EVANGELISM

BY HAROLD AND JEMIMA

WHAT IS EVANGELISM ?
Evangelisation is bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to those around us.
Jesus himself commanded us to evangelise. The Church exists to give
witness to the Gospel. All around us are people who have never heard that
God loves them and desires abundant life for them.

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EVANGELISM IN CHRISTIANITY
• MOST CHRISTIANS ARE AWARE THAT THEY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN EVANGELISM, BUT FEW ACTUALLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT ENTAILS. IF A STAY-AT-HOME MOTHER LEADS THE PLAY GROUP AT HER CHURCH
AND INCLUDES BIBLE STORIES INTO THE CRAFT ACTIVITIES, IS THAT EVANGELISM? A PLAYGROUP CAN
CHANGE INTO AN EVANGELISTIC PLAYGROUP. OR DOES EVANGELISM ONLY TAKE PLACE THROUGH MORE
"TRADITIONAL" METHODS LIKE HOLDING SIZABLE CRUSADES AND EVANGELISING THE PUBLIC? ARE
THOSE THE ONLY MEANS TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE ONLY WAYS THAT
INDIVIDUALS CAN EVANGELISE?
WHAT IS COLONIALISM?(19-20 TH CENTURY)

• DEFINE-"CONTROL BY ONE AUTHORITY OVER A DEPENDENT TERRITORY OR PEOPLE" IS

THE DEFINITION OF COLONIALISM. IT HAPPENS WHEN ONE COUNTRY CONQUERS
ANOTHER, SUBJUGATES ITS PEOPLE, AND EXPLOITS THEM, FREQUENTLY WHILE
IMPOSING ITS OWN CULTURAL NORMS AND LANGUAGE.
 HOW WAS COLONIALISM RELATED TO CHRISTIANITY ?
• CHRISTIANITY WAS ONE JUSTIFICATION THAT EUROPEAN POWERS USED TO COLONIZE AND EXPLOIT
AFRICA. THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, EUROPEAN NATIONS SUCH AS
GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND THE NETHERLANDS SOUGHT TO EDUCATE AND REFORM AFRICAN
CULTURE.

• THE ADVENT OF COLONIALISM AND THE ACCOMPANYING RISE OF CHRISTIANITY CONTRIBUTES TO THE
ABOLISHMENT OF RITUAL INVOLVING HUMAN SACRIFICE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE PHENOMENA
CONTRIBUTED TO THE CESSATION OF SEVERAL ANCIENT RELIGIOUS PRACTISES THAT INVOLVED
OFFERING HUMAN SACRIFICES TO THE GODS.
MODERN DAY CHRISTIANITY
• CHRISTIANITY NOWADAYS HAS DECREASED IN POPULARITY BUT THERE ARE STILL A BIG MAJORITY THAT ARE
CHRISTIAN’S AS IT IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST COMMON RELIGION IN THE WHOLE WORD.

• OVER THE DECADES THE RELIGION HAD DECREASED IN SERIOUSNESS NOT THAT I AM SAYING THERE ARE STILL SOME
CONQUERED CHRISTIAN’S WHO ARE DEEP IN THE FAITH, ON THE OTHER HAND SOME YOU MAY SAY SOME ARE ONLY
THERE FOR THE TITLES BUT NOT ACTUALLY FOR THE BELIEF AND FAITH SO THEY CAN HAVE A PATH TO HEAVEN BUT
THEY DON’T KNOW THEY ARE ONLY MAKING A SPACE FOR THE THEM IN HELL AS THEY DON’T NOT HAVE ACTUALLY
BELIEVE IN GOD

• HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/RIMORVETQXI -HOW HAS CHRISTIANITY INFLUENCED THE MODERN WORLD ?

• INTERACT WITH THE CLASS IN THE SECTION ASK THEM THE QUESTION
THE BIG QUESTION!

•HOW HAS EVANGELISM EVOLVED OVER TIME? IS IT BETTER NOW, WHY?