LAFAYETTE – For Cherrie Blackwell, the EvangeCube is like a Discover Card – she doesn’t leave home without it.
By Brian Blackwell
Staff writer
LAFAYETTE – For Cherrie Blackwell, the EvangeCube is
like a Discover Card – she doesn’t leave home without it.
“The first time I used an EvangeCube was during
Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans,” said Blackwell, who works for
Lagniappe Ministries in New Orleans. “Now, we carry one with us all the
time and even give them away.”
Blackwell is one of thousands who have used the
EvangeCube as a witnessing tool in the United States and hundreds of
other countries.
Similar in appearance to the Rubik’s Cube, the
EvangeCube helps walk people through the gospel presentation using
pictures.
This witnessing tool utilizes seven pictures that present the gospel through a series of flips.
Flip one way, and show people man’s separation from
God. Flip again, and you’ll see Jesus stepping from the tomb.
“This is very fundamental and simple,” said Mike
Greenberg, EvangeCube strategic partnerships specialist, during a
breakout at the recent Louisiana Baptist Convention Evangelism
Conference. “This is a tool for any person in the pew. It’s simply
sharing the gospel.”
EvangeCubes come in all shapes, colors and sizes.
Smaller versions can attach to a backpack, belt buckle or key chain,
while an oversized EvangeCube can be utilized as a training tool.
“I’ve also discovered EvangeCubes are great to use
in an airport,” explained Greenberg. “While you’re waiting for your
flight, you can show the EvangeCube to people sitting in the airport
who are waiting for their flight.”
Five years ago, two young men attempted to plant
churches in Haiti but struggled communicating with the residents in the
country. When they received a cube advertising a product, the men
brainstormed.
Within 24 hours, they created the EvangeCube.
Since then, thousands of people have used the
product to present the gospel in a fun, easy and non-threatening way.
Between 500,000 to 700,000 EvangeCubes are mailed to stores and
churches each year.
To date, more than 3 million EvangeCubes have been used to share the gospel around the world.
“If you had that many books or CDs being produced,
that number would be considered a success in that business,” said
Greenburg.
During the next four years, EvangeCube leaders hope to train 100 members in 1,000 churches in 100 countries.
In turn, those believers are challenged to share the
gospel two times a week throughout the year. The result is mobilizing
100,000 churches to equip 10 million Christians to evangelize 1 billion
lost persons.
And for Louisaina Baptists who have used the EvangeCube, the tool is something they would recommend.
“We were doing a street festival when we met a young
woman who was wanting to figure out how to use the thing,” said Ed
Gillum, who serves with his wife Rachel as MSC missionaries in a Mount
Herman FEMA campground. “After a day of learning how to operate the
EvangeCube, she led a 55-year-old lady to the Lord. From then on she
was sold on the Cube.”
(For more information about the EvangeCube, visit www.evangecube.org or call 888-354-9411).