‘Gosh, that was marvellous, I could never do that’ said the woman next to me at an evangelism seminar.
We had just watched an excellent evangelist run a 90-minute training session on leading others to Christ. We both agreed that the session was terrific and we both agreed that we could not do what the evangelist had just done (and I say this as someone with ‘Evangelist’ on my business card). But I think we can all recognise the sentiment.
What do we make of it? How should we handle the perceived difference between ‘the gifted evangelist’ and the rest?
It's crucial to know the places we are called to reach
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