Very good points!

I know the idea of evangelism gives me anxiety, mostly because I don’t feel like I’ve learned enough to be effective at it. But earlier this year, I realized through prayer that I just hadn’t found the right way for me to do that. Having two small kids makes it difficult to have decent conversations with people, but I often get to go play music in my community in the evenings... so I started incorporating worship music and hymns. Same thing when I play ‘live’ on Facebook. And you’d be surprised at the people who approach me!

I think there is an area of evangelism that fits each of us as individuals, in the same manner that after we’ve survived something difficult, we start finding others who are facing it getting “dropped” in our path to mentor.

I’ve met a lot of Christians who get icky feelings about evangelism, and as I got more into church culture these last five years, I kinda felt like they were making it too difficult. “Evangelism” can simply be sharing your love of God with someone, not hiding your faith, helping someone through fruit of the spirit, and when they ask, giving the credit where it’s due (to God). It doesn’t necessarily mean knocking on people’s doors like a salesman (no offense to JWs or Mormons). It can be baking a pie for someone and taking it to their house, inviting a family over for dinner, and showing them Jesus’ love through service (after my first child died, a Mormon family did that for my husband and I and we remain incredibly grateful for their love and care during that year as we didn’t have any family support where we were at. It was an incredible testimony in action).