as evangelism

• St. Paul travelled around the Mediterranean, trying to persuade those who didn't know about Jesus to join Christianity

  • for many e.g. Evangelical Protestants, this remains the main task the Church should undertake
• three groups who undertake mission as evangelism:

  • Church Missionary Society (CMS)
  • The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM)
  • Alpha Course
• Church Missionary Society:

  • engaged in mission around the world, setting up churches as well as offering health + social care in the 19th century
  • has become less concerned with converting foreigners + more with supporting the work of local churches by helping them to run outreach projects
  • 1980s: CMS missionaries worked alongside the clergy of Cairo Anglican cathedral to run child-care projects
• The Evangelical Alliance Mission:

  • missionaries who are qualified specialists work in teams to set up + staff churches, hospitals + schools in countries where Christianity is not the local religion
  • openly share their evangelical beliefs + encourage locals to attend their Church services to learn about Christianity
• Alpha Course:

  • originally aimed at members of the church
  • as it developed, people were encouraged to invite friends to the church
• development of evangelism:

  • originally aimed at converting people in other countries to Christianity
  • now equally as prominent in Britain