Evangelism Defined (by me):
Evangelism is what a Christian is supposed to do in order to help non-Christians become Christians. Further defined, it is a lifestyle lived on purpose for the extreme purpose of not only telling people the story of Jesus and explaining the salvation message, but also to demonstrate what a Christian is supposed to be. But defining evangelism is not my goal today. Rather, it is to provide anyone reading this with the encouragement to step out and evangelize … without TOO MUCH fear. 
Let me give you some freedom right up front. You are not required to walk up to people cold-turkey and say, “Can I tell you about Jesus?” Don’t get me wrong, if you can do that, and you do do that, continue pushing forward. We would probably discover that you have the gift of evangelism. However, for the most of us that aren’t gifted in evangelism, we need to discover how we can evangelize any way because we want to be obedient to Matthew 28:19 – 20.
Here are a few steps you can take right now to start evangelizing:
1 – Make some non-Christian friends. By this, I mean do more than talk to them. Invite a non-Christian family into your home for the express purpose of getting to know them better. Go out to eat with a non-Christian friend. Join a work softball team (even one of those teams where the actually drink beer after the game). Find ways that you can be around non-Christians without compromising your relationship with Christ. That should be easy enough for most of us.
2 – Ask questions. Further, ask questions without trying to correct the answers once they are given. Also, don’t start debating with them when they say something you believe to be wrong. Just let it be wrong. Here are some sample questions you can ask in normal conversation when you get to where you feel you can and it would be appropriate.
Do you go to church any where?
Do you have any spiritual beliefs?
Do you believe in God?
To you, who is Jesus?
What do you think a Christian is?
Some of these questions come from Bill Fay’s Share Jesus Without Fear, but the questions are open-ended. The important thing is to let them tell you what they think. People like to talk to you about themselves. This will let you see where they stand spiritually, and it will show them that you are a little different than there other friends.
3 – Know your Bible. This is the part that is hard for most of us, but this is the easiest part to fix. Read your Bible. You are a Christian … right? Then, read God’s Word!!! Here are a few scriptures you can get started knowing better:
Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:23: Romans 3:10; Romans 10:9-10; John 3:16; John 3:3; John 14:6; 1 John 1:9; 1 Peter 3:15; 2 Corinthians 5:17
These aren’t all about salvation, but they are good verses to know. Pick up a tract and see what verses they use and how they use them.
Know what you believe!
That’s enough steps for now. If we will start with these, we might actually start winning the spiritual battle in America.
Go with God,
Donald B
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