Where Does Evangelism Fit on Sunday Morning?

Where Does Evangelism Fit on Sunday Morning? by Michael Keller for The Gospel Coalition There is an active debate about the role evangelism should play in Sunday worship services. On any given Sunday should we assume our audience are believers or nonbelievers? First Corinthians 14:23–25 indicates that both groups were present in early church services. Most in the congregation were believers gathered for worship. Nevertheless, Paul proposes that the Christians conduct themselves such that nonbelievers aren’t unnecessarily put off (concluding Christians are “out of their minds,” v. 23) and can hear the good news and be…

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BreakPoint: Millennials and Evangelism

BreakPoint: Millennials and Evangelism by: John Stonestreet &  Roberto Rivera  for BreakPoint The Plague of Emotivism In 1957, the social psychologist Leon Festinger coined the term “cognitive dissonance” to describe the stress that results from holding two or more contradictory beliefs at the same time. According to Festinger, people will attempt to alleviate the stress by either changing their minds about one of the ideas or, more commonly, convincing themselves the ideas really aren’t contradictory. The latter usually results in an incoherent mess, something a recent Barna report amply demonstrates. The report, entitled…

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Half of US Millennial Christians Believe Evangelism is Wrong

Half of US Millennial Christians Believe Evangelism is Wrong Christian Today staff writer for Christian Today GNN Note – Is this to say these people don’t believe in witnessing before others? I have been under the impression, my entire life, that it is our duty to the Father to witness, to carry the Word and deliver the Word. Did I misunderstand something? ****** Almost half of Millennial Christians in the US believe evangelism is wrong, according to new research from Barna. The research group’s new report, Reviving Evangelism, looks at the faith-sharing experiences and…

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