So you have decided to start witnessing door to door in your neighborhood and are wondering what you need to get started. We are using a three pronged approach to witnessing door to door:
- doing a food drive
- gathering prayer requests
- taking a “spiritual inventory” for the purpose of sharing the Gospel
I thought I’d make a list of the items that are useful.
Cart
I take a cart with me when I go witnessing door to door in the neighborhood. The primary purpose of the cart is to carry the food that is collected for the food drive. However, the cart also holds additional tracts, Bibles, books and plastic bags to give people to put their food donation in. Don’t forget to put in a bottle of water for each member of your team, especially if it is hot. These are available at Staples. The cart folds up for easy storage when not in use.
Plastic Bags
When asking for food donations, sometimes it is handed to provide the person with a plastic bag to put their donation in. Some people will have their own plastic bags handy. However, some will not. My wife saves the plastic bags from when she shops at the grocery store. I take these bags with me when I go door to door. When I approach each door, I bring one bag up to the door with me. That way if the person would like a bag, I can simply hand them one.
Clipboard
I carry a clip board with me. You can get a clip board at any number of stores. This one at Office Max is less than $5. On the clip board I put the following items:
- Several sheets of blank paper for taking notes, tracking the number of houses and one on ones, etc
- Several prayer request cards. In a future post, I will provide you with the prayer request cards that we use.
- Several copies of the information sheet from MetrcoCrest Social Services about the food drive. If you are in the Dallas Metroplex, this sheet may be useful to you. Otherwise, ask your local food pantry for a similar sheet.
- Gospel of John – You can choose two different covers. These can be purchased in bulk for 30 cents each.
- Pocket New Testament – The cover comes in four colors. There are actually less expensive options, but these are very nice because they fit in a shirt pocket or the pocket of your jeans to have them with you. They run $1.60 each when purchased by the case.
- NIV Outreach Bible – Choose from five attractive covers. These run $2.35 each when ordered by the case.
- Why Christianity? – this is a wonderful resource to provide people who practice other religions, especially if they practice Hinduism, Buddhism or Islam.
- Scientific Facts in the Bible – this resources is wonderful to give to intellectuals and atheists. One time when I was witnessing, I actually had a teen aged girl say, “it’s not like you can prove any science from the Bible.” I said, “oh, yeah, would you like to read this?” and handed her one of these booklets. She started reading it immediately.
