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Personal evangelism is the calling of every member of the church to speak freely and zealously to his relatives, friends and neighbors, about the truth of the gospel he has learned in church. Personal evangelism must be carried out in the everyday course of our life as Christians. There are always
Another objective of evangelism sometimes takes on the appearance of a “pep rally.” A certain church and its pastor may decide that the life of the church is such that it needs to be stirred up and made more active. Arrangements are made for some itinerant “evangelist” to speak for a series of meeti
Personal evangelism is actually talking to people about the truth of the gospel. That takes a lot of courage and initiative. But that is exactly what is required. If we have never done that in our life then we ought to be ashamed of ourselves. Personal evangelism means that we get over the natural
This is why Biblical personal evangelism is not an act—it is not an act that is produced by a reminder that kicks and prods the will in order to force the will to “evangelize.” If the Lord wants me become a pastor some day, I will do everything I can, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to make this a
This whole great structure, fondly regarded as evangelism, imposing and impressive as it appears, needs to be tested by Scripture. Take, for example, the element so important to modern evangelism, and so prominent, the invitation, or altar call. The altar call is thoroughly un-Biblical, apart now fr
The Method of Reformed Evangelism Just as it has its own message of evangelism, the Reformed Faith has its own method of evangelism: the Biblical method of preaching and teaching. The proper, effective method of evangelism is prescribed by Holy Scripture. No more than the Church may invent her own
Another approach for personal evangelism is called Accommodation Evangelism. The goal here is to remove from the gospel message everything that might offend and include everything that makes it attractive. You are familiar with this approach in the mega-churches. Just come the way you are, get a cup
Evangelism may be equated with the public proclamation of the good news of the Gospel or the private witnessing to the good news of the Gospel, with the purpose of bringing individuals to faith in and confession of Christ as Savior. This is called "conversion," and conversion has two meanings. It ma
To be faithful in personal evangelism we need to rely upon the power of the Word of God and not on the power of our own argumentation and persuasion. Our purpose in personal evangelism is not merely to win an argument or debate on Christian doctrine. Our calling is to humbly present the truth of God
The work of evangelism is a very important part of the calling and work of the church of Jesus Christ. It is not the only work of the church, as some today would have it, nor even the most important. It is nevertheless a very important work; so much so that no church that is not actively involved in