Connected to Christ: Witnessing in Everyday Life

Witnessing starts simply: with one person, broken by sin, speaking to another broken person. Together, they follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance to find the ultimate Healer: Christ. It doesn’t require your life being perfect, nor does it require a vast knowledge of Christianity. The Spirit will work through you to plant the seeds of Christ’s love in the person’s heart.

Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood invites you and your church members to walk together and find a new definition of witnessing. Using a gardening metaphor of plowing, planting, watering, waiting, and harvesting, you can see how the seeds your congregation plants now, with the help of the Holy Spirit, can be harvested by future generations of Christians to bring those broken by sin to the Savior. 

About the Author

Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood serves in the LCMS Office of National Mission as the director of the Witness & Outreach Ministry and the director of the LCMS Revitalization Intiative. He is the creator of the Every One His Witness evangelism program and the re:Vitality revitalizatoin program. A 2000 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary, he earned a doctorate of ministry from Reformed Theological Seminary in 2017. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, have five adult children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. 

Other books in the Connected to Christ series

Connected to Christ: Overcoming Isolation through Community

Connected to Christ: Why Membership Matters