Laymen are on the cutting edge of evangelism. Ordinary people are bringing thousands of their peers to Christianity by their personal witness, the church leader said. They have a tremendous impact through the testimony of their lives. Lay leaders are training others. Each student is told to return to their church and train 20 others, who in turn will each train 10 more.
Every church member is involved in evangelism.
The full Bible has now been translated into 2,233 languages, Ecumenical News International reports. The principal of a school in Novopolostsk refused to let two members of The Gideons International pass out Scriptures in class, so they stood in the hallways giving them out, Victor Goncharenko, a representative for the ministry, said. The principal ordered the men outside, but students followed them, forming a long line to get a copy. She called the police, who arrested the men, Goncharenko said. At the police station, the chief of police released the men and asked them to hand out copies of the New Testaments to everyone on his staff, Goncharenko said.