Sentences with phrase «in evangelism only»

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.

Not exact matches

So while we mock Billy Graha for «only» bringing 6 % to the Lord, the results in relational evangelism may be even lower.

In addition to shaping Christian thought through his voluminous publications («Fundamentalism» and the Word of God, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, and A Quest for Godliness, to name only three of the most popular), he helped steer the flagship Evangelical magazine Christianity Today, spoke at countless Evangelical conferences and local churches, mentored hundreds of future pastors through his seminary teaching, and lent his name to the back covers of more Evangelical books than probably any other Christian endorser ever.

Thus, in using force to counter Abedini's alleged evangelism - an oppressive act alien to Islam - Iran's religion cuts only its own throat.

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.

For example, a count of headlines in this journal during one six - month period revealed a total of 136 articles on topics such as nuclear weapons, social issues, economic issues and peace, compared with only 22 articles on the Bible, nine on evangelism and nine on prayer.

Only the Christian Church (Disciple's), however, has gone in for this approach as a major part of its evangelism training.

A vital and practical program of evangelism and missions that encourages believers to get involved in spreading the Gospel of Jesus, locally and internationally, is important to not only that church, but the Body of Christ as a whole.

The only valid baptismal formula for Christians is in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, for that is the only formula Jesus is gave for his followers to use on persons they won through evangelism who desired to become members of Christ's holy church (Matt.

Furthermore, while working on the foreign field, they found that needless competition between various Protestant groups only stood in the way of evangelism; therefore, they were forced to seek cooperation with one another.

First, the fact that they are only «attempts», and some of them not very helpful to the preacher, is a clear reminder that the use of Scripture by the Church in her evangelism, polemics, and instruction is a most difficult problem.

The vivid memories of Jesus and the fact of his continuing Lordship in the community would make such a development all but inevitable, and the exigencies of evangelism and apologetic only accelerated it.

Let's just say that the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association had decided to spend their money on relational evangelism training instead of crusades, and that in 50 years of operations, they trained only 1 % of the lower estimate of 300 million Christians worldwide, or 3 million Christians.

It turns out that Mormons are not the only UK faith community posting off their most passionate young believers for residential training in effective evangelism.

People often say that evangelism and world missions are the primary activities of the church, and while these are critically important, effective evangelism and world missions only takes place as Christian mature in the faith and develop Christlikeness in their beliefs and behaviors.

The co-operation in evangelism was conceived not only for the sake of a deeper fellowship and the strength of witness it would provide, but as the only way to face a task of great magnitude and urgency.

This research insight may imply that religious programs on television will be limited in their effectiveness with those age groups which do not use television as a source of gratification for serious content, and therefore that television should exist as only one element in a much broader strategy for ministry and evangelism.

(17) Others are beginning to question not only the accuracy but the honesty of such claims, even suggesting that by raising millions of dollars each year in the name of evangelism the broadcasters are perpetuating a massive fraud among well - meaning but naive religious supporters.

It is found in the only document within the whole of the canon of Scripture that was written for the express purpose of evangelism: the gospel of John.

Above all, these supposed modeling experts and climate scientists need to terminate their biases and their evangelism of political agendas that seek to slash fossil fuel use, «transform» our energy and economic systems, reduce our standards of living, and «permit» African and other impoverished nations to enter the modern era only in a «sustainable manner,» as callous elitists often insist.