Christians prefer ‘friendship evangelism’

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(AU.CHRISTIANTODAY) — Most Christians believe that sharing their faith with friends is an effective form of evangelism, a new survey suggests.

The survey, Confidently sharing the gospel?, was undertaken by the Evangelical Alliance to determine whether Christians are still evangelising in the 21st century.

It found a shift in the way that Christians are speaking about their faith, from the open air preaching that typified the evangelism of the 19th and early to mid 20th centuries, to more intimate settings.

While only nine per cent said that street preaching was an effective way to talk about Jesus, eighty per cent said that the intimacy of a group of friends was a safer and more effective place to share their beliefs.

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