Why we don’t do Evangelism

Bish is having a DISCO, and enjoying making up fun acronyms. There’s lots of reasons why we don’t do evangelism, here are Bish’s 5…

Delusion - convincing ourselves it’s unnecessary

Inability - don’t know what to say, or how to say it

Sin - plain disobedience

Courage - we need boldness

Opportunities - stuck in a Christian bubble

“The basic problem in these is my heart. My heart needs the gospel. And by the gospel and for the sake of the gospel change is possible.”

…I was trying to think of some more, but that covers most of it… for me the last 3 are definitely the big ones… simply disobeying God’s command, fear of ruining friendships, and a lack of genuine friendships with non-Christians.

Part of the problem is we so often talk about evangelism as something we do, something we must do… that always ends up in a feeling of failure and inadequacy, and ultimately a sinful attitude which doesn’t want to do it! Like Bish says, we need our hearts to be overwhelmed with joy at knowing the gospel – we talk about what we love.

I heard evangelism described in a seminar at camp very simply as “People who know Jesus, talking about him to people who don’t know him”. It’s so easy to talk about things we love, yet it’s so often so hard to talk about the One who has loved us with an everlasting love.

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2 Responses to “Why we don’t do Evangelism”

1. dave bish says:

   August 24, 2008 at 8:48 am

   I taught this stuff at at a CU leaders weekend a few years ago and then one of the students came up with the acronym which made it more memorable. So, credit to (my now former relay worker) Andy Tuck for DISCO.
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