Preacher: Pastor Joe Ricchuiti | Series: Maintaining Your Spiritual Edge

(based in part on Selwyn Hughes, Everyday Light: Water for the Soul)

1.  We weren’t meant to bottle up the truth, when we do we become stagnant in our Christian walk (John 7:36-39).

2.  We must share the hope of the gospel with unbelievers and we must share the lessons God is teaching us with fellow believers and unbelievers alike.

3.  We must be ready to respectfully share a reason for the hope within us (1 Peter 3:15,16)

4.  We do this best in the context of relationship (Friendship Evangelism or Relationship Evangelism).

5.  According to Navigators 2:7 series article, “Relationship Evangelism,” we must understand that: “Evangelism is not an event but a process.  This process may take months, and even years.  To be successful in this type of evangelism we must be willing to establish relationship with unbelievers; and we must “show the same type of love and acceptance toward sinners that Jesus displayed.”