Sentences with phrase «other evangelism»

There is no truer or other evangelism than life».»
Today, too many of us roll our eyes at evangelism strategies, calling them hokey and ineffective, and, instead of coming up with other evangelism strategies, we just don't evangelize.
These should be administered along with other evangelism programs with an eye to being as appealing as possible to outsiders and should always be accompanied by some form of invitation to discipleship.

Not exact matches

From the outside it may seem obvious to you, but I personally know a lot of people who would describe Catholicism as a cult, and still others who would say the same thing about Pentecostalism, Mormonism, Evangelism, and a few others.
On the other hand, another Barna - affiliated organization called the ACFI reported that the number of churches that equip their members for evangelism is in decline.
What I will be arguing is that while it «works» there are other forms of evangelism which work more.
The Evangelism Study Bible might be helpful for evangelists and those seeking clarity on the Gospel, but other study Bibles are better for the deep study of God's Word.
We get a glimpse into why soul care is essential to evangelism when we look at how Jesus interacts with others in the gospels.
Regarding small groups: as I mentioned before, Crusade Evangelism and Relational Evangelism do not exclude each other and none is better that the other.
North Korea has strict laws about Christian evangelism so the school doesn't teach doctrine, but does teach its students about other countries and other forms of government — something you can't get almost anywhere else in North Korea.
There is no point in saying one form of evangelism is better than the other.
I have posted his information because he validates what I have found to be true in my own experience, and what I have read in numerous other books about the best and most cost - effective way of doing evangelism and missions in other countries, especially in places like Africa.
Furthermore, it has become increasingly evident that although seeker sensitive churches do grow numerically, most of their growth is transfer growth from other churches, rather than actual evangelism growth.
They are moving toward relational evangelism, recognizing that big tent, big event evangelism does not achieve the long - term results which comes only through long - term relationships with other people.
The other 20 % toward administration, service, evangelism, giving, etc..
I'm not keen on evangelism from any quarter — it would be great to live in a world in which one's spirituality and one's belief system aren't things you must insist that others join in order to feel that they are valid, or in order to hold that other person in high esteem.
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.
Further evidence for the existence of table - fellowship with «tax collectors and sinners» as a feature of the ministry of Jesus is the role played by communal meals in earliest Christianity (E. Lohmeyer, Lord of the Temple [ET by Stewart Todd of Kultus und Evangelism (1942); Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961], pp. 79ff, discusses the central role of table - fellowship in the ministry of Jesus, but he is particularly concerned with the development towards the Last Supper, which he sees as historical, rather than with the relationship between this table - fellowship and the cross, on the one hand, and the communal meals of early Christianity on the other.)
They have the largest base in India and give out about $ 50 million worth of aid each year, but Indian officials say that Compassion and other organizations like it are using humanitarianism as a cover for their evangelism.
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.
Evangelism is one type of Other - worldliness, exemplified by Billy Graham.
But our work together thus far has already established several points that may have an important bearing on the future of theological education in America: (1) the party - strife between «evangelicals» and «charismatics» and «ecumenicals» is not divinely preordained and need not last forever; (2) the Wesleyan tradition has a place of its own in the theological forum along with all the others; (3) «pluralism» need not signify «indifferentism»; (4) «evangelism» and «social gospel» are aspects of the same evangel; (5) in terms of any sort of cost - benefit analysis, a partnership like AFTE represents a high - yield investment in Christian mission; and (6) the Holy Spirit has still more surprises in store for the openhearted.
And he concludes: «This experience taught me, a conservative evangelical, that when Christian witness is done in a spirit of vulnerability, service, and openness to others, it is evangelism... Proselytism, in contrast, is motivated by a spirit of churchly pride which goes against the grain of the Gospel.
Personal religious experience, the home, other religions, church membership, missions, the Scriptures, doctrine, Christian action, the ecumenical movement, church history, Methodist heritage, evangelism, and Christian education — each of these is considered and thoughtfully interpreted from the Christian viewpoint, book by book.
Todd is not my style and his antics do more to offend me than motivate me, but I can not ignore the fruit of Christ's ministry through Him in people I ended up hanging out with that would not have come to faith in Christ through my mostly cerebral, jovial and friendship - seeking approach or through other types of evangelism.
But he is never found exhorting them to be active in evangelism... Mission, in other words, is gospel and not law; it is the overflowing of a great gift, not the carrying of a great burden».
Many churches teach that saving others is the responsibility of the people in the pews, so we should get involved in personal evangelism.
In regards to the thought that the Bible is not needed or should not be used in evangelism, I would have to point out Romans 10, and conclude that there is no other way to come to faith in Christ.
In recently observing some door to door evangelism, I learned that sharing the gospel with others requires that we first live the gospel among them.
To understand the Bible as a human product rather than as a divine product makes all the difference in how Christians understand worship, their relationship to God, their concept of mission and evangelism, and their attitude to people of other faiths.
In the tradition of revivalism and mass evangelism in America, however, so much attention was given to conversion that the other five sixths of the convert's life were simply neglected, with the result that most converts aborted their pilgrimage near its beginning.
Meanwhile, United Nations human rights experts have issued a statement, urging Iran to ensure «a fair and transparent final hearing» for three Iranian Christians who have been sentenced for «conducting evangelism» and «illegal house church activities,» among other charges.
When we follow the examples Jesus gave us, we know the most effective evangelism begins with relationships and serving others.
Wesley organized believers so as to strengthen their faith and enable them to support the evangelism of others.
Evangelism can not take the place of worship and all the other activities that are concentrated in the local church.
We pledge ourselves to pray and work for unity in truth among all true believers in Jesus and to cooperate as fully as possible in evangelism with other brothers and sisters in Christ so that the whole Church may take the whole gospel to the whole world.
It is a new age in which those training others in evangelism feel called to stress the importance of listening.
In other cases the existing evangelism staff has been attracted to church - growth theory and practice; some staffers have gone to workshops at Pasadena or have otherwise gotten hold of the insights of the movement's theoreticians and incorporated them into their programs.
It may simply mean that in that denomination evangelism is a separate function — and therefore needs to develop a holism of its own — or that the materials sent me represent a larger slice of that denomination's life than what others would call «evangelism pure and simple.»
No longer is evangelism a top / bottom type of thing, whereby we «preach down» to others from a position of superiority and invulnerability.
they are being hated for their evangelism (the pompousness involved in preaching in the name of god), and for using those beliefs to deny others» civil rights.
Evangelism can be very well done if we focus on loving and serving others as a large part of it.
Christians generally think that evangelism is a bit like a sporting event, and we are on offense, trying to get past the defenses of others whose «eyes have been blinded by Satan.»
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?
Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs.
The other purpose of these immense get - togethers is to provide a chance for Catholic young people and families to be dramatic, real - time witnesses and instruments of evangelism in the city they're visiting.
Thus evangelism (the proclamation of the message of eternal salvation to the lost and the incorporations of converts into the church) tends to receive priority over every other activity, including, of course, seeking church unity.
By the end of the Assembly, as Kenneth Slack pointed out, «most of the members felt that there was more danger from undue stress on the evangelism of individuals than the other way round, despite widely expressed anxiety, given expression by Stott, that liberation in political, social and economic sense was in danger of replacing salvation from sin at the heart of the redeeming gospel».73 There was no doubt that, despite the narrowing of the range of disagreements, important differences continued, especially with regard to the meaning of salvation and the program of dialogue with people of other faiths.
Together with several others, they succeeded in securing in the Lausanne Covenant an affirmation that «evangelism and socio - political involvement are both part of our Christian duty.
Some Christians would be extremely uncomfortable with the idea of liquor cabinet evangelism, but as you can see, it is enabling other people to open up to you, which allows you in turn to show the love of Jesus to them.
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