How do we as modern, mainline, polite, accepting, tolerant Christians do evangelism? The answer . . . . . very carefully. Let me make two suggestions:
1. We don’t impose our faith. We expose our faith.
Obviously we don’t ever want to force our religion on anyone. Instead we reveal our faith to others by speaking naturally about our faith.
“I got through it with a lot of support and a lot of prayer.”
“My church is putting on a great musical next weekend.”
“My church is a fun place to be and it helps me spiritually."
“I will keep you in my prayers. God bless you."
"I love my church. I feel close to God there.”
"I served at Cor Unum last night. It was an amazing experience. Want to join me next time?"
Romans 1:16 says, “I am not afraid of the gospel.” Don’t be afraid to let others know you’re a practicing Christian and that your faith is important to you.
2. We believe in Invitational Evangelism.
We simply invite people to faith, to church, to discipleship. At my first church there was a man named Bob who was responsible for at least 5 people joining the church. He did so with one simple sentence, “Hey, Joe, I’d like to invite you to my church this Sunday?” And it worked. Wasn’t this Jesus’ method as well? “Come, follow me.”
Question: Who do I know who just might come to church if I pop the question?
Prayer: God, help me to let the light of my faith shine to others, and give me the courage to invite others to come along on this journey of faith. Amen.
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