to deal with the guilt of human sinto deal with the guilt of human sin to defeat the powers of evilto defeat the powers of evil to destroy deathto destroy death to remove the barriers of alienationto remove the barriers of alienation to heal and reconcile his whole creationto heal and reconcile his whole creation The Purposes of God’s Mission Chris Wright. The Mission of God

“ evangelism is that dimension and activity of the church’s mission which seeks to offer every person, everywhere, a to offer every person, everywhere, a valid opportunity to be directly challenged by the gospel of explicit faith in by the gospel of explicit faith in Jesus Christ, with a view to embracing him as Saviour, becoming a loving member of his community and being enlisted in his service of reconciliation, peace and justice on earth.” David Bosch

The particular to the universal One place to every placeOne place to every place One person/people to manyOne person/people to many One time into an ever new futureOne time into an ever new future

70% of all Christians have come to faith since /32 world population were Christian /10 world population were Christian were Christian

Why are we doing this ?

‘Transformed leaders have a clear conviction that God can and will work through their congregation to change lives and that their congregation of people can be used by God to help change the world. Such vision begins with the clear vision of the evangelising community and what that community might look like in its particular setting and circumstances

I know I should be doing evangelism, but I just don’t want to, but I feel guilty about that.

It’s not what you know, it’s the One you know

‘How does the church become the evangelising centre it was meant to be? Before we think of programmes or techniques, we need to be renewed in our vision of who Christ is and what God’s purposes are for the world.’ Rebecca Manley Pippert.

‘ We live in a culture so saturated with self, in which humans have placed themselves in the centre for so long, that our natural tendency,even as Christians,is to focus on the human aspects of evangelism and not the divine. Yet it is God who takes the initiative to pursue seekers, it is his Spirit who converts, it is his gospel that saves. Evangelism is God’s business from start to finish.’

It’s not what you know, it’s the love you experience.

‘The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ‘You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased.’

………………………………….. You are my dear child, I love you and I’m delighted with you. and I’m delighted with you.

A life not shaped by inner compulsions, or captive to outer expectations, but drawn by the inner voice of love. Leighton Ford, The Attentive Life

‘The forming of the soul that it might be a dwelling place for God is the primary work of the Christian leader. This is not an add-on, an option, or a third-level priority. Without this core activity, one almost guarantees that she/he will not last in leadership for a life-time or that what work is accomplished will become less and less reflective of God's honour and God's purposes. ’

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.

It’s not what you know, it’s why you are here now.

It’s not what you know, it’s who you are with.

“ The mission of God does not happen unless we become community as God intended it to be.” Gilbert Bilezekian, Community 101

‘ It is surely a fact of inexhaustible significance that what our Lord left behind Him was not a book, nor a creed, nor a system of thought, nor a rule of life but a visible community. He committed the entire work of salvation to that community.’ Leslie Newbigin. The Household of God.

It’s not what you know, it’s who you are.

‘Its not the greatest people who change the world but weak people in the hands of a great God.’

I want you to know that He wants to invade your life, that He wants to use you to do His will. He truly wants to do this- He wants to use you to touch the lives of people who are hurt, to bring joy to people who are sad. He wants to make you into an agent fighting for His great revolution. He wants to begin to change the world through you. Tony Campolo Tony Campolo

It’s not what you know, it’s where you are.

Evangelism is no safe church activity that will sustain a conventional church, nor a routine enterprise that will support a societal status quo. The news that God has triumphed means that a transformed life,i.e. one changed by the hearing of the good news, works to bring more and more of life, personal and public, under the rule of this world transforming, slave liberating, covenant making, promise keeping, justice –commanding God.’