Effective evangelism #2: love people « Tim Chester
Three things are key to effective evangelism: loving Jesus, loving people and living life.
In a recent post I looked at loving Jesus and in a future post I’ll look at the importance of loving loving life.Today, loving people …Some people love the idea of ministry. They like the idea of being a minister or missionary. But they don’t really love people. They don’t make good evangelists!
Step one in evangelism is being passionate about Jesus.
Step two is being passionate about people. Not just seeing them as evangelistic fodder or targets for gospel salvos. But friends. People to love. Love will care for all their needs – physical, social, emotional. But gospel love also recognises our greatest need – to know God through Christ. And so true love will always want to introduce people to our greatest friend, Jesus.
