader for the four-day series in April.

The "Search for Significance" series was presented by Canadian businessman and evangelist Herb Larsen at the University of Western Australia. "It was a completely lay-run public evangelistic series," says Pastor Glenn Townend, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Western Australia and pastoral advisor for the series. "It was great to see church members take this initiative."

More than 50 people have committed to attending groups that will meet regularly to discuss Christianity and the Bible. "We are working with existing small groups and forming new groups to work with the people who have indicated they would like to explore what the Bible has to say about finding significance in life," says Mr Maxwell.

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