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...To Strength<br />
“Be strong in <strong>the</strong> Lord and in His mighty power.”<br />
–Ephesians 6:10<br />
GOING OUT TODAY<br />
You not only invest in <strong>the</strong> future<br />
ministry <strong>of</strong> RPTS students,<br />
but you also send <strong>the</strong>m <strong>to</strong><br />
evangelize during <strong>the</strong>ir training.<br />
Seminary students continue <strong>to</strong> be used<br />
<strong>to</strong> labor a harvest <strong>for</strong> Christ. In fact,<br />
RPTS President Jerry O’Neill teaches<br />
<strong>the</strong> required course on evangelism, which includes<br />
leading students on door-<strong>to</strong>-door evangelism<br />
in <strong>the</strong> neighborhoods <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir churches<br />
or RPCNA church plants. The seminarians also lead 5-week investigative Bible studies with a<br />
neighbor, friend, or door-<strong>to</strong>-door contact who is not a believer or does not have a grounded<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> Scripture.<br />
The Lord has brought <strong>for</strong>th fruit from <strong>the</strong>se ef<strong>for</strong>ts over <strong>the</strong> years, and particularly recently.<br />
It seems <strong>the</strong> fields are ripe <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> harvest: three people who were approached by students<br />
in 2005 prayed <strong>to</strong> receive Christ, and at least ten people expressed interest in being part<br />
<strong>of</strong> a Bible study. One woman who was quite moved by <strong>the</strong> visit embraced a student in tears,<br />
acknowledging a life <strong>of</strong> unrepentant sin that did not follow her mo<strong>the</strong>r’s Christian example.<br />
You not only invest in <strong>the</strong> future ministry <strong>of</strong> RPTS students, but you also send <strong>the</strong>m <strong>to</strong><br />
evangelize during <strong>the</strong>ir training, which God is using <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>uch people’s lives as <strong>the</strong>y go out in<br />
faith with <strong>the</strong> gospel.<br />
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