“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity, not a threat.” Thanks to all who have read in and commented on the previous two posts on Evangelistic Engagement. I hosted a video conference with Bob Fuhs, Associate Director of Field Strategies for the Pacific Southwest Region of Campus Crusade for Christ, and Dan Birch, new staff heading to Arizona State University on what it means and why we should innovate in evangelism.
How do we know that students are really receiving Christ online? Well, let’s look at what they do. Let’s look at their actions. Consider everystudent.com… People will click the link that says, “I just asked Jesus into my life.” Yes, that’s easy. Yet, this link is offered only at the end of some of the articles–the long ones–about 4,000 words.
Don’t you wish you had an multi-tool like the one pictured on the left to engage people evangelistically? I’m tired of talking about what the next evangelistic tool should look like. I want to risk not having all the answers for the sake of sparking innovation, creativity, and a tangible albeit rough product. I want to see 50 prototype gospel presentations by the end of the blogference, even if I have to make fifty bad ones to meet the goal.
We’ve gotten away with shouting the Gospel for too long. The time has come to integrate engagement into our evangelistic conversations.
