Three vital elements for evangelism

Phil Worthington is the Elim Evangelism Lead for Evangelism Culture and is travelling the UK sharing how everyone can evangelise. He told Direction about his new course on Kingdom Culture.

Think of an evangelist and you might well picture a larger-than-life character on stage fluently wowing a crowd with a strong message about faith.

But, in reality, most people are gently evangelised by someone they know over a period of time.

Every Christian has it in them to evangelise, says Phil Worthington, which is why he has launched a course focusing on three key elements to help us all become more confident at it.

With a secure identity in Christ, an understanding that we are all authorised to be ambassadors for God, and with the backing of “embassy” churches, we are well equipped, he says.

Here, he talks us through each of these areas.

IDENTITY: It’s not about church … 

One of the first things Phil teaches is that a strong faith should be centred around Jesus. It is he who gives us a secure identity from which we can be confident to evangelise, he explains.

He warns that many people fall away because they are invited to church – rather than Jesus.

They are invited to great kids work, amazing worship or a great community, and while all of those are good, they are not the gospel – Jesus is.

“Church is great, but it’s not perfect.

The minute any issues arise, people think God has let them down. They fall away because they were sold the wrong gospel in the first place.”

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