Making friends to win souls
Research shows that most people won to the Adventist Church already have
Adventist friends. Almost no one is won through "cold turkey" evangelism.
Jesus prayed we would be "in the world" (John 17:11). And that's what we have to
do. We have to be in the world,
deliberately making friends of people in the world. And as
they discover what we are like, they realise we are like we are because we
are like God. The more they like us, the more they like God -- who made us
like we are. However, we have to keep alert to the other half of Jesus'
prayer. We are not to be "of the world" (John 17:14). It's no use befriending
people
for evangelism and becoming like them. That's not you winning them. It's them
winning you. When you make friends with non-Christians as a form of evangelism,
the most important thing is to be a Christian at all times.
Entered by Phil Ward -- Nov 6, 1998
Winning young people
What can we do to win young people to Christ? Type in your suggestions above
in the frame above.
Entered by John Reid -- Nov 6, 1998