Letters From Timothy

I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

-John 13:15

“Evangelism” is a word that is very prominent in today’s Christian discourse. “Evangelists” are growing in numbers and “Evangelical” movements are multiplying. But what is evangelism, really? The simple answer that you would get, if you asked nearly any Christian today, is that “evangelism” is spreading the Gospels and, more importantly, converting others to Christianity. Personally, I don’t believe that this is a good definition of evangelism. For me, evangelism means living the word of God. Perhaps because of my different definition of evangelism, I similarly disapprove of the works of many modern “evangelists.” (more…)