Written by Ed Ramsami, the Africa head of Advance.
A lesson, that had I learnt it sooner, would have made a difference in people receiving the good news and responding positively, rather than creating a wedge between us. That lesson is to listen more to those I was trying to evangelise.
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One Thing: It’s Not About me… Or Is It?
Written by Max Swart
When we start off in ministry, we often have an idea of what ‘IT’ is that God is calling us to, but we don’t always know ‘WHO’ our ministry is meant to impact. The one thing we know with certainty is that it’s not about us… or can it be?
One Thing: It Is For An Audience Of One
Written by Dan Randall
One thing I wish I had known before I started to share my faith is that it’s all for an audience of One. No matter the audience, no matter the passage, no matter the occasion, it’s all for Jesus.
One Thing: We Need To Be Compassionate For The Lost
Written by Alan Greene
One thing I wish I’d known before I started to share my faith, is that we need to be compassionate for the lost, not simply intellectual believers trying to win arguments as a way to push people into accepting Jesus. Particularly in my early years as a Christian, I wish I’d known this – many times I should have been “A messenger of the good news rather than trying to be a persuader to my cause and belief.”
One Thing: Being Authentic
Writen by Sarah Small.
One thing that I wish I knew before I started to share my faith (and to be honest I wish I could keep being reminded of because I so easily forget!) is to be authentically myself with those I’m sharing my faith with. Perhaps you’re thinking that is rather obvious! But it’s something I’ve had to learn, and continually re-learn, over many years of ministry and mission.
One Thing: Keep The Focus
If there was one thing I wish I’d known before I started to share my faith it would be ‘remember to keep the focus’; keep the focus on sharing the good news that brings hope and life to people who are searching, every day, for something to fill a void that they feel in their lives.
One Thing: It’s About Overflow
Written by Dave Plowman
One thing I wish I knew before starting to share my faith is it’s about the overflow. The best evangelism I’ve witnessed in the last 20 years of ministry are from the people who simply share the good news out of an overflow of love, adoration and worship of God.
One Thing: Pain Becoming Powerful Testimonies
Written by Luiz F Cardoso, the Director of Ministries for World Methodist Evangelism
One thing I wish I knew when I started sharing my faith was that my deepest struggles would become my most powerful testimonies.
One Thing: It’s Keeping Going That Counts
Written by Rachel Jordan-Wolf
One thing i wish i’d known before I started to share my faith is that it’s the keeping on going that counts.
One Thing: Relationship Before Persuasion
Written by Rev. Falvio Artigas.
The one thing I wish I knew when I started sharing my faith is: it’s about relationship before persuasion.