A few days ago I received a SMS from an old friend, who organizes seminars and conferences for Bible-educators, requesting me to pray for him as he prepares to teach a course on evangelism to Bible-school students.
My reply to his SMS was: PTL! Just a gentle reminder that evangelism is caught not taught. So best evangelism seminar is held outside classroom and called “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men”
Evangelism is a practical “skill” that can’t possibly be taught in a classroom. The theory of evangelism can be taught in a classroom but the practice of evangelism can’t. It would be ludicrous for a school to teach basketball, cooking or driving as a classroom subject!
I’ve personally know of a church evangelism pastor (of a very large church) who admitted that he had been an evangelism pastor for several years without even having once led a soul to the Lord!
On the other hand, I’ve yet to meet a driving instructor who has not yet driven a car! I guess the evangelism pastor had aced his evangelism course at Bible-school and impressed the church selection committee.
So the next time that you are offered an evangelism course be sure that in addition to the theory of evangelism that you will learn in a classroom, there is also a significant practical part to that course where you get to go out with your instructor and do some real-life evangelism. If not, I suggest that you skip that course because it will be a sheer waste of your time.
Sad to say, such theory plus practical evangelism courses are rare because evangelism has been reduced to just another subject to learn – rather than a vital skill to use.
But there again, the same can be said for many other things in today’s Christianity!
Let’s be doers of God’s Word!
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