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While at Greenville, South Carolina, last week, Rev. Colin Mercer asked me to give a report on 'Consider Christ' to his new congregation.
I updated the Powerpoint presentation (well, Keynote - as it's on Mac!) and showed all 100+ slides at the mid-week Prayer Meeting in Greenville.
The message received a very enthusiastic welcome, reflected in both the prayer session and comments after the meeting.
Could this prove to be an excellent export from Ulster to USA? ... and to other places across the world as well?
We are currently three-quarters of the way to our original target of £100,000.
So far, £76,000 has been raised through contributions from our churches and private individuals.
Now for the final push ..... .
Just heard today of another convert through the 'Consider Christ' Campaign.
A local football manager was travelling behind a bus with a 'Consider Christ' advert on it.
This impacted upon him; he then attended a Gospel Mission in his town and came to Christ.
"Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing," noted the hymnwriter. How accurate he is!
We have tried to harness the momentum generated by the province-wide 'Consider Christ' campaign by organising a two-week Gospel Mission in Londonderry. This commenced on Lord's Day, 4 October – the day our bus adverts were officially due to come to an end.
Those two weeks are now accelerating to their close.
Only two meetings left!
Tonight, I will be joined in the pulpit by two of the other organisers in the 'Doing Something More For God / Consider Christ' Campaign:
• Rev. Robert Ormerod, who has been the evangelist throughout the Gospel Mission, will again be preaching (several of his messages have already been uploaded to Sermon Audio – www.sermonaudio.com/ianbrown – others will be put onto this site in due course);
• Rev. David McLaughlin is coming along to testify. I have heard a brief outline of his testimony from his daughter; this has whetted my appetite to hear more of what the Lord has done in his life.
Many visitors have attended the mission, with numbers rising throughout this second week.
Please pray with us that the good seed being faithfully and passionately sown will yield an abundant harvest.
"Is it worth while?" is the title of a mini-article I read today.
It came from a most unusual source.
Yesterday afternoon my wife was given a copy of a small 'Magazine,' published by the Londonderry Baptist Church in September 1951.
On page 2 this brief illustration is reprinted from 'The Messenger':
"It is said that in the mines of South Africa 400 tons of dirt must be removed to get one ounce of diamond.
If we win only one soul to Christ with all our efforts, will it not be worth while?
Each sinner is a diamond in the rough, even though we do have to move lots of dirt to get to him."
I applied this to our 'Consider Christ' Campaign – and rejoice that with at least 2 souls led to the Saviour as a direct result of the Campaign so far, it has been all worth while!
In one of his first messages in the Greenville SC pulpit, Rev. Colin Mercer has preached on the words of Isaiah 55 – the text he used as a basis for writing the second tract for our 'Consider Christ' campaign.
Tune in and hear this quality gospel message, delivered with passion and blessing.
Dr. Frank McClelland (Toronto) 'touched base' with Northern Ireland during the month of September. We were delighted to welcome him to our Presbytery meeting at the beginning of that month.
On his return to Toronto (after a missionary trip to Kenya), Dr. McClelland preached his way through the first tract that was released in the 'Consider Christ' Campaign – 'The Alphabet of Salvation.'
Tune in to our brother's message; be challenged and comforted by his announcement of the old-time message of the Gospel of Grace.
