Effective Dawn Broadcasting in Contemporary Evangelism
Dawn broadcasting, an effective tool in modern evangelism, involves preaching the Gospel at dawn, adapting to new communication strategies while supplementing traditional methods. Various approaches like digital evangelism, art, medical outreaches, and friendship evangelism complement open-air rallies and personal interactions. The integration of radio and information centers enhances the reach of the Gospel, providing opportunities for broadcasting the message. Embracing dawn broadcasting in contemporary evangelism has become a widely discussed and cherished practice, resonating with people seeking the comforting words of God.
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ORGANISING ORGANISING EFFECTIVE DAWN EFFECTIVE DAWN BROADCASTING BROADCASTING OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GOSPEL BY: PASTOR FRANK AWUAH FORDJOUR
BACKDROP/INTRODUCTION BACKDROP/INTRODUCTION BROADCASTING THE GOSPEL AT DAWN OR DAYBREAK REMAINS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN CONTEMPORARY EVANGELISM. THE COMPLEX WITNESSING IN TODAY S WORLD PUSH US TO ADOPT NEW STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL IN ADDITION TO THE AGE-OLD METHODS. CHANGES WE ARE
DIGITAL EVANGELISM, EVANGELISM THROUGH WORKS OF ART (DRAMA, CHOREOGRAPHY ETC.), EVANGELISM THROUGH MEDICAL OUTREACHES, GOSPEL TRACT AIDED EVANGELISM, FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM AMONG OTHERS HAVE COME TO SUPPLEMENT METHODS SUCH AS OPEN-AIR RALLIES, CRUSADES, AND PERSONAL (HOUSE-TO-HOUSE, ONE ON-ONE). THE TRADITIONAL
DAWN BROADCASTING INVOLVES PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL AT DAWN. THIS BROADCASTING IS IN THE CONTEXT OF EVANGELISM. THE TERM DAWN BROADCASTING HAS EVOLVED IN SUCH A WAY THAT, IT HAS COME TO BE ALMOST ALWAYS LINKED WITH EVANGELISM. TODAY, WHEN YOU HEAR DAWN BROADCASTING IN GHANA, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A METHOD OF EVANGELISM. DEFINITION OF DAWN
THIS CAN BE DONE IN AN OPEN-AIR OR BROADCASTING ON RADIO AND INFORMATION CENTRES. THIS MEANS THAT THE CHURCH AT THE AREA, DISTRICT AND LOCAL LEVELS SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO ACQUIRE ITS OWN INFORMATION CENTERS OR MOUNTING OF HORNS ON TOP OF THEIR CHURCH BUILDINGS WHERE PRACTICABLE. THE WAKE OF RADIO BROADCASTING HAS AFFORDED CHRISTIAN EVANGELISTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO BROADCAST THE GOSPEL USING THE AIRWAVES.
THIS WAS THE CASE IN GHANA AT THE EMERGENCE OF THE GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION (GBC). PREACHERS HAVE USED THAT CHANNEL AND OTHERS THAT CAME ALONG THE LINE TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. AT THE BEGINNING, SOME OF THE REGULAR PREACHERS ON RADIO BROADCASTING AT DAWN. THIS PROGRAMME WAS VERY MUCH CHERISHED BY MANY. PEOPLE WOULD NOT WANT TO MISS THE DAWN BROADCASTING USUALLY DO THEIR
BECAUSE IT PROMISES TO PRESENT THEM WITH THE SOOTHING WORD OF GOD. IT BECAME VERY MUCH TALKED ABOUT. THUS BROADCASTING HAS COME TO STAY IN THE MINDS AND ON THE LIPS OF PEOPLE REFERRING TO THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL AT DAYBREAK WHETHER ON RADIO OR NOT. THE TERM DAWN
DAWN BROADCASTING HAS PROGRESSED SO MUCH AND HAS BEEN VERY MUCH USED SUCH THAT IT HAS ARGUABLY BECOME A TRADITIONAL EVANGELISM IN GHANA. IT REMAINS A KEY MEANS OF EVANGELISM. THIS COVID-19 ERA WHICH MAY NOT ENCOURAGE OPEN-AIR RALLIES OR CRUSADES BY A LARGE CROWD, DAWN BROADCASTING REVAMPED AND VERY MUCH EXPLORED. METHOD OF MUST BE
WHY DAWN BROADCAST WHY DAWN BROADCAST INDEED WE HAVE A MANDATE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AT ALL TIME. PAUL S CHARGE TO TIMOTHY TO PREACH THE WORD IN AND OUT OF SEASON CARRIES THIS SENSE (2 TIMOTHY 4:2). DEACONESS EUNICE ADDISON S SONG, DOING THE WORK OF THE LORD ALSO INFORMS US THAT PREACHING OF THIS GOSPEL OF SALVATION SHOULD BE DONE EVERY TIME OF THE DAY.
DOING THE WORK OF THE LORD, PUBLISHING HIS MIGHTY NAME DOING THE WORK OF LORD, TELLING OF HIS LOVE TO ALL INTO THE WORLD WE GO, SOWING THE PRECIOUS SEED SOWING IN THE MORNING, SOWING IN THE NOONTIDE SOWING WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL EVERY TIME INCLUDES DAWN TIME. AT DAWN, WE ARE PRESENTED WITH A SPECIAL CASE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
AT DAWN PEOPLE ARE NORMALLY AWAKE FROM A RESTFUL SLEEP WITH A FRESH MIND ABLE TO TAKE IN ISSUES. THE GOSPEL PREACHED AT THIS TIME WILL REFLECTION UPON. RECEIVE MUCH
THE STILLNESS OR LESS NOISE OF DAWN ENABLES THE MESSAGE TO TRAVEL FAR IN A NEIGHBOURHOOD EVEN WITHOUT A SOUND-AID LIKE MEGAPHONES.
AT THEMSELVES WONDERING WHAT THE DAY HOLDS FOR THEM, THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL AT THIS TIME WILL BRING HOPE TO MANY. DAWN, MANY IN PEOPLE DEEP FIND THOUGHT
TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE DAY, PEOPLE LOOK FOR INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES TO URGE EVANGELISM AT INSPIRE PEOPLE AND CAN LEAD TO THEIR SALVATION (ISAIAH 33:2). THEM TIME ON. CAN THIS
DAWN SERVE AS QUIET TIME OR MORNING DEVOTION FOR SOME PEOPLE. BROADCASTING MAY
JESUS CHRIST USES THE DAWN FOR HIS SPIRITUAL EXERCISE (MARK 1:35). DAWN BROADCASTING IS A SPIRITUAL EXERCISE FOR THE PREACHER.
SOME PEOPLE ALSO WAKE UP AT DAWN TO WORK OUT EVIL OR PLAN TO SIN (MICAH 2:1; ISAIAH 5:11; JOB 24:14). BROADCASTING THE GOSPEL AT DAWN CAN ARREST THE EVIL THOUGHTS OF PEOPLE AND BRING THEM SALVATION.
DAWN BROADCASTING THOUGH OPEN-AIR, IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE COMPARED TO OTHERS LIKE OPEN-AIR RALLIES AND CRUSADES . YOU DO NOT NEED STAGES, PLATFORMS, CHAIRS, SOPHISTICATED SOUND SYSTEM, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER ITEMS YOU HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER FOR A RALLY OR CRUSADE.
SUGGESSTED SUGGESSTED GUIDELINES FOR GUIDELINES FOR DAWN BROADCAST DAWN BROADCAST
1. KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROUNDS OR 1. KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROUNDS OR NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR THE DAWN NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR THE DAWN BROADCAST BROADCAST PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLACE FOR THE BROADCASTING IS A BROADCASTER. IF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO FIND OUT THE LANGUAGE THAT IS WIDELY SPOKEN THERE. PLUS TO THE IS DAWN NOT PLACE A
FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD PREDOMINANTLY BY NIGERIANS. KNOWING THIS WILL INFORM YOU TO USE ENGLISH AS LINGUA FRANCA FOR THE BROADCASTING. LANGUAGE CAN BE A GREAT AID OR A BARRIER TO EVANGELISM. ALWAYS BE ABREAST OF THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE. ALSO, SIMPLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAYOUT AND THE DOS AND DON TS OF THE PLACE WILL BE HELPFUL. EXAMPLE THERE IN IS A PARTICULAR MADE KASOA THAT IS UP
2 2. PERSONAL PREPARATIONS . PERSONAL PREPARATIONS THE DAWN BROADCASTER SHOULD BE ADEQUATELY PREPARED FOR THE BROADCASTING. HIS / HER GOSPEL MESSAGE MUST BE WELL PREPARED TO BE PRESENTED WITHIN A BRIEF TIME (ABOUT 15 MINUTES PER ONE LOCATION). THE BROADCASTER PREPARED PERSONALLY THROUGH PRAYER AND SHOULD HAVE ALSO PRAYED FOR HIS OR HER LISTENERS. SHOULD ALSO
3. SOUND MANPOWER 3. SOUND MANPOWER VOICE IS ENOUGH FOR DAWN BROADCASTING. IT CAN TRAVEL FAR ENOUGH DUE TO THE SERENITY OF THE TIME. WHERE MEGAPHONE OR REACHABLE SPEAKERS CAN BE USED FOR THE PRESENTATION. UNAVAILABILITY OF MEGAPHONE SHOULD NOT BE A REASON FOR NOT GOING FOR DAWN EVANGELISM. IT IS AVAILABLE, A
4 4. . ETHICAL CONCERNS ETHICAL CONCERNS WHETHER MEGAPHONE IN YOUR PREACHING, DO NOT GET TOO CLOSE TO THE WINDOWS AND DOORS OF PEOPLE. THE NOISE LEVEL MAY IRRITATE THE LISTENERS. STAND AT A REASONABLE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS AND DOORS OF PEOPLE. YOU USE NATURAL VOICE OR
5 5. . NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS INDIVIDUALS CAN DO DAWN BROADCASTING; HOWEVER, IT IS ADVISABLE TO GO IN GROUPS OF TWO OR THREE. IN THE CASE OF THE LATTER, WHILST ONE PERSON PREACHES, THE OTHERS CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH THEIR RESPONSES TO THE PREACHING OR SILENT PRAYERS.
6. 6. PRESENTATION PRESENTATION YOU CAN PRECEDE YOUR GOSPEL BROADCASTING WITH A SONG. A SONG EARNS THE ATTENTION OF THE PEOPLE. THIS CAN BE FOLLOWED BY A SHORT PRAYER. THE GOSPEL CAN THEN BE PRESENTED AND FOLLOWED UP WITH AN ALTAR CALL. THERE SHOULD BE CAREFUL SELECTION OF SONGS TO MATCH THE TOPIC TO BE PREACHED ON
7. 7. NEW BELIEVERS: NEW BELIEVERS: IF LISTENER(S) DRAWING CLOSER TO YOU TO ACCEPT CHRIST, YOU CAN TAKE THEIR DETAILS TO FOLLOW-UP ON THEM. LET YOUR LISTENERS KNOW THE NEED TO CONTINUE IN THE LORD, SHARE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD AND OTHER CHRISTIANS. WHERE YOUR AREA, DURING THE ALTAR CALL, YOU GET
DISTRICT COMMITTEES IN CHARGE OF SPEARHEADING DAWN BROADCASTING, YOU CAN PUT OUT THEIR CONTACT NUMBERS TO YOUR LISTENERS TO CALL FOR GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING. SOMETIMES, YOU MAY NEED TO BE RADICAL ENOUGH TO DIRECT THEM TO THE NEAREST CHURCH OF PENTECOST TO ENSURE CONTINUED DISCIPLESHIP. OR LOCAL ASSEMBLY HAS
CONCLUDING YOUR DAWN CONCLUDING YOUR DAWN BROADCAST: BROADCAST: PRAY FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BELIEVED AND CONFESSED THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST AND THOSE WHO MAY STILL BE GIVEN YOUR WORD A REFLECTION. THANK YOUR LISTENERS FOR THEIR AUDIENCE AND WISH THEM WELL FOR THE DAY.