"Your 'yes' to God requires your 'no' to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and poor, to all ungodliness, and to all mockery of what is holy. Your 'yes' to God requires a 'no' to everything that tries to interfere with your serving God alone, even if that is your job, your possessions, your home, or your honor in the world. Belief means decision." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer #UMCGC
@ObedAying shared that his starting point is the church, and experienced as a teen that lots of his friends were joining the church and that’s how they came to know Jesus. He also shared that lots of people think the church is the only place to share God’s word.
@EvangelismOnlin My group originally started with sharing where we fell on the starting points, but then quickly realized we were sharing our churches starting points so we then discussed where we personally were. At the end of the discussion Patricia asked the question
@branch_pt said her starting point is Jesus and shared that if she could be more like Jesus, then she could inspire more people to be like Jesus. She recently had to let go of some ministries and was more at peace about the decision because of Jesus.
@EvangelismOnlin in our breakout room, we talked about how we were brought into the faith, whether being raised in the church or evangelized to. We also discussed how we are feeling about evangelism, and how it can be scary to do and experience.