Chapter 9—Neighborhood Ministry
We should feel it our special duty to work for those living in our
neighborhood. Study how you can best help those who take no interest
in religious things. As you visit your friends and neighbors, show an
interest in their spiritual as well as in their temporal welfare. Speak to
them of Christ as a sin-pardoning Saviour. Invite your neighbors to
your home, and read with them from the precious Bible and from
books that explain its truths. Invite them to unite with you in song and
prayer. In these little gatherings, Christ Himself will be present, as He
has promised, and hearts will be touched by His grace.—
The Ministry
of Healing, 152
Women Needed in Various Branches of the Work—In the var-
ious branches of the work of God’s cause, there is a wide field in
which our sisters may do good service for the Master. Many lines
of missionary work are neglected. In the different churches, much
work which is often left undone or done imperfectly, could be well
accomplished by the help that our sisters, if properly instructed, can
give. Through various lines of home missionary effort they can reach
a class that is not reached by our ministers. Among the noble women
who have had the moral courage to decide in favor of the truth for this
time are many who have tact, perception, and good ability, and who
may make successful workers. The labors of such Christian women
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are needed.—
The Review and Herald, December 10, 1914
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Be Friends of the People—If one member of Christ’s household
falls into temptation, the other members are to look after him with
kindly interest, seeking to arrest the feet that are straying into false
paths, and win him to a pure, holy life. This service God requires from
every member of His church....
This is home missionary work, and it is as helpful to those who do
it as to those for whom it is done. The kindly interest we manifest in
the home circle, the words of sympathy we speak to our brothers and
sisters, fit us to work for the members of the Lord’s household, with
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