Find me an Evangelist

One of the groups that SU work closely with here in Western Australia is OAC. OAC’s great strength is equipping people for evangelism and developing evangelists. For those of you wondering what an evangelist and evangelism is let me give my short explanation.
Evangelism is helping people understand who Jesus is and allowing them the opportunity [...]

What Compels You?

In 2 Cor 5 Paul writes that “It is Christ’s love that compels us” to be his ambassadors of reconciliation. It seems that Paul is suggesting that mission and evangelism ought to be a response to our own experience of the love of God.
I couldn’t agree more, but I also know its not always the [...]

One Way?

Is God present in other world religions and can people be ’saved’ outside of Christ?
This is a pretty humungous question and one that will test whether anyone is actually reading the things I write! if you like some rigourous theology then read on…
Recently I read Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World a very [...]

The Orange People (unsuccessfully) Evangelise the Watermelon People

There is a new mission agency on the block and their stuff is excellent!
Although GIA (Global Interaction) sounds like an insurance company they are actually the rebadged and revamped ABMS (Australian Baptist Mission Society). Its not often a rebranding comes off so well, but I have to say I am really [...]

More Non Rocket Science Insights

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been doing some reflecting on this whole thing we call evangelism, what it is, how to do it more naturally and what it actually means to ‘evangelise’.
But I want to offer my very very simple thought on the most common reason I believe we struggle to speak of Jesus [...]

I’m SURE you are an evangelist…

I understand that people sometimes feel ill at ease sharing their faith, but my guess is that we are actually all evangelists in some aspects of our lives.
No really!
A few years ago we discovered VOIP telephones, (voice over internet protocol) and were amazed at how much money we saved. Our phone bill dropped from $90.00 [...]

The Gap

I believe there is a gap between what we think mission and evangelism is and what they are in reality.
Often there is this notion of ‘attempting great things for God’, ‘leading many people to Christ’, or ‘taking the city for Jesus’. I’m sure you have heard these phrases if you have been around church for [...]

Onward Christian Soldiers?

Back in 1988 Tony Campolo wrote a book entitled ‘We Have Met The Enemy and They Are Partly Right‘. It was an overview of many different faiths and worldviews, acknowledging that there is truth in them and that we can learn from them… however, they were considered ‘the enemy’…
These days I can’t help wondering if [...]

Core Stuff

Geoff Westlake works for OAC Ministries. Geoff has also done alot of stuff with SU and is putting together a DVD. It is based on alot of the material that he has shared on many SU programs and it walks you through the CORE INFO about Life, God & all of us. It’s hearty, logical, [...]