Q of the day 8/31/05

I read this quote in a book today - what do you think?
"In the minds of some people, evangelism is not just wrong; it is a hate crime." (Setzer Ed, Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age)

Comments

[tk]

The way some people go about evangelism, and many of the door-knocking-heaven-or-hell forms the church has historically used could very easily be considered evangelism. Since when did "go therefore and make disciples" become "go with godspeed and save the masses from their eternal damnation"? Evangelsim is way of life that leads people to questions, not a list of questions to ask random people. While I certainly believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation, I don't remember Jesus Christ ever telling us that it was our job to save people. And condemning others beliefs (here's the hate crime part) is not the best way to introduce people to the One who can save.