Evangelists are Essential.

If you are a Christian, and you have a friend who is a Non-Christian, do you know how to bring them to Christ?  Can you take them step by step to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ?  Do you know scriptures to share?  How to pray the sinner's prayer with them?

Too often we feel we are inadequate.  We are too scared to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with someone so instead we invite them to an Evangelistic service or to our church where the minister and preach and lead our friend to Christ.  Even worse, most of the time we just keep quiet and let them go their way, knowing that their path leads to eternal damnation.

I am sure there are people who are called by God to be evangelist but feel uncomfortable, and even afraid to talk to people about Christ. “ Someone else is called to that ministry, not me.  I don’t feel comfortable telling someone about Jesus.”

If you feel self conscious talking before a crowd of people, you can join a local Toast Masters group. They will help you get over your fear of public speaking.  Many great speakers have had a fear of public speaking, but they became great orators.   God calls those who are weak to do great things.  Fear is no excuse to refuse to take the mantle which God gives you.

Everyone is called to evangelize, but not everyone is an evangelist.  An evangelist is not someone who does all the evangelizing. An evangelist is trained in sharing The Gospel, but they not only know how to share their faith, but are able to equip others to share their faith as well.  One of the best ways is to take people along to assist as the evangelist shares the gospel.  As the trainee matures, and gets experience and training, he can then share the gospel with confidence on their own.  They can return and tell the church what happened for the purpose of edification and community involvement.  The evangelist can then give helpful ideas on how to be more effective.  The life of an evangelist revolves around The Gospel.

God has given the Church evangelist, but most of the church has no vision for evangelism. If the church is to grow it requires all five ministries of Ephesians 4:11.  Evangelism is the key to the church's growth. We need the evangelist to come forward and teach Christians how to share their faith.
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This post is based upon the book "Viral Jesus" by Ross Rohde 

Photo Credit: Kevin sharing the gospel to a student by Global Tribe