OneWish Video
Richard explains how to use the OneWish tract and the wristband to share Jesus!
TrashTalk Team on Mission in Ireland with Richard Sharp
Had another great day taking the cross through the streets of Trim in Ireland. Met some great people and had great conversations. It is amazing how people are impacted by praying for them. Pray for us as we pray for the people we meet along the roads. — Richard Sharp with Justin Ledford, Bence & Sharayah Drake Fónyad and Dan Nishizaki.
“If it was not for 3 Women!”
Last night as the ladies led us in an exciting, creative missions evening at the Bethel World Outreach Ministries Church in Trinidad, I could tell my upcoming message would not be the best fit. So changing the game plan I shared about three woman, who, if it was not for them, I would not be on this Caribbean island tonight.
– Mum, who when my dad left us, scrapped and scraped to raise four of us on her own.
– May, manageress of a local store, where at age 14, I got a weekend job. She was like God with skin on to me, and brought me to a meeting when I was 18 where I gave my life to the Lord.
– Mrs Clapp, who prayed for 15 years for a high-school near New York City that young people would be saved and sent all over the world. The first one to be saved and sent was George Verwer, who messed up my life one Wednesday chapel 38 years ago at the now The London School of Theology, launching me in missions.
I believed last night there were more mothers, manageresses and prayer warriors to impact the next generation. Pray for the next 4 nights here with my Rachel and my OM colleague, Stephen Andrews assisting me. I sense some more game changes.
Youth learn new methods to share their faith
26 Mar, 2013 | Portugal
OM International
There are many people living in Portugal who don’t have a relationship with Christ, but sometimes believers find it hard to know how to share their faith.
Pastor Samuel Santos, of Centro Evangélico O Caminho church in Porto, invited OMer Richard Sharp to do training on evangelism for local pastors and leaders, as well as teach at a youth camp 10-11 February.
Givas José, with OM Lifehope in the UK, led the youth camp devotions each morning. Richard spoke to the church Saturday morning and to the youth group that afternoon, before he and the participants went for a prayer walk at the local shopping centre, and to meet people to share their faith in town near the local train station.
“I really enjoyed being with Richard, knowing him better and hearing his personal testimony and experiences,” said Daniel, a Portuguese young man who belongs to the youth group. “It was very inspiring to hear those amazing stories of evangelism. I realised, in those stories and experiences, that he uses a different type of evangelism that I was unaware of. I found it very interesting and current in our time.”
Richard uses a simple method of sharing the Gospel that begins with asking people what their “one wish” might be. Saturday afternoon he taught how to use this method for both sharing on the street and in everyday life, before sending participants out in pairs to talk to people in the street and at the local train station.
Daniel and Helder, another participant, were able to pray for two men. Daniel said at the beginning of the conversation with one man, he started to reject them in their approach and said he was an atheist. But, in the end, he allowed Daniel to pray for him.
This weekend of training at the youth camp was definitely a time God chose to teach him and speak to his heart, Daniel said, adding that he’s very thankful for the time with the two OMers.
“This way of evangelism is much more personal and, in a certain way, not so forced—more intrinsic and usable in our daily life,” Daniel said. “The way I look to evangelise changed, and my way of evangelising will never be the same. Richard showed me that the message of the Gospel is simple, so sharing this message should be simple and easy to do.”
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