There's No Such Thing as the Gift of Evangelism

Why is it that Christians are always looking for ways to talk themselves out of doing evangelism?

It’s pretty clear that God sent Jesus into the world to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10). Jesus acted on full authority of God and commissioned us to make disciples (Matt. 28:16-20). We have been sent into the world just as Jesus was sent (John 17:18; 20:21).

Yet, it seems to me a whole lot of people are talking themselves out of their calling to do evangelism for a lot of reasons. Let me tackle just two. Simply put, Christians need to stop thinking evangelism is a spiritual gift and stop thinking you can preach the gospel without words. Keep reading

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Originally published in the online edition of Outreach Magazine this past fall, this article reminds us that evangelism is NOT a spiritual gift given only to a few Christians and we CANNOT preach the gospel without words!!