Comments on: Why Evangelism doesn’t work anymore

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:37:14 +0000

Dear brother, you hit the nail on the head right on the head. They say some 95% of Southern Baptists don’t share their faith, and we have the nerve to wonder why our churches are dying?

People say evangelism doesn’t work. In a sense, they’re correct. It doesn’t work unless you actually DO it!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:15:44 +0000

I am glad I came across your blog! Great stuff. I think the problem is we try to water down the Gospel and make it comfortable for people to accept. We have flashing lights, bells and whistles and all kinds of other crazy things in our churches now. I know we need to engage this generation but where does the power of the Holy Spirit come into the picture? We are so afraid of "offending" people. We think we need to preach like Billy Graham or we may say the wrong thing so we don’t say anything at all. I can’t bear the thought of standing in front of God one day to give an account for missed opportunities where I was not faithful to share the love of Christ. Oh, I pray for boldness and courage and a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit!

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:20:37 +0000

Greg, I have a friend in Logan, WV that doesn’t know Jesus. I talk to him every weekend, and I almost always try to bring up Salvation, but when I do say stuff, he stays quiet. He doesn’t say a word. I finally broke down and told him that I wanted to be a youth leader one day, and he finally asked me what that was. I told him and he said that I could stick to that because it wasn’t his thing. He has told me countless times that if he died right now, he would deffinately go to Hell. I am so worried about him. I just can’t stop praying for him. I ask God all throughout the day for help – help when it Friday comes. I always get the help I need. We start talking about something that always leads to Jesus. I have been working at this since January. I feel like just telling him next weekend that he doesn’t know what he’s going to face if he doesn’t trust Jesus. He doesn’t understand. My heart is literally broken for him. I have broken down and just cried a few times because of him. I want him to have faith in Jesus more than anything right now. I want him to feel what I feel. I want him to have the joy of Christ with him all the time. I don’t know what exactly to tell him though, because even if he does ask me about Jesus, his life is not going to change. I feel like I need someone to help me. I feel like I can’t change his life alone, but I’m not alone – I have the power of the Holy Spirit within me. I still feel very upset, but I refuse to give up on him. I refuse to lose faith. I refuse to quit. I am a soldier for the Lord, and I’m going to listen to what God is telling me to do. Well, it’s after 10, and there’s school tomorrow, so I guess I’m going to bed. Thanks so much for everything, Greg. Without you, I would not be where I am today, and I would not realize what God has put me here to do. I hope I get to be just like you one day. How did you get to be a part of dare2share in the first place anyway? I was just wondering. Well, I’ve really got to go. Peace. –Jess

By: Catfish

Catfish — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:29:15 +0000

Hey Greg, I’m a sophomore in high school that went to the conference in Phoenix, AZ from California(woot!). I don’t believe evangelizing is out of date. Anything is possible. It’s not because people are too smart for it in my book. Anytime you profess something with passion people are drawn to it. Think about some of the greatest speakers in the world throughout history. They are consider Charismatic because of their passion and some people were willing to believe anything because they were drawn to it. People wonder what that person has so the question can naturally come up sometimes or make it easier to pursue. I had a friend who isn’t willing to listen to me anymore (it’s getting better) because I really wasn’t a Christian when I started talking about it so I was labeled a hypocrite. Building relationships helps a ton but I’m sure you know that=P I think part of the problem is that Christians take the wrong approach. They either shy away from an argument because they don’t have a leg to stand on or they shove it down the other person’s throat. I think the better you know your friends the more you now how to reach them. Some of my friends are all about the facts and it is okay to get into the ‘agruements’ with them while others are looking for someone to live it out and just care about them and bring it up everyonce in a while. As long as people don’t look at a christain thinking that they are trying to sell them something it’ll work. I was once bothered by people shoving ti down another persons throat (even though i’ve done it vefore) because I thought these people are kind of ruining it for the rest of us because now Christians are the common enemy but my parents gave me something to consider: Even if 20 people did it right and was nice to that person and just one did it wrong people will still use that as a reason against Christians. People love to hold onto the bad over the good. Most people are quick to remember how someone hurt them then slow to how they helped them out. It’s human nature to hold onto it. And it doesn’t help that we are in a fallen world that Satan runs so he’s going to use whatever he can to keep people away. haha, as you can tell…I love to talk and think too much.

By: perkypeg5

perkypeg5 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:22:33 +0000

Greg- Your non-threatening style of evangelism definitely DOES work. We just completed the Gospel Journey with our youth group (my husband and I lead with another couple). PTL- we have 2 new members in the family of God! One of our new sisters comes from a Mormon polygamist community. It was such a difficult decision for her because she knows she will face immediate persecution. However, she knows with all certainty that God will carry her through that. She described to us how complicated the Mormon religion she has been taught is and how simple our faith is. You painted such a clear and wonderful picture of the relationship aspect of Christianity. That’s what it’s all about! Thank you for your commitment and keep on doing what you’re doing. God is using you in powerful ways. By the way, do you have any recommendations for follow-up resources with new believers? We intend to continue discipling them but would like some simple materials to help them grow.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:50:17 +0000

Hey Greg this is drew from the Lincoln NE D2S Conference and i thought that this Dare to Share was amazing it was my first time coming and i had no idea what it was going to be like but on Friday night that was a really awesome night i liked the skit and it was really really powerful I loved it and i liked StarField to they were a great band but i was bummed that SuperChick wasn’t able to show up but thats okay im sure that next year you will get a great band, but anyway i digress on Sabbath your talk was awesome i liked how you interacted with the crowd and then that afternoon it was cold wet hailing raining and snowing (Lincoln has had some wacked out weather but that was crazy i had never seen anything like it!) but the first house we went to a lady gave us 6 cans! So we went up the street some more and we collected some cans but then we came up to another house and we knocked on the door and a older man answered the door and we asked if he had any canned food but he said no but then we asked him if he had anything he needed us to pray for and he told us that he has a whole list that he keeps in his room that he tries to pray for through the whole week but he usually cant so he asked us if we would pray for all of the things on his list and we said absolutely and he was so thankful for that and it really hit the three of us and he was already a Christain but when we asked him that his eyes just kind of lit up as if he never knew that there were so many kids out there that cared about Jesus as much as we did and it just really impacted us….well that is my story from this dare to share i can not wait until next year this has been a really awesome experience and i know next year will be the same can’t wait until next year, Drew

By: Christbemyleaderforever

Christbemyleaderforever — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:46:34 +0000

I know the Gospel is very much alive! It sometimes takes a wake up call to see how real and how short our time on this earth is! A classmate of mine passed away this passed week. He had spent his last weekend alive at Dare 2 Share leading a Youth group! He always showed the love of Christ in all his actions. He never was a sloutch on living out the word of Christ. He was a friend to everyone, and an example that is most certainly a wake up call to all of us still on this earth! The only way you can find Victory in Jesus Christ is if you know him. Many times its soo easy to just by pass situations, rathe than really get involved in conversation. As a lifelong beliver I sometimes forget that amazing gift he has given us… I get lukewarm in my faith instead of really living it like I should! I am really trying to push forward, really trying to press toward the goal to win the prize of Heaven which Christ has called me too! I am so thankful that I know my Savior and I thank and Praise my parents who raised me in a Christian home. Life has been tough the past few weeks…crazy situations have arisen, people are dying, life seems to be unraveling. But this is the time I cling most tightly to my Lord and Savior. Not to let a SINGLE opportunity slip through my fingers. TO really push forward! I rant because I love Jesus Christ, and I love the people he has put on this earth! I want them all to know Him. I’ll keep striving..i’ll keep pushing.. I am going to Give GOD all i have from here on out! I will teach my Youth to do the same and Christ is going to lead us and guide us and the Holy Spirit will be at work in us and in the lives of those we touch! I praise Jesus for D2S, I never expierenced anything quite like it and I praise God for that expierence but all glory and honor go to GOD!

By: erika

erika — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:38:04 +0000

hey greg thats so true, and to be honest really hard to hear…cause i know i need to start doing it more. i heard a song the other day and the first line was " i say on sunday that i want revival…but on monday i cant even find my bible" and this also hits home. thanks so much! im counting down the days until next year! haha -eRika

By: AMBER REID

AMBER REID — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:20:25 +0000

I know it’s really off subject… [like most of my comments are for some reason], but i just thought of the Drama last year at D2S… about the kid who got abused by his brother… well i remember watching one of my best friends [at the time she wasnt my friend, but later, we became best friends]… i saw her crying harder than anything…. and let me tell you… her dad is a musilum… and when me and my bestest buddy saw her crying, my friend admitted to me later that night that she thought Krystle’s dad beat her up. my friend had talked to krystle a few times… Afterwards, everything came into perspective as Krystle showed up at Nicki’s house, [they had become friends, and only lived one block away]… and told nicki about how her dad beat her up, and she had it… the last straw. It was kind of shocking to learn that someone i knew had an abusive parent… i knew of such things, but never gave it much thought. A short time of living with nicki, Krystle was just as much a part of the family as any of us… she went to go see MY grandmother in the hospital with Nicki and me… she went shopping with us, went everywhere, but during spring break of last year, her mother told her she was going to come get Krystle… Her mother used to be hooked on drugs, but is a recovered addict… A wonderful thing that she gave me was insight to something that almost seemed impossible to me… and a book, called "A Child Called ‘It’" AMBER

By: Brittney McClain

Brittney McClain — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:23:04 +0000

Hey Greg, so i called my friend, Jessie and told her about jesus and the Gospel. she said that she believes in God, but i don’t if she really does. she doesn’t go to church (Her family hasn’t been since her lil sis was born without a fully developed heart. she has had 6 surgeries. i think she jsut has 1 more) i invited her to go to my church or any church. she keeps making up reasons she can’t. i even offered to take her. but jessie said she coulded because her mom was catholic and her dad was babtist. i don’t understand. i tryied everything i can think of. i could understand y she wouldn’t want to go to my church. (i go to a small methodist church of around 25 if were lucky a week and most of them are old and just complain when we try to do something to make our church grow. i went with a different church youth group to D2S st. louis.) i didn’t really find god until the bus ride home from D2S. when i talked 2 a youth leader. i don’t know what to do about jessie, i am going to still talk to her. i won’t give up on her. -Brittney