When I was young, all the youth in my church were invited by the youth pastor to come together and evangelise our local community. I was terrified. At that time, I thought evangelism was something strictly individual and dependent on individual performance to succeed. How wrong I was, and how desperately I needed to understand the power of ‘community’ in evangelism.
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Is Evangelism About My Testimonies Or About Christ?
If we had the opportunity to interview one of the apostles, we would probably like to know more about them personally or hear VIP stories of Jesus. However, we likely would end up frustrated. The apostles had a Christcentric approach when evangelising, taking every opportunity to share about Jesus. What does this tell us about our own evangelism?
Read moreHow I Came to Faith – Albert’s story
I had the privilege of being born into a Christian family that regularly attended a church. You could say that, since my childhood, Christian influences were always there, whether it was listening to worship songs whilst I slept on my mother’s lap in the pews, or when I was representing a little lamb in the […]
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When the pandemic first hit, many church leaders came to the conclusion that now is not a good time to evangelise. However I realised that now is exactly the time. Evangelism isn’t about filling the church building, it’s for Jesus and about his Kingdom.
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