THE GOSPEL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: THE FAITH DISTRICT YOUNG ADULTS' MANDATE
A major catalyst of the young adults success story is the understanding that the entirety of Christ’s ministry on Earth was initiated and completed while he was a ‘young adult.’ The Son of God who was born to save the world completed his destiny in his early thirties, and this fact alone is sufficient to serve as a driving force for every young person who seeks to do something worthwhile for GOD. Thus, Jesus Christ commanded us to work while it is day, ‘for the night cometh when no man can work’ (John 9:4).
In 2022, once the membership of the young adults in Faith District crossed 200, it became mandatory that the church exemplify the life of the Master and go out into the hindermost parts of the State to preach the gospel. Through the Global Harvesters, a dedicated team set up solely for the purpose of evangelism, since October 2022 when the first evangelistic outreach was executed by the church, more than 50 of such endeavours have been completed within the past 3 years. Here are a few highlights of Faith District Young Adults evangelism operations:
By the grace of God, we have completed more than 15 community outreaches to rural towns and villages in Lagos and Ogun States. These outreach programs are targeted at bringing the good news of Christ and the bounties of Calvary to under-served and marginalized communities, including open-air crusades and free medical to Ago-Egun (Bariga), Isale-Akoka (Akoka), Adigbe (Abeokuta), Bajulaye (Shomolu), Arepo (Ijoko), Imowo-nla (Ikorodu), Ilogbo (Badagry), Iraye-Oke (Epe), Bada (Ayobo) and Ejigbo (Lagos).
2. Shortly after our first service on Sundays, we go all out in our large numbers, armed with microphones, loudspeakers, tracts, and the Bible as we reach out to people who didn’t attend church. Tagged ‘Church on the Street, ’ we run a short makeshift services at major junctions and marketplaces, with messages and altar calls to invite people to Christ. Over 30 of these mass evangelism endeavours have been completed on the streets of Shomolu & Bariga between 2024 & 2025.
3. On Saturdays, when most professionals are home, we seize the opportunity to bring the gospel to doorsteps through person-to-person intimate preaching of the gospel. Several of the individuals God has helped us to reach have accepted Christ into their lives and even joined our services. At present, we have gone out on Saturday personal evangelism over 50 times since 2023 when we started the effort.
Through his mercy, God has graciously honoured our labour with signs and wonders following. Here are estimated figures from our evangelism outreaches:
• 15+ LOCAL COMMUNITIES REACHED SO FAR
• 1800+ CONVERTS GAVE THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST at our outreach crusades and street evangelism.
• 12,500+ TOTAL NUMBER OF LIVES REACHED through our gospel, medical and welfare outreaches.
A FEW TESTIMONIES FROM OUR OUTREACHES:
🗣️ “Ago-Egun
was ridden with idolatry and poverty while Iraye-Oke was filled with unsaved people, diseases and poverty as well. Similar situation in Epe too. Yet, irrespective of the peculiarity of the communities, God was ever with us and his strong power moved among us!”
🗣️ “In Epe, there was a breakout session and many youths surrendered their lives to Christ. God delivered the youths from marine and serpentine spirits; two girls to be specific.”
🗣️ “The particular incidence that stood out for me was at Ilogbo. I spoke to two sisters who received their miracles and deliverance. Their evil calabash and chains were broken and these two ladies wept from joy as God delivered them completely.”
🗣️ “My highlight was in Ago-Egun. Through the absolute authority of the one true GOD, the horn of their god fell off, and the news of this victory sent joy among our camp of volunteers. It was like a story from the Old Testament!”
🗣️ “During our medical outreach, a man testified his wife’s healing from boil and severe pain after he came for the medical outreach. He couldn’t take her to the hospital due to financial challenges. However, when he came to the outreach, his wife was treated and then referred to a hospital nearby for proper medical treatment and the Faith Global Harvesters paid for the hospital bill.”
🗣️ “There was a young boy whose house was close to the church where we lodged, they went to the house to minister to the family. The boy initially said he was not a Christian and so we preached to his brother and another friend. About an hour into the Bible Study and prayers, the brother and his friend had given their lives to Jesus and the boy was curious about what was going on. The power of the Holy Ghost came on him and he cried and repented on the spot. He made plans to go back to school and reunite with his family.”
🗣️ “One thing that struck him in Ago-Egun was his genuine love for God and His word. The youths kept asking questions for clarity. This sincerity drives them to yield themselves to God during the altar call. A vision came from God concerning some boys involved in sexual acts with other boys, and four boys raised their hands and repented.”
🗣️ “A major highlight of our Saturday Evangelism was meeting with a vulcanizer whose heart was ready for the word. He asked so many questions bothering him and surrendered his life to Jesus.”
🗣️ “The first thing I love about it is the weight of burden that heavily drops on me whether we go for Saturday Evangelism. I just want to talk to everyone who gives me audience. The moments we spend together to share our field experience are also another amazing times- learning from everyone’s experience and getting challenged to do more. The Saturday Evangelism has taught me sacrifice. Having to leave Ketu to come all the way to Akoka. I have learnt and enjoy to spend and be spent for the master’s cause.”
🗣️ “A highlight of our Saturday evangelism was meeting a particular man on a construction site who we didn’t want to engage initially but he called us back and told us he was ready to listen. We preached the word as the Lord gave utterance and he told us how he was encouraged to see young adults still preaching the undiluted truth. God is still in the business of saving souls, he is only looking for passionate men and women who will carry out his heartbeat. Are you one of them?”
We are always filled with great joy to do the bidding of God’s kingdom. So if you saw us shouting the message of redemption at the top of our voices in front of the University of Lagos, marching in our number across the rugged roads in Bariga, singing songs of salvation aloud at the gate of Yaba College of Technology, or screaming the warning of the Earth’s impending doom in a village square in Ogun State, you will be moved with compassion to save the lost and get inspired to also give your life to the work of soulwinning. And for this matter, we owe no apology for our ruggedness and lack of comportment. To save a single soul from darkness, if our indignity is what is required, then count us all undignified.
‘Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain.’ (John 15:16.)
Picture Speaks
Going out to evangelize has been something great amongst us in Faith District young adult church. We also embark on church on the street and souls have been massively saved. We also go for rural rugged and in all this evangelism outreach we have recorded great number of souls each time. People saved from addiction, people delivered from sin, people delivered from bondages, healings and many more.