Evangelism is when a Christian proclaims the message of salvation, repentance, and forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ. Evangelism gives the unbeliever a chance to be converted and saved. As an unbeliever hears the message and accepts Jesus as the Lord of their life, they can be confident that they will spend eternity with God in Heaven and not receive the punishment for their sins in Hell forever.
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Jesus tells us that we are all responsible to share the Gospel. Many people only rely on their pastor or the person in the church with the title of “Evangelist” to bring people to salvation. But for all the people in the world to hear the gospel and have the chance to be saved, all the people in the church need to be active with telling the lost about God. The people in the church should not only rely on the leaders in the church to evangelize. We are shown what the purpose of the leaders in the church are in Ephesians 4:11-12. It says: And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. We are shown through this scripture that the main purpose of the leadership in the church is to equip all the other people in the church to do the work of the ministry. So, the evangelist in the church should be training all the other people in the church how to do the work of evangelism. Everyone that is a Christian needs to know how to share their faith with an unbeliever and be able to lead them to salvation in Jesus Christ. This needs to be the responsibility of all Christians, not just the ones with the title of “Evangelist.”
