Two Evangelists say Evangelism must focus on God’s Word, not just personal testimony
by David Virtue, VOL:
If the Church is to get it right, evangelism must focus on God’s Word, not just personal testimonies, say two British evangelists.
Richard Borgonon and fellow evangelist Rico Tice say that we must place confidence in God’s Word if we truly want to evangelize people to Christ that sticks for the long haul. Focusing on personal testimonies is not enough, because people change over time. We need to focus on God’s word for real change to take place, they argue.
“The world only sees the negative stuff, the politics, the walking away from the Bible. [But] this conference is about the word going out,” Richard Borgonon, Founder of The Word One to One, told 1300 delegates to GAFCON IV.
“What you do in [church] the outside world of today thinks is utterly weird. And worse, they now think that you are the politically unacceptable. You’re the politically incorrect,” he said.
Borgonon, Founder of The Word One to One: www.theword121.com said, “I have asked the conference attendees a simple question this morning — “Where is our confidence — is it in ourselves and our efforts — or is it in God and His WORD?”
“As we equip our people to play their part in the Great Commission – do we send them out armed with only their testimony and in their strength, to play out what their faith means to them, in order to somehow “wow” their friends into the Kingdom? Or are we “arming” brothers and sisters with the Word of God that has the power to save, as Christ and the Holy Spirit work?”
The Word One to One and Christianity Explored share a simple mission – to help brothers and sisters let the Gospel tell the Gospel to our friends. The Word doing the work – as everyday believers become Bible Sharers — Page Turners taking the Word outside our churches… with the Lord captivating the reader.
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