That’s a question which the leaders of the Movement are invariably asked when two of them meet with a Church Council that is contemplating sponsoring such an event. 

In the past we have usually responded by explaining that a Lay Witness Weekend is a series of meetings at which Christians from other Churches tell the local congregation something of what it means to have Jesus as Lord and Saviour. We then went through the programme for a typical Lay Witness Weekend, explaining what is involved in each of the meetings. 

Recently we have adopted a somewhat different approach, because we now believe that it is more important  right from the outset, that the Church leaders concentrate on the spiritual dimension to the weekend. 

So we now say that:

a Lay Witness Week-end is a joint venture in faith between a visiting team of Christians and the leaders of a host church. The two parties agreed to pray, to plan and to prepare for the week-end in the belief that God the Holy Spirit will use their efforts as a channel for His divine ministry.

If a Church Council catches this vision of a Weekend mission, then we believe that all the practical details will come together in response to their prayers of faith.