Sentences with phrase «if evangelism»

But if evangelism does occur, if new converts do come to Christ, it will have happened because of the witnessing of those individual Christians.

Good, but we can do both or as the Lord leads in each situation What if evangelism took place in people's homes as we invite them over to our houses, and us to theirs?

What if evangelism took place in people's homes as we invite them over to our houses, and us to theirs?

Wonderful What if evangelism was just as much about right living as it is about right believing?

What if evangelism wasn't often defined simply as «inviting someone to church for a special event or to hear a special speaker»?

Unbelievers should not be the leaders of the chuch What if evangelism and discipleship were the same thing?

Not exact matches

San Diego Council is yet to give planning permission to Morris Cerullo World Evangelism to build the Legacy International Center but, if it's approved, it's set to be built by early 2018.

I can and do love and listen to the Buddhist, the Hindu, the Muslim, and the Mormon, but if I do not pray nor challenge them with truth in the long run then I am simply performing an act of contextualization — which is a far cry from the true seed planting of evangelism.

I think not, Perhaps if one made the unbiblical assumption that evangelism is primary and social action is secondary, one could argue that one should resist the governing authorities in order to preach the gospel but not to work for social justice.

Now, if this is true, what does that do to our «evangelism»?

They note also that Wesley devoted time and attention to physical health, even if he separated this somewhat from his evangelism.

Evangelism is critical, with the blood of the unredeemed on our heads --(if they die because I have not shared the Gospel, I am to blame.)

, I am without any hesitation asked for financial support, more support and even more support (OK, I accept that may sometimes be culture — but is not healthy...) and any friendly response from me is cultivated and I suddenly find myself fundraising... — if I would be allowed to spend $ 100K I would rather spend this NOT on evangelism by a Westerner, but also NOT on a local evangelist, but on quality leadership / bible college training for African leaders.

If you have the gift of evangelism, you love to share your faith with other people, and you sometimes get frustrated that other's don't share your passion.

Even if we can not pray for some of these goals with much affirmation — even if we find ourselves praying for the salvation of liberals before Christ returns, or the redirection of evangelical social concern to its proper sphere of evangelism and world mission, or the disappearance of the electronic church — God will answer our prayers, with corrections if necessary, and will either change our minds or the minds of those for whom we are praying.

If what you're describing is evangelism, we don't do that and never will.

What would evangelism look like if people could actually belong before they believed?

If you read the book «Evangelism Explosion» or attended a two hour «soul winning» class, you too could be a «soul winner», whatever that term was intended to mean.

Calvinists within the SBC will gain a better hearing for Reformed theology if they can combine their zeal for doctrinal purity with a passion for evangelism and a love for the brethren, including those who may not ring all five (TULIP) bells in quite the same way they do.

Evangelism falls flat if the worship life of a community is not exciting.

And if so, what does evangelism mean?

But if we're basing an entire evangelism strategy off of a few things Jesus did or said, we might as well all go multiply loaves and fishes or get ourselves crucified.

If you can give me specifics on exactly what is wrong with this style of evangelism, I would be glad to consider them.

David Hubbard, for example, in his taped remarks on the future of evangelicalism to a colloquium at Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary in Denver in 1977 noted the following areas of tension among evangelicals: women's ordination, the charismatic movement, ecumenical relations, social ethics, strategies of evangelism, Biblical criticism, Biblical infallibility, contextual theology in non-Western cultures, and the churchly applications of the behavioral sciences.2 If such a list is more exhaustive than those topics which this book has pursued, it nevertheless makes it clear that the foci of the preceding chapters have at least been representative.

There is a real danger that no evangelism ad extra will take place at all if this impulse is followed too strongly: the church will spend its whole time doing evangelism ad intra.

For too long laypersons in our churches have felt that their stories were second - rate and inferior, that they could engage in evangelism only if they learned some «authoritative» version of the gospel and could communicate it, step by step.

Whenever I've led evangelism workshops in recent years, the church people who have studied the word they are to go out to spread have heard that word as if for the first time.

It would be a matter of some surprise if action / reflection models had permeated the field of evangelism as thoroughly as the planning process and relational approaches have.

Great, evangelism is preaching the gospel, not coming to church, this can be done outside of church What if the people in church viewed themselves first and foremost as missionaries?

Living a good life is NOT evangelism, I saw a sign that said «share the gospel, use words if necessary», «if» I thought, you can not share gospel which is Christ death and resurrection, without words unless you are a very talented mime artist.

But if we are going to be effective in our evangelism, we must reach out to touch the unsaved, because they certainly are not going to come into the church.

Not good, why neglect things which are edifying to the christian life, that would be an unhealthy focus on evangelism in the place of discipleship, just do both I say What if, instead of starting Christian Coffee Houses, Christian Work - Out Centers, and Christian Bridge Clubs, we started just going to these places that were already in our community and meeting the people who go there?

Evangelism can be very well done if we focus on loving and serving others as a large part of it.

We can not earn our way to heaven by following and obeying the laws of Jesus, that is discipleship and is not the way to heaven What if we didn't focus so much on evangelism, but on discipleship?

What if the pastor was not seen as the one who does the evangelism through his sermon?

This model if discipleship and evangelism is really revolutionary, at least in our modern church.

But we can and should do pre evangelism through sharing loving relationships with non believers What if we don't have «evangelism events» but instead trained people to simply love others?

Why not do both What if, instead of practicing «apologetic evangelism» where we are always trying to defend the faith against the heresies of the heathen, we loved people and served people?

Yes, well, if I ever plant a church, it is going to be called «Jeremy Myers Memorial Fellowship and Worldwide Evangelism Center.»

What if the John 3:16 on his eyelids is for himself (to «help» him always see through the eyes of love I guess), and not for evangelism?

One potential problem I see with that theory having a negative impact on evangelism is that if there is no eternal hell, why strive to get people saved?

If you are familiar with Evangelism Explosion, you may recognize a couple of the questions....

«There is something wrong with our theology if we do evangelism but no social work.

Churches would be much more effective at evangelism if they were much more effective at loving one another.

Church members will be more likely to take the first steps of evangelism if there is a support group in the church to carry converts through the various stages of conversion.

Christian evangelism must become considerably more sophisticated and creative in working with and encouraging the workers in the secular media, if it wishes significantly to effect their products.

If the Gospel is about how we live and act in all of life, then evangelism is also about how we live and act in all of life.

If a billboard read: «Vegetarians: you aren't alone,» is that considered evangelism?

Second, since evangelism has to do with people's eternal destiny, then, if a choice has to be made between addressing «physical» and «spiritual» need, we have to say that the supreme and ultimate need of all humankind is the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

The latter was seen as beneficial only if co-operation led to more effective evangelism.