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Teaching Evangelism In the preface to his book, The Evangelism of the Early Church , Michael Green states a personal reason for writing the book: “Most evangelists are not very interested in theology: most theologians are not very interested in evangelism. I am deeply committed to both. So the study of this subject was particularly congenial to me” (p.7). Green’s book contains a brief but helpful section on “Teaching Evangelism” (pp.204-206). Green’s emphasis on the unbreakable connection between theology and evangelism encourages us to develop an evangelistic theology. A theology which does not lead to evangelism remains remote from both the Gospel of God and the need of human beings. An evangelism which shows little interest in theological reflection tends to become rather superficial, lacking the depth and range of “teaching evangelism”. Looking up to God and looking out to our community Here are some more thoughts from Local Church Evangelism, edited by David Wrig

In  John 1:40-42 , we see Andrew bringing his brother, Peter, to Jesus. In  Acts 2:37-42 , we see Peter bringing three thousand people to Jesus. When we lead someone to Jesus, we have no idea of what a remarkable future may lie ahead of that person. Note the immediacy of Andrew's response. He was a man who had been waiting for the Messiah. He had been waiting with active and living faith. When Jesus appeared, Andrew was ready to become His follower. Praise God for people like this, people who make an immediate response to Jesus. As soon as they hear the Gospel, they receive its message with joyful faith. It's so important that we bring Christ to such people so that, when they hear the Gospel, they will come, in faith, to the Saviour. Andrew was a convert of the Lamb of God. *There is such a difference between the preacher's converts and the Saviour's converts. Sometimes, people say, "Are you trying to convert me?" The answer to this question is, &