The Church’s Most Powerful Witness to the World

The Church Is God’s Means

Evangelism is about seeing the church as a whole share and display the gospel, because I think the greatest means that God has given us for evangelism is the church. So what we want is gospel-centered, cross-focused, grace-saturated churches that are loving one another in the unity of the gospel as a powerful witness to the world.

We want . . . gospel-centered, cross-focused, grace-saturated churches that are loving one another in the unity of the gospel.

Right now in my church in Iraq, we have probably twenty different nationalities that are loving each other across boundaries. They’re from all over Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. There are some Americans there.

Evangelism

J. Mack Stiles

Warning against the temptation to uncritically embrace the latest evangelistic fad, this book will help churches cultivate a culture of evangelism within the context of community.

The power of a shared witness that comes from the whole church speaking of Jesus is astonishing. So, I long for all churches to understand the power of our witness in that kind of context.

J. Mack Stiles is the director of Messenger Ministries Inc, an organization that promotes healthy missions. Mack and his family lived in the Middle East for twenty years, where he was the founder and director of the Fellowship of Christian UAE Students (FOCUS) in the United Arab Emirates. He later served as the pastor for the Erbil Baptist Church in Iraq and worked for many years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the United States. Mack is the author of Evangelism; Marks of the Messenger; and Speaking of Jesus.