Training for Evangelism -
How should pastors train those in their congregation to evangelize?
Joel Beeke explains in this video that pastors must train and equip members in their congregations to evangelize and not simply just send them out as soon as they are saved. The best technique to teach evangelism is not necessarily an evangelism class, but the Puritans explained that individuals learn how to evangelize by learning from their pastor's interactions with unbelievers and how he evangelizes from the pulpit.
Thus, when a lay person goes out and evangelizes, he has the same zeal, the scriptural and doctrinal emphasis, and passion that their pastor shows in the pulpit and in his life. While there is a burden on the pastor to model this, when they do this faithfully and continue to shepherd those he has already trained, it is a very effective means to train others to evangelize.
1 Peter 3:15-16 (NKJV) – “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.”
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