Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

4:5), not every Christian is an evangelist. Philip is anexample of an evangelist (Acts 21:8). He was a godlydeacon in the church at Jerusalem (Acts 6:5) and hepreached the gospel in Antioch and to the eunuch in thedesert (Acts 8:5-8, 26-40) and in many other places.Note that Philip was not a man who went from church tochurch preaching to the congregations. That is theoccupation that is typically called an evangelist in NorthAmerica today, but that is not what we see in theScripture. The scriptural evangelist is a man givenexclusively to preaching the gospel.I have met many men and women who have the ministrygift of evangelism, and the churches should encouragethem greatly and help them fulfill their calling. Wisepastors will also seek counsel from gifted evangelistsabout how to get out the gospel, because those with thegift of evangelism think about soul winning and oftencome up with good ideas about how to get the gospel outto the community.When we went to Nepal in 1979 to start a church, mywife and I were all alone, but we prayed earnestly for theLord to send us help. He answered that prayer bytouching the hearts of two men who had the gift ofevangelism to join us. One man was from India; theother, from Switzerland. We encouraged them to spendtheir time in evangelism, and the church grew rapidlythrough their efforts.If I were pastoring in the States, I would pray earnestlyfor the Lord to send evangelists to the church; and Iwould then do everything possible to support themfinancially so they could give themselves wholly to their