Evangelism for Every Believer is the title of a new series on the website of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC).
FIEC Mission Director Andy Paterson explains the background to the launch of this new initiative:
‘Sometimes they swore, sometimes the door was slammed in our faces, sometimes there was an attempt at intellectual argument, but worst of all, most of the time they were … nice. Perhaps patronising (after all, we were just a couple of 15-year-old lads), but mostly polite in their dismissal of us. And this went on month after month: each time we steeled ourselves for the effort, and felt guilty if we couldn’t make the visits.
Are people more spiritually open than we think?
“People just aren’t interested in the gospel.” It’s a familiar refrain, often voiced with a weary sigh in church coffee …