As those who know that judgment is coming, but also know that God has provided a way to escape, are we ready, willing, and courageous enough to tell others?
• If God is who He is and has done what He has done to
• Article 11 (Evangelism and Missions) >> It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit by God’s Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.
• This article answers the following
“Evangelism isn’t my
. I’m not called to be a missionary.”
• It is a duty and a privilege of
• It is easy to determine when something is on
• What’s the difference between evangelism and missions?
// Kent Sorgon >> Evangelism is sharing the Word of God to those around you, in your community, state or nation. Missions, on the other hand, are when you cross a different culture, i.e. learning a new language, studying the lifestyles and behaviors of a certain race.
// John Piper >> Evangelism is speaking to anyone anywhere the gospel. You don’t have to succeed at it. Evangelism is happening even if somebody is not getting saved. But you need to say it…Missions is doing that by crossing a culture…So evangelism is speaking the gospel to everyone, especially those in your culture. Missions is realizing there are cultures and linguistic groups that don’t have anybody in them to do that.
// Danny Akin >> Evangelism is the personal expression of the Good News of the Gospel between a messenger & their audience. Missions is the global expression of that evangelistic conviction.
“I’m not sure I know enough to
my faith.”
• I’ll give it to you, our culture is increasingly
• Luis Palau >> My family and team have gone to over sixty countries declaring the glory of God. When I first went to the Muslim-, Hindu-, and Buddhist-majority nations, I trembled to do the right thing for the glory of God. I talked to a Hindu guru years ago, and he said, “Luis, don’t ever use the Western style of arguing, trying to show your religion is better than my religion or your Savior is superior. Just simply tell who Jesus is. Tell of his character. Tell what he’s like. Let people do the comparing for themselves.” That was great advice.
Our greatest fear should not be of
, but of succeeding at something that doesn’t really matter.
• Don’t focus on being an evangelist or a missionary. Focus on being a
• Madeleine L’Engle >> Evangelism is not what we tell people, unless what we tell is totally consistent with who we are. It is who we are that is going to make the difference. If we do not truly enjoy our faith, nobody is going to catch the fire of enjoyment from us. If our lives are not totally centered on Christ, we will not be Christ-bearers for others, no matter how pious our words.
• Samuel Wilberforce >> Christianity can be condensed into four words: admit, submit, commit, and transmit.