1. Evangelisation:  The process of announcing the Good News  The proclamation and enactment of the Good News of Jesus Christ

2. Greek Euangelizesthai  To announce good tidings

3. Evangelion: In Roman Times – to announce a victory, or the birth of an heir to the Caesar

4. New Testament usage has roots in the Old Testament: Isaiah 40 – 66 Especially Is 61:1 ff…. He sent me to bring good news to the afflicted

5. Jesus is the Herald of the Good News:  Matthew 11:4 ff  Luke 4: 16 - 21

6. Jesus is the Good News: Mk 1:15 The time has come and the Kingdom of God is at hand Lk 2:10 I bring you Good News of great joy Lk 4: 43 I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns because that is what I was sent to do

7. Response to the Good News is repentance and faith Mk 1:15 Repent and believe in the Good News Risk involved Mk 8:35 Those who would save their live will lose it…….

8. The Apostles are:  Messengers of the Good News Mk 16:15  To every nation Mk 8:35  Proclaimers of the Kingdom of God Acts 8:12, 14:21, 19:8

9. St. Paul  The man of the Gospel  God set him apart for the Gospel Rom 1:1  Entrusted the Gospel to him 1Thess 2:4  As ‘minister’ of the Gospel Paul must preach it 1Cor 9:16

10. The Message: Is the ‘Gospel’ or the Gospel of God Or His Son Jesus Christ Or Christ Rom 15:19ff, 2 Cor 2:12

11. EVANGELISM  Longer history in English usage  Evangelical Protestant  Emphasis on getting people to listen to and read the Bible EVANGELISATION  Recent history in English usage  Catholic Tradition  Began to be used in the 1970’s by R.C. theologians instead of the word mission

12. EVANGELISM  Earlier associated with preaching crusades EVANGELISATION  Describes the fundamental work of the Church

13. In recent usage their seems to be a convergence in the two traditions with regard to the relationship between the personal and communal appropriation of the Good News… Cf., Louis McNeil ‘Evangelisation’ in the New Dictionary of Theology, p.359.

14. NEW EVANGELISATION: A fresh hearing of the Good News in places that prided themselves in being Christian but had lost sight of the message A new proclamation so that there can be a new acceptance of the Good News