Making your own gospel tracts is a personal and prayerful way to communicate biblical messages drawn from the Christian gospels. Use Microsoft Office Word to create just the right Gospel tract. Christian tracts are a convenient way to spread the Christian message of hope and redemption.
What Is the Meaning of The Word Evangelism?
Evangelism means preaching, announcing, or otherwise communicating the gospel, our salvation. It’s delivering the message that Jesus Christ is not only the Son of God but also gave His life as a sacrifice for our sins. In doing so, He ensured eternal life for anyone who believes.
As we are told in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” And again, as Jesus tells us in John 14:6, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Accepting that good news and then telling others about it, so they know too, is the definition of evangelism.
Where Does the Word Evangelism Come From?
Evangelism comes from the Greek words euaggelion — a good message, or gospel — and euaggelizo — to announce, declare, bring, or preach this good news. Notice the word “angel” tucked inside the word — an angel is a messenger. Those who practice evangelism are indeed delivering a message: One of extraordinarily good news, life-giving and transformative, with eternal ramifications.
While the word “evangelism” isn’t mentioned a lot throughout the Bible, its theme is woven throughout the New Testament. All four gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — are rooted in evangelism, and scholars often refer to the writers as “the evangelists.”
For Jesus had a message, one He came to earth to deliver, teach, die, and rise again for every single one of us. And we are tasked to deliver that message both by Jesus and every other apostle in no uncertain terms.
Choose a verse or passage from one of the four gospels in the New Testament. You may select a verse that has particular meaning to you or a verse that brings a message to life. John 3:16, for example, expresses God's love for the world. Spend some time in quiet and prayerful reflection. Use a Gospel that may come to you during meditation.
Search the Web, magazines and books for images to accompany the message of your tract. An image of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified symbolizes the sacrifice of God's son as described in John 3:16. If you have artistic talent, you may want to draw an image for your tract. Write the message you want to convey based on the gospel verse or passage you selected.
Create your gospel tract in Microsoft Word. Microsoft Help in Word provides precise instructions for creating a booklet. Begin with a new document. Open Page Layout at the top of the blank page. Click on the Bookfold option in the Page Setup field.
Set the margins of your tract to a half-inch and set the Gutter to a quarter-inch more than the default. This keeps text from being lost in the fold of the tract. Open Headers and Footers and check "Different Odd and Even."
Select the Layout tab in Page Setup. Check Different Odd and Even in the Headers and Footers section.
