Evangelism in the modern day

• In the twentieth century, it was common for local Church communities in the UK to support missionary families financially and in prayer and in return, to receive newsletters about the work going on
• The focus now is often less on conversion from other faiths to supporting local Christian communities in outreach programmes (such as assisting the clergy of Cairo cathedral in their work with those who seek to survive by recycling rubbish in the city's rubbish dumps)
• Some missionaries, supported financially by local UK Church communities, work in secular occupations, e.g. university teaching or nursing, and teaching the gospel to any who wish to hear it
• Throughout the twentieth century in the UK, the numbers of Christians attending churches began to decline and a whole generation had grown up with little connection with religion
• To deal with the challenge of secularisation, in 1977 the Alpha Course was started in which Christians invited non-churchgoers to a meal, followed by a talk and discussion about aspects of the Christian faith
• Fresh Expressions is a movement that provides alternative forms of Church by going to where people are, rather than expecting people to come into an existing church building- this includes, among many others, churches in pubs, cafes and skate parks