Media Ministry: Effective Tip #2: Fish Bowl Ministries

Media Ministry: Effective Tip #2: Fish Bowl Ministries

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Spiritual outreach comes in many different forms!

One mode of outreach is fishing.

JESUS' FISHING ANALOGY. As any avid fisherman knows, one has to pay attention to all kinds of details to be a successful fisherman. Details such as, time of day, temperature, location, characteristics of the water, weather, type of fish, and all variations of equipment. Jesus said to His disciples (and through them to us as well) that He was going to teach them to be fishers of men. Since many of the disciples were already fishermen by trade (a few were not), one wonders if they immediately understood the analogy, or were they thoroughly confused by applying it to catching people. Anyway, from Jesus' day until now, fishing techniques certainly have changed, because society has changed. We can also say the pond characteristics have drastically changed. Since people are the fish, so have fish radically changed. So, let's go fishing here in the 21st century.

TIP #2: FISH BOWLS. Fish bowls are a great way to distribute Gospel messages and life-story messages. Simply purchase plastic fish bowls and stuff them full of great recorded messages. The recorded messages can be analog or digital, that is, on cassettes, or CDs and DVDs. Older generations will pick up the cassettes, while younger ones will go for the digital discs. Younger still even like the realm of mp3. That's called, knowing what kind of bait applies to which kind of fish.

FISH BOWL CONTENTS. Stock the fish bowl full of five or six different recorded Gospel messages just perfect for unbelievers and believers alike. Also use life story messages. A life story message is a person's testimony of how (s)he came to repentance and salvation, and has spiritually grown in the Lord and His Word.

FISH BOWL CHURCH MINISTRY TEAM. Form a team of church volunteers to assemble your fish bowl with recorded messages. Pray before you begin the assembly process, and pray at the end of it. Pray over all of the materials.

FISH BOWL DISTRIBUTION. Ask many places around your area, town, or city if they would permit placing a fish bowl within their premises. At present, very few established businesses refuse. Most are very amenable to having such a unique item as a fish bowl sitting nearby and very cooperative in helping to spread the good news of the Gospel. Fish bowls go easily in doctors' lobbies, local mini-mart check-out counters, truck stop restaurants, grocery stores, near newspaper and magazine racks, and any place where people may have to sit and wait for an appointment, to name a few places. (Article cont'd.)

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Fish Bowl Outreach — Be Fishers of Men!

Fish Bowl Outreach — Be Fishers of Men!

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(Article cont'd.) LIFE-STORY MESSAGES. Many notable people have recorded their life stories to feature how they came to repentance and to know the Lord. Famous people, such as, paraplegic Joni Erickson Tada, Nixon's former special counselor Church Colson, worrld-renowned astrophysicist Dr. Hugh Ross, multi-million dollar businessman Grover Cannon, successful homebuilder Michael Chadwick, America's 1986 Teacher of the Year Guy Doud, major league baseball pitcher Mike Dravecky, Galloping Gourmet Graham Kerr, basketball-great Pistol Pete Maravich, and world-renowned speaker Zig Ziglar, to name just a few. Each recording ends with an invitation by the speaker to the listener to give his/her heart to Jesus.

REGULAR RESTOCKING ROUNDS. Plan out a weekly route to check all your fish bowls, and refill each with a new supply of duplicated messages. Don't be surprised if you receive calls in the middle of the week from any number of your places you've set fish bowls that all the messages are gone--the fish bowl is empty and needs to be refilled. Business proprietors may be relaying to you that patrons are wondering why the fish bowl is empty, and inquiring how soon it will be replenished. Churches and ministries have started by making a small number of copies, but found out how quickly it grew into 100s and 1000s. It's not unusual for pastors and ministry leaders to report making over 14,000 copies in one year. Truck stops especially run out faster than most places! Just think, for every message taken, your preacher is traveling all over the country and preaching the Gospel any time of day or night, without leaving his home or office!

As you can see, the tangible benefit to having a Fish Bowl Ministry IS OUT OF THIS WORLD!

START OUTREACH NOW with an effective Fish Bowl Ministry

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