Topics:<\/b> Aging; Assurance; Eternal Life; Evangelism; Future; Ministry; Mortality; Seekers; Witnessing<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Ecclesiastes 8:8; Matthew 20:1\u201316; Ephesians 5:15\u201316; Hebrews 9:27; James 4:14; 1 Peter 1:24; 2 Peter 3:11\u201312<\/p>\n
\u201cLast Minute Ministry\u201d began when a friend of Pastor Chuck Kent asked him to visit his dying ninety-two-year-old great-grandfather in the hospital. The elderly man, Elwyn, was an agnostic.<\/p>\n
Pastor Chuck met with Elwyn and asked if he could share one of Jesus\u2019 stories. He told the story of the vineyard owner who hired people to work in the last hour. Elwyn, who was also in the \u201celeventh hour,\u201d prayed to accept Christ. A week later, Pastor Chuck conducted Elwyn\u2019s funeral. About a hundred people heard the gospel at the service.<\/p>\n
When Kent\u2019s daughters said there were others in the hospital who needed to hear the gospel, the pastor got permission from the hospital to visit. He went room to room, asking each person if he could pray and then share the story of the eleventh hour. In one month he visited fifteen people, eight of whom accepted Christ.<\/p>\n
During one of those visits, Chuck talked to a comatose man who had only a few hours to live. The man was unable to speak or open his eyes. So Chuck led him through the prayer of salvation by having him squeeze Chuck\u2019s hand one phrase at a time. Two hours later, the patient died.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started this ministry, not intending for it to be ongoing,\u201d Chuck says. \u201cBut the church got excited; it took off amazingly. It\u2019s an easy ministry to see progress, because these people are getting ready to die.\u201d He added, \u201cPeople on the terminal floor are a lot more realistic about eternity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Elizabeth Diffin, \u201cEleventh-Hour Ministry,\u201d Leadership<\/i> (Spring 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Aging; Assurance; Eternal Life; Evangelism; Future; Ministry; Mortality; Seekers; Witnessing References: Ecclesiastes 8:8; Matthew 20:1\u201316; Ephesians 5:15\u201316; Hebrews 9:27; James 4:14; 1 Peter 1:24; 2 Peter 3:11\u201312 \u201cLast Minute Ministry\u201d began when a friend of Pastor Chuck Kent asked him to visit his dying ninety-two-year-old great-grandfather in the hospital. The elderly man, Elwyn, was … Continue reading “HOPE
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