EVANGELISM
This week I thought it would be good to blog about evangelism. We are all called to do the work of an evangelist (2 Timothy 4:5), even though those with the gift of evangelism are few.
The word ‘evangelism’ is scary. Consider a new definition offered by Steven C. Bonsey in his article ‘A Shy Person’s Guide to the Practice of Evangelism’:
“Let’s pretend that you are someone who might be willing, in theory, at some point, possibly, to consider maybe doing something, that, while not ‘evangelism-type’ evangelism, still could be in some way construed as a sort of sharing of hope. Kind of.”
A little bit of double-talk perhaps, but it gets the point across that people are afraid of the word. The root word is ‘angel’= messenger. It simply means the act of telling someone the good news of Jesus Christ. How do you define ‘evangelism’?
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