We don’t need another evangelistic course. We need a better vision of the good news
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Chris Russell2024-05-07T13:44:00
The key to seeing our churches full again is Christians being gripped by the good news about the good news, says the Archbishop of Canterbury’s advisor on evangelism, Chris Russell
The word may mean ‘good news’, but nowadays many assume the gospel is neither good, nor news.
Rather than being perceived as ‘good’ it is suspected of being restrictive and oppressive – and therefore at least unhealthy, if not actually harmful.
Instead of being ‘news’ it is seen as decidedly dated, archaic and belonging to a bygone era.
But, in actual fact, to call the gospel ‘good’ is the most ludicrous understatement and, the sooner we are able to grasp that, and that its contents are of the most pressing significance, then it must be told.
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