Making Evangelism Matter   Evangelism has become a taboo word in some circles. Barna Research found that “56% of practicing Christian’s report having two or fewer conversations about their faith with a non-Christian during the past year.” How do we make evangelism matter again? What will it take for NEO Nazarenes to prioritize joining Jesus in his mission of seeking and saving the lost (Luke 19:10)? I’m praying for God to give me and to give you three things: Passion, a Plan and Perseverance.  1. Passion. By that I mean a burden for those separated from God by sin. The early church had this passion and the church prospered, even through trial and persecution. Michael Green writes in Evangelism in the Early Church: “Here were men and women of every rank and station in life, of every country in the known world, so convinced that they had discovered the riddle......

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