This is what I hear from pastors about their personal evangelism
- “I don’t have time for personal evangelism.”
- “I’m not good at doing this evangelism thing.”
- “I wish I could get out of the office and actually talk with people.”
- “I wish I had learned this in seminary.”
- “I have no experience in personal evangelism, so how am I supposed to lead it in my church”
There can be a variety of reasons why pastors have a hard time with evangelism.
In this video, I interview pastor Richard White, a man that I highly respect.
He is a busy pastor.
In this video, he’s grumbling to God about not having enough time to model personal evangelism, when something happens.
Watch this video to find out what happened next.
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Evangelism for Busy Pastors
- “Do I know any Non-Christians?” – Not doing what he’s telling people to do.
- Driven to prayer
- How he noticed God’s voice speaking to him.
- Obeying the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
- Watch for the moments that God gives you.
- Being patient to wait for God’s timing to bring salvation.
- Trust in the sovereignty of God to fulfill in the future what work still needs to be done.
Fearless Evangelism is Possible
I am teaching a class at my church called “Sharing Your Faith with Confidence”. My pastor tells me is behind the class 100% as he emailed me that “the class is vital to the mission of our church”. He also challenges the congregation every week or two to identify someone and then to actually speak to them about Christ.
After seeing your video with Richard White and Chris Walker where Pastor White expresses frustration at not actually witnessing himself,
how can I tactfully communicate that to my pastor that he needs to be “doing it” himself and/or visibly being a part of our class to show “by example” that he is serious about “equipping the saints” himself rather that letting someone else be on the front line?
Mike
I’d love to have you send me some of your ideas for your class.
As to your question about your pastor, I’ll also email privately for some more conversation.
Thanks for dropping in. This entire video is targeted for September 2010 if the editing keeps moving forward.