How Do You Share the Faith?

Today in the secular culture in which Americans find themselves, sharing the faith becomes a significant issue. Most Christians are not excited about sharing the faith – being an evangelist, witnessing. We have seen this practice of evangelism done with guilt, arrogance, manipulation, and so much inappropriate behavior that we realize that it doesn’t work; it turns people off to Christ rather than on to Christ. So how do you share the faith? At the Great Commission at the end of His ministry, Jesus tells us to go unto all the world, share, and teach. So how do we do this?

I have struggled with that question throughout all of my ministry. I have tried many things, and the answer I have come up with is best expressed through the word TELL:

T – stands for the truth of Jesus Christ in our lives

E – reminds us that we must explain a lot of things about our faith

L – stands for living it; we show our genuineness through living out Christ’s teachings

L – reminds us to lead by encouraging, inviting, teaching, guiding, helping

Many of the actions associated with evangelism in the past are a part of leading after we are sure of the truth in our own lives, are willing and capable of explaining and living it fully. Then the leading is easy, natural, and powerful.

I have written about this by the name TELL. If you would like to order a copy, please click here for more information. I am doing conferences on evangelism; if you would like more information on these, click here.

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