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The War Cry | OCTOBER 2015
The disciples, who decided to clear their minds
by spending a night of fishing, heard Jesus call
from the seashore, "Have you caught any fish?"
Despite not recognizing Him, they followed
His suggestion to cast their nets on the
opposite side of the boat. The resulting 153
large fish prompted John to recognize the
Master, and Simon Peter to dive overboard
towards the Lord.
"Come to breakfast," Colonel Kelly told the
delegates, repeating the invitation Jesus gave
to the eleven disciples. "Bring what you have
to the table, and agree to become a coworker
with God!"
Several tables, draped in white, were
arranged in a huge cross in the middle of the
meeting room. At the invitation, a beehive of
activity covered the cross as delegates came
forward to prayerfully sign their covenant and
write down three names of "pre-Christians"
they especially wanted to see become
believers in the Lord Jesus.
Enthusiastic delegates returned to their
corps, armed with relationship-building
techniques to present the Gospel to a needy
and sin-sick world.
Divisional Form of NSE to Be Offered Closer to Home
O
fficers and staff members of the program
section at National Headquarters will venture
out to selected divisions in all four USA terri-
tories within the next 12 months. Their mission is to
conduct weekend seminars for soldiers and officers in-
terested in evangelism, an abbreviated presentation to
what is annually offered (albeit on a grander scale) in
Glen Eyrie, Colorado, at the National Seminar on Evan-
gelism (NSE).
"We will offer the material from Just Walk Across
The Room
[by Bill Hybels], which is the same curricu-
lum used at NSE," explains National Secretary for Pro-
gram Lt. Colonel David Kelly.
"Our long-term strategy is that after doing about
a dozen of these over the next few years, every divi-
sion should have trained personnel and would be
able to hold corps seminars."
NSE is able to offer the national event to about
30 to 35 corps in the country. Colonel Kelly says that
in order to serve all 1,200 corps in the United States,
it would take 40 NSEs over the same number of years
to accommodate every corps.
"This will never replace NSE," adds Donna Leedom,
assistant national director for program. "But it is
offered as an opportunity for soldiers not able to
attend the national event due to work schedules or
family life."
While delegates to the divisional seminars will
experience a sampling of what is offered at NSE, it
is hoped that the smaller seminars would whet the ap-
petite of soldiers and corps officers to attend
NSE itself.
"We are trying to expand the footprint of evangelism
for every soldier in the U.S.," Lt. Colonel Kelly says.
Left: The NSE Praise and Worship
Team leads delegates in singing.
Below: Lt. Colonel Edward Hill leads a service
in which delegates give thrilling accounts of
their Thursday Evangelism Outreach exercise.
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