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Ask God’s help so your church will visit the needy, and those who do Visitation coordinators can be named, and could use forms similar to
not know Christ. the following example:
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Coordinator: ________________________________
James 1:27 says: “Religion that God the Father accepts as pure
and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their RECORD OF VISITS
distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” 048-079
048-002 Visiting Teams: Persons to Visit: Date:

Visiting others for fellowship, to meet needs or to do evangelism is a 048-080 048-081 048-082
vital ministry of every obedient church. We often need to drop other
entertaining activities in order to make time to visit.
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I’ll visit Nellie,

and read God’s
Word with her.
Then we’ll go
together to visit
Emily.
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 PRACTICAL WORK WHOM SHOULD WE VISIT?
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• Teach and organize your congregation in their responsibility for: We Visit the Needy I’ll take these eggs to
048-066 048-006 Jane; she’s a widow and
lacks proper food.
a. visiting and helping the needy, Read James 1:27 and 5:14. The 048-008
048-067 Christian life is not only knowing
b. praying for and with the fallen, and counseling them with doctrine and keeping away from
the Scriptures, evil. It is showing practical love
048-068 towards all. (James 1:27) We visit
c. evangelizing and teaching new believers to obey the those who suffer, such as orphans,
Lord’s commands: 048-069 widows, the sick and prisoners.
- repent and believe (be sure of their own salvation), 048-007
- be baptized, 048-071 W_048_02^_INW01_01
- love, and help in practical ways We Visit Unbelievers
John Michael came to
(according to their gifts), 048-072
048-009 the service for the first
- share in the Lord’s Supper, 048-073 time last night. I’ll go
Read Mark 16:15. There are back and visit him, to
- pray, alone and with the family, 048-074 share the Gospel again.
spiritual orphans (who do not have
- give generously, 048-075 048-011
a Heavenly Father). They can be
- win their family for Christ. They can use the courses
adopted into God’s family, if we
“The Best News” and “Following the Lord Jesus
visit them with the Gospel. Visiting
Christ” (First Level). 048-076
and personal conversation is the
best way to win people for Jesus
• Together with the other leaders of the church, plan and
Christ.
coordinate visiting teams, and pray for them.
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We Visit Those who Have Fallen Away 4. Through visiting, we build up fellowship. Christians who have
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Read James 5:19-20. We restore those who have fallen away. They F to abandon them to their sins. 048-061
have known the truth, but for some reason have gone astray. We do F to visit them in love. 048-062
not abandon them. We visit them to help them restore their faith and F to scold them when we see them.
their walk with God. 048-063
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I’ll visit Pete.

He’s gone astray.
Perhaps this

Those who have

Scripture will
encourage him.
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fallen away
need our love.
We visit them
patiently.
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 SUMMARY TEST We Visit New Believers
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1. The Apostle James told us to keep from being contaminated by Read Matthew 28:19-20. New believers need advice and
the world, and: 048-051 encouragement. Christ’s Great Commission, in these verses, orders
F not to talk to unbelievers. 048-052 us to make disciples, teaching them to keep all His commands. The
F to visit the needy. best way is to visit them.
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2. To fulfill the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19-20, we win Now that I’ve won
Patrick for Christ, I
the unconverted to Christ. Then we make disciples of them, must teach him to be
by: 048-054 an obedient disciple.
I’ll visit him today.
F teaching them to obey Christ’s commands. 048-055 048-017
F scolding them when they seem weak.
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3. We teach the commandments to new believers, but the older,

faithful members also need our visits. In this way, we put into
practice: 048-057
F preaching. 048-058
F fellowship with each other.
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We Visit Faithful Believers • Be sensible, and do not be a nuisance by staying too long. This
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Read Acts 2:42. 048-047
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The early church in Jerusalem persevered in four activities:

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1) doctrine (teaching), 048-021
2) prayer, 048-022
3) breaking bread (the Lord’s Supper), 048-023
4) fellowship with each other.
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We enjoy fellowship when we go to the services and visit each other,

helping in practical ways. We visit long-standing, faithful members.
This way, we encourage each other.
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• If possible, leave something that they can read later, with your
address so they can contact you.
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• Be faithful about visiting, and do not abandon your contacts.

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Teach new Christians by your example.
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• Be very careful about your personal hygiene and tidiness, PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR
especially your breath. You yourself would not like a visitor
EFFECTIVE VISITING
who was untidy and smelled badly; neither would the people
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you visit.
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• Many homes are now closed to house-to-house visitation, due
to the visiting done by Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Therefore, we recommend you first visit your acquaintances
and natural contacts. This way, you will be sure of a welcome
and of being listened to. Also, one contact will lead to another,
and so on.
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• Effective visiting must be planned, coordinated, and upheld with

prayer. Keep track of whom you have visited, and the results.
Return where people show interest.
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• Train those who visit. Show them:

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- how to start a conversation, and take it naturally towards
spiritual things. 048-032
- how to give a personal testimony. 048-033
• If your visit is not welcome, do not show annoyance, but leave
- how to lead others to Christ. 048-034
politely; as Jesus recommends, do not waste more time there.
- how to pray for sick folks.
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• When a visit is not strictly personal, it is advisable to visit in What world
pairs, just as our Lord taught His disciples. While one speaks, does he live in?
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the other can pray, and so they help each other.
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• As a general rule, it is better that men visit men, women visit

women, young people visit their own age group, and married
couples visit couples.
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• Be careful to visit when it is convenient for those at home; if

possible fix the time of the visit beforehand. For example,
avoid mealtimes, or times when you know people will be busy Hello, I’ve come to talk
to you about the Lord.
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Ahem! Hello!
• Do not frighten your hosts by arriving with an enormous Bible
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polite and amiable. Do not sermonize; rather, start your
conversation with what is real to those you visit.
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He always
comes at
mealtimes!
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