Have you ever got the end of a slightly-below-par Netflix series that didn’t quite live up to its’ billing? Have you ever thought that the time that you spent gazing into the screen could have been invested for eternity instead? Your local mission organisation is the bridge that can turn such aspirations into action.
On the first evening, they examined what Gareth called “the external and internal challenges to evangelism.” The external challenges include where things are going in culture and the challenges that presents to us in evangelism, particularly persuasive evangelism. So we could become ‘activists’, (seeking to control culture, politics etc by lobbying, or protest) or we could ‘retreat’ from culture altogether. A third alternative is to learn to do persuasive evangelism in the context of relationships and gospel conversations.
Solas has made regular trips to Northern Ireland over many years, but now having Gareth there on the ground, means that we are equipped to serve the churches there far better than we ever could before.
