Invite The experience of
God’s loving touch in one’s life is a gift the maturing disciple feels compelled
to share with others. One way our faith becomes active is when we put into words what God
has done for us. Words of witness and acts of genuine hospitality directed toward our
friends, relatives and neighbors create the opportunity through which the Holy Spirit
brings others into a relationship with Christ and his church. The biblical model for
evangelism is relational: friends bring friends to Jesus. “Come and see” are the
operative words and find frequent expression in the Gospels, the story of the early
church, and in the tradition of the church over the centuries. The disciple plants seeds
and invites; the Holy Spirit works the miracle of faith and conversion. Part of a disciple’s job description is to invite others often.
The experience of
God’s loving touch in one’s life is a gift the maturing disciple feels compelled
to share with others. One way our faith becomes active is when we put into words what God
has done for us. Words of witness and acts of genuine hospitality directed toward our
friends, relatives and neighbors create the opportunity through which the Holy Spirit
brings others into a relationship with Christ and his church. The biblical model for
evangelism is relational: friends bring friends to Jesus. “Come and see” are the
operative words and find frequent expression in the Gospels, the story of the early
church, and in the tradition of the church over the centuries. The disciple plants seeds
and invites; the Holy Spirit works the miracle of faith and conversion.