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Evangelism forms part of discipleship. Too often people divorce evangelism from discipleship and that creates a unbiblical dichotomy. | Evangelism forms part of discipleship. Too often people divorce evangelism from discipleship and that creates a unbiblical dichotomy. | ||
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+ | ===== Evangelists & Evangelism ===== | ||
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+ | **My Point:** The local church pastor is the person primarily responsible for evangelism in his church. | ||
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+ | **The Problem:** Most churches don't evangelize because the majority of pastors refuse to do the work of an evangelist. | ||
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+ | There are three mentions of " | ||
+ | * Acts 21.8 | ||
+ | * Ephesians 4.11 | ||
+ | * 2Timothy 4.5 | ||
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+ | ==== The Evangelist Evangelizes ==== | ||
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+ | >**Acts 21.8:** And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. | ||
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+ | Philip, one of the seven original deacons in the church at Jerusalem (Acts 6.5), was an evangelist. Through the example of his life we can see and understand that an evangelist evangelizes: | ||
+ | * (Acts 8.5) He " | ||
+ | * (Acts 8.12) He preached "the things concerning the kingdom of God." | ||
+ | * (Acts 8.35) He " | ||
+ | * (Acts 8.40) He " | ||
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+ | ==== The Evangelist Trains ==== | ||
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+ | The evangelist es also one of the four leaders Christ gave as gifts to the Church for the perfecting of the saints, that the saints might do the work of the ministry that results in the edifying of the body of Christ. | ||
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+ | So we can clearly see the will of God (the divine design) in the evangelist. | ||
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+ | * The evangelist is principally a " | ||
+ | * The evangelist, therefore, will teach the saints the biblical principles of evangelism. | ||
+ | * The evangelist will, after that, show the saints a good example of of how to apply those biblical principles of evangelism (he'll take them out with him and show them how he evangelizes). | ||
+ | * The evangelist will then provide opportunities to the saints to go and evangelize so that they can apply the teaching he gave them and follow the example he showed them. | ||
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+ | Remember that all the redeemed (all Christians) are called by God to evangelize. There is no "gift of evangelism" | ||
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+ | If you are one of the reconciled, you have been entrusted with the word of reconciliation (the gospel) and God calls you an ambassador for Christ. God expects you to preach this word to those who need reconciliation with God. There is no "gift of evangelism." | ||
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+ | ==== The Pastor & the Work of an Evangelist ==== | ||
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+ | In the absence of an evangelist in the local church, God has commanded (it is an order from the Lord) the pastor of that church to do the work of an evangelist. That includes everything we have just seen that Bible says is the work of an evangelist: | ||
+ | * Like Philip the evangelist, the pastor is required to evangelize. | ||
+ | * Like God stated in Ephesians 4.11-12, the pastor is responsible to teach his congregation how to evangelize biblically. After that he is to provide them with a sound, biblical example of how to evangelize by showing them how to do it. After that he is to provide opportunities for his people to go out and evangelize with him so they can apply the teaching he gave them and follow the example he showed them. | ||
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+ | **//The local church pastor is the person primarily responsible for evangelism in his church.//** | ||
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+ | **The Problem:** The majority of pastors refuse to do the work of an evangelist. Because of this, most Christians and the Church in general do not evangelize. | ||
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