Friday, July 06, 2007

Servant Evangelism

That's what we call it. I rambled about it earlier, but here's the condensed version.

Do we serve others to get a foot in the door to tell them about Jesus?

or

Do we serve others to demonstrate who Jesus is?

Both are "servant evangelism" but through different means. In the former, the type of service ought to be personal - raking leaves, handing things out (you need to be able to interact). The latter, it can also be impersonal (bagging food, random acts of anonymous kindness).

Where on the spectrum do you fall?

1 comment:

Kenny said...

I think you've got to do both, but if for some reason you're prevented from doing one or the other, each is still inherently worthwhile.

On one hand, caring about the soul requires caring about the body. On the other, caring about the body must mean caring about the soul.