Our Evangelistic Aim

What is evangelism; and what are striving to accomplish in it? It appears that the answer is not clearly evident today.

Our evangelistic aim is to clearly and compelling communicate the Gospel with a view toward bringing people to humble, obedient, foundations-shaking faith in the person of Jesus. And, this Gospel can not be communicated in a flippant five minute presentation. We have to unfold the glory and grace of God as displayed in the person and work of Christ so that people come to know and understand: (1) the story of the Gospel, (2) the Person of the Gospel, and (3) the theological implications of the Gospel.

These radical realities call for a radical response, that being faith and repentance. And by "faith," we mean the trust it takes to surrender one's whole life & being into the hands of Jesus as Lord and Savior. And by "repentance" we mean the natural and logical outgrowth of said faith, a radical reorientation around the Throne--rejecting the old and embracing our NEW Lord, life, identity, outlook, family, priorities, purposes, patterns, and provisions. A simple canned presentation and a simple canned prayer will not due. Faith, manifesting itself in repentance, confession of faith, baptism (immersion in water, supernatural participation in the death burial, and resurrection of Jesus, see Romans 6), and an obedient, changed life is the biblical portrayal of such.