Personal Evangelism

Evangelism is communicating the message of the gospel to unbelievers; the message that Jesus Christ died to save them. As Christians we are to be ready at all times to tell anyone why we go to church. Because "I once was blind but know I see." One key point in the process of evangelism is balance. We must keep our desire to tell other about Jesus while being open minded enough to understand that others can have their own opinions and beliefs, and they may not always agree with ours.

Real evangelism begins when we surrender ourselves to Christ. He is to be our life and our consuming passion. He is the one who is in control. And since he is in control, we must trust him to tell us when, where and how to share the gospel. When we surrender ourselves, God will make us so interesting to non-believers that they'll want to know about our lives. They will notice something about us and they will begin to ask questions.

When they ask questions it is important for us to be ourselves and be real. God works through our personalities. So it’s important for us to remain gentle and courteous when sharing the gospel. We must be polite, pleasant and approachable. Seventy percent of evangelism is being approachable. Patience is also important because change takes time. It could take years for an unbeliever to begin to change and want to be saved. But it’s not up to us to change them. God is the one who will make the change. All he wants us to do is plant the seed. Our actions and attitude are also important; Our Character, Conduct and Conversation; because non-believers have a high standard for Christians. They don’t expect us to act and react in certain situations the way they would.

We will have bad experiences while witnessing to non-believers. They may push back against the gospel we are sharing with them. But we cannot give up because of bad experiences. The process is painful, but when lives are changed we will forget about the bad experiences.