Evangelism

I find the strengths of friendship evangelism far outweigh the weaknesses. It is important to me that I use the method of evangelism most often demonstrated by Jesus and His disciples. I like that friendship evangelism is not confrontational, and also very flexible with its methodology without compromising the gospel message. This style of evangelism has worked best for me in most of my experiences because I’m confident in my ability to turn…

Evangelism and church growth are inseparable entity. The birth of a church is the result of effective evangelism and the growth of a church determines the effectiveness of its evangelism. This is proven in Paul’s evangelism and church planting at Philippi, Corinth, Ephesus, Thessalonica and many other places during his missionary journeys. His preaching of the gospel not only witnessed many conversions, but those churches that he planted also witness fruitful ministry and growth. Hence, the…

Ariel Yaakov, in the book, Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880-2000, does an excellent job of capturing the emotional component of the struggle between those resistant to Jewish evangelism and those who are perpetuating Jewish evangelism. The Jewish fear of losing identity, being annihilated or assimilated continues to move me, not from a place of pity, but from an understanding that this innate reaction reveals an internal reverence and acknowledgement that…

Part One- What were the circumstances surrounding your servant evangelism encounters? I was on an EMS call to a scene of a paraplegic man who wanted to be transported to the hospital to look at a sore that he had. When I arrived on the scene the patient was found lying on the floor shaking because he was so high on drugs. There was drug paraphernalia all over his house and the patient admitted to being on crystal meth at the time that I was there. The patient was crying being the cops were…

In chapter four of Strategic Writing, Deborah Dean stresses the importance of writers taking into mind the perspective of the audience (84). Understanding audience will help writers better understand the context they need to write in(Dean, 84). To convince others that our perspective is valid, we need to analyze the intended audience and whoever might read our writing (Dean, 84). Dean uses the quote, “Every form of writing is working to persuade other people to see the world as the writer…

The overall premise of Wheeler and Whaley’s The Great Commission to Worship is that worship and evangelism are not to be isolated from each other. Worship and evangelism go together and they impact how the believer is to live out the commandment of the Great Commission. Wheeler and Whaley make the assertion that evangelism and worship have been misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misapplied, and offer suggestions to fix this problem. The ultimate purpose of the Christian, according to Wheeler…

and the Great Commission are undeniably connected,” no Christian role is insignificant in the execution of the same. David Wheeler and Vernon Whaley, combined their understanding of evangelism and worship service from their own personal knowledge and experiences in order to articulate the biblical concept of evangelism and a worshipper. All this consider, both (Wheeler and Whaley) united both terms already mentioned above to establish a concept called “The Great Commission worshiper” which will…

Subversive Memory of Jesus. Fortress Press (1984). Arias finds a crisis in modern evangelization concerning its credibility, motivation, and definitions. Arias advocates for a “holistic” approach to evangelization considering the "whole" body of evangelism, not its individual parts. This comprehensive approach allows one to see a greater picture using a scripturally based and theologically sound approach. One considers the personal and the corporate and includes the human and the spiritual. One…

After much thought and consideration of the last couple of months I created training that would directly address the social media outreach team understands of evangelism and social media. Moreover how the two and fused together can be used as a tool for ministry. I immersed myself in scholarly and practical books associated with evangelism, mission, and social media such as missiologist Lesslie Newbiggin, practical theologian Richard Osmer, and social media gospel expert Meredith Gould. Meeting…

recovering the art of Christian persuasion. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2015. Os Guinness’ Fool’s Talk has many strengths as a modern-day guide for apologists and evangelists. He focuses on the New Testament model of persuasive evangelism and the urgent need of the global church to utilize this model. This in-depth discussion of the art of persuasion is both his biggest strength and his biggest weakness. In regards to the strengths, Guinness does an excellent job of presenting…