In general their claim to be evangelicals is more that
they believe in evangelism than that they practice it on any large scale.
Not exact matches
A lot more is going on
in church than just
evangelism, and a lot of the money is spent on discipling those who
believe.
God is Redeeming Theology Bible & Theology Topics:
believe in Jesus,
evangelism, gospel, gospel according to Scripture, truth, witnessing
The death and resurrection of Jesus are definitely part of what we share
in evangelism, but we tell them these things to convince and persuade them to
believe in Jesus for eternal life, not because they get eternal life by
believing in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
So, open air
evangelism has a place
in reaching the masses as a prophetic voice, but as I think you
believe, nothing can take the place of relationship
evangelism as the solid ground game of the Church.
I don't
believe in the friendship
evangelism project especially using youth because they are making themselves set up to committing un-Christian like conduct.
They are not otherworldly mystics; those who pray
in tongues frequently, prophesy, have experienced spiritual healing and «going under the power,» and
believe that God answers specific prayer and leads them to specific actions are the ones who are most engaged
in evangelism.
I love this «belonging before
believing» idea and have seen it all over the place
in churches that are doing an excellent job
in evangelism.
The definition of
evangelism officially adopted by a later General Convention reads as follows: «Evangelism is the presentation of Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit, in such ways that persons may be led to believe in him as Saviour and follow him as Lord within the fellowship of the chur
evangelism officially adopted by a later General Convention reads as follows: «
Evangelism is the presentation of Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit, in such ways that persons may be led to believe in him as Saviour and follow him as Lord within the fellowship of the chur
Evangelism is the presentation of Jesus Christ,
in the power of the Holy Spirit,
in such ways that persons may be led to
believe in him as Saviour and follow him as Lord within the fellowship of the church.»
But at the deepest level this program of
evangelism is, I
believe, addressing only the Christian «
in» group or fanning the religious nostalgia of the past.
«The pool of people for which Church is able to say «those are my friends» is getting smaller and smaller... I
believe in street
evangelism because I
believe in meeting people.»
Chris Duffett was on a street
evangelism team with 12 bored teenagers who mostly didn't
believe that God could do anything supernatural — but one got a clear picture of a woman
in a red jacket with a fur collar, wearing black boots, and with severe stomach pain.
Most pastors
believe the best way to keep Christian - Muslim relations calm is to maintain a low profile
in terms of
evangelism and gripes, to hunker down, protect the real estate from vultures without and within the community, maintain good relations with the Muslim power brokers and hope that the Christian poor will remain faithful.
One can find numerous examples like William Brenton Greene, Jr. who
in 1912 argued that the more acute the social crisis, the more the church needed to emphasize its own mission of
evangelism.3 Greene
believed that no crisis outshone the religious crisis and there was neither time nor energy to go
in two directions.
God is Redeeming Theology Bible & Theology Topics:
believe in Jesus, eternal life,
evangelism, gospel, witnessing
Wimber
believed power
evangelism was the most effective means of
evangelism in the early church and power
evangelism was present during periods of great missionary expansion and renewal throughout church history.
«Billy used to say to us «you [ought to]
believe that nothing happens unless God does it but you work as though there is no God» - and that's the bit that's missing
in today's world and that's why there's so little
in terms of real
evangelism.
Jeremy, I agree... I
believe that most people reached (and we're talking about a true, genuine confession) by street
evangelism and other one - way forms of communication are good soil BECAUSE people
in their lives have loved them and spoken to them about God already.
Tony, I agree with you because I
believe that women ought to spread the Good News through preaching and
evangelism in the world and
in the invisible church (via internet, for example).
There is no evidence that they became actively involved
in the anti-slavery movement because they
believed it would maximise opportunities for
evangelism among the slaves.
He
believed in child
evangelism, and that children can be used by God
in great ways.
In my own evangelism, I nearly always refer to the death and resurrection of Jesus as the means by which Jesus secured eternal life for those who believe in Hi
In my own
evangelism, I nearly always refer to the death and resurrection of Jesus as the means by which Jesus secured eternal life for those who
believe in Hi
in Him.
It's onlt
in the past few years that I have come to
believe that our militant style of
evangelism is not that much different than the crusades.