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Reach Tokoroa 2012 Report - 3rd to the 15th January 2012

OAC Ministries Bay of Plenty & Waikato & Associates

1.    Why did we go to Tokoroa

       Gary Scoggings, our team leader had a vision to reach people in Tokoroa for Christ 

       Gary met John Sutton, an elder at Balmoral Gospel Chapel & both of them organized the outreach 

2.    When did we go and where did we stay 

       We stayed in Tokoroa from Tuesday 3^rd to Sunday 15^th of January at Balmoral Gospel Chapel  

3.    Who was part of the team 

 People from all over North Island, from Auckland, Hamilton, Ngaruwahia, Wellington 

 And 6 locals regularly attended our training sessions, and participated in community outreaches  

 During both weeks, the number of people in our team varied between 6 and 15 (on the day we had the community hangi) 

 The first week, a couple from Wellington came to prepare meals for the team, they left on Saturday and the 2^nd week, people from our team and a few locals took the initiative to prepare meals 

4.    What we did the 1^st week 

       Run simultaneously 2 children’s programs (4 days) in 2 churches in Tokoroa, Balmoral Gospel Chapel and St Mark’s Presbyterian Church 

       Every day, went into the neighborhood and into the street to advertise our 2 children’s programs and invite people to our lunches and dinners 

       The programs included games, competitions, stories, and a Gospel presentation in four parts, one part presented each day 

       Every day, after the children’s program, Gary would invite children to stay for lunch and to bring family members or friends over for lunch (and many children did stay and invited their friends or family members) 

       A few locals attended the programs, went along to community outreaches and prayed with our OAC team 

       Overall, 27 children attended both programs 

       The last day of the program, which was Saturday 7-1, we had a “Lollies or the Bag game” for caregivers and we organized and prepared a Family Barbecue.  

       About 30 children and 15 parents turned up to the Family BBQ  

5.    What we did the 2^nd week 

       Street and door to door evangelism 

       Gave away about 120 DVDs of Bible in 11 + 100 cards with the website to watch the Bible in 11 video clip 

       Talked to 200 or more people 

       6 people made a decision to follow Christ 

       Good Person Test flipchart in the street and door to door + surveys 

       we cooked 220 hangi’s for the Community Hangi on Saturday 14-1 

       and about 100 people turned up to it 

       On that day, we had many good conversations with people about Christianity + a Good Person Test flipchart outside church hall 

       Training sessions about how to share our faith in an effective way and what to share  

       7 locals came regularly to our training sessions or to help prepare meals for us  

6.    What we found out about people in Tokoroa 

       95% of people were open to talk to us and accepted to answer our survey’s questions and do the Good Person’s Test  

       Even a few people invited us into their homes to talk  

       Most people had never heard the Gospel message before  

       Many people said there was no reason why they should not turn away from their sins and surrender right then, but needed more time to think about it 

7.    Our vision for Tokoroa for 2012 

       To get an oral, written or digital copy of the Gospel within arm reach = in every household 

Gisborne A&P Show Outreach - 14th & 15th October 2011

The Reach NZ Gisborne A&P Show Outreach this weekend was awesome. Praise the Lord for His provision as around 500 people would have heard a full Gospel message over this weekend.  

I would like to say a big thank you to Gisborne AOG for hosting this outreach. May God bless you in all you are doing to seek and save the lost. 

We had our Gisborne Team of six and a couple of newbies from the AOG. We were also supported by our Reach Teams with seven from Grace Community Church in Tauranga who came through with their flipcharts. Thank you so much for your support, without which we would not have reached so many sinners with the Gospel. 

We saw several sinners come into repentance from their sin into saving faith in Christ – Praise the Lord! However we also literally saw hundreds of sinners convicted by the Holy Spirit of sin, righteousness and justice. When asked at the end - ‘Now that you understand how you can get right with God today… When are you going to do it?’ Their answer was… ‘Today’ or ‘As soon as I can.’ Glory to God!   

It is such a privilege to be an ambassador for Christ and experience God crying out through us as we spoke to so many sinners who were in desperate need of salvation. I have no doubt that if we had been able to double the size of our team we could easily have proclaimed the Gospel to another 500 people.         

Believe it or not – sinners are keener to hear the Gospel than the Church is to share the gospel. We need more labourers. It’s truly not hard to do as the harvest is plentiful. Please pray God would raise up more labourers. 

God bless all those who helped support this outreach with their time, finance & prayer. You are all partakers in the fruit of this ministry opportunity.  

If you would like to support Reach NZ for future outreaches please contact us now! 

Yours in His Grace,

Kevin Piper