The dearth of Evangelism
This morning I was surprised to read an article in one of the mainline Malaysian newspaper about evangelism in Malaysia.
The writer questions why the Malays in Malaysia are particularly worried about massive evangelism efforts by christians. The writer's opinion is as follows:
"I could tell them that I’ve been attending Christian churches and meetings for over 40 years and never once have I heard anything about any scheme or plot or design to “place as many Christians as possible in national leadership positions.”
All I ever hear are Christian leaders praying for Malaysia, for justice and good governance to prevail.
I could tell him that evangelism — the sharing of one’s faith to someone outside the religious community — is one of the weakest aspects of almost any church in the country.
Christians are really good at complaining about everything from the church building, church leaders, Hollywood movies, politics, culture, food, what other ”heretical” Christians believe, etc.
The point is, we suck at evangelism. Especially nowadays, when the average Christian prefers to spend 10 hours scrolling his phone than 10 seconds telling non-Christians about the good news of salvation in Jesus.
So the idea that there is some grand elaborate evangelical “drive” to control the country sounds even weirder than the thought that maybe Donald Trump wants to buy Malaysia."
While that is the harsh reality, it really tell how much emphasis is given to the Great Commission these days. Jesus said " Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...." Are we?
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