As Christians, one of the major assignments that our Lord Jesus Christ left with us was to be witnesses unto all the nations. In other words carrying the message of the cross to the places where it places it belongs. The message of the cross is the message of salvation to the lost. These people are not found in churches and beautiful auditoriums but in market places and other public places. The aim of this Harvest crusades is to reach out to people in such places.

Usually the response is amazing as thousands of people turn to the Lord because every where people are looking for solutions to their problems. Jesus is the answer to the world today, and that is exactly what people want.  As far as the gospel is concerned, Uganda has gone through a number of stages. There was the stage of revival where by the natives themselves sparked off the revival. Then came the season of persecution which saw many lose their lives for the sake of the gospel especially during tyrannical region of Idi Amin Dada. Then the church started to grow and firmly be established. Church planting became another phase that saw the rise of many churches.

However, as we go through all these stages, there is one wave that should never pass; that is the wave of winning souls to the kingdom. Wining souls is and will always be the Lord’s most profound heart-beat. That is why; each one of us is required to be a soul winner.

These gospel outreaches are done in such a way that, a group of evangelists map out a particular place and a number of missioners join the campaign.  P.A systems are set up and people are gathered with the help of the leaders in that area and through the ministry of gospel music. At such moments, when the crowds attentive, then the message is relayed and the harvest is usually huge. The new converts are usually turned over to the discipleship team which takes over the work of grooming and establishing them in the word and training introducing the values and principles of Christianity.  

The other way through which souls are won is through the “one on one” or commonly known as “door to door” method. This happens to be another very effective way because it involves creating rapport with the people and thereafter establishing a form of relationship which makes easy to introduce the gospel. Through this way of witnessing, one has a chance to explain many things to the non-believer before leading them to the Lord.

Usually, there are so many places to and sometimes the missioners are or they lack facilitation. Just like it is written in the bible that the harvest is big but the harvesters are few. The pitched crusades are usually very exciting as it involves stationing a platform on the mission truck in a given active area. This usually takes a maximum of 30 minutes which includes a few minutes of powerful praise, a testimony and a brief preaching where souls are invited to the alter to receive salvation.