Share Your Faith Pt. 1 | Pastor Doug Nelms

If you are a Christian, you want to lead people to Jesus. I know this not only because I have a deep belief in the Spirit of God living inside of you, but the data bears this out as well. 

72% of American Christians say they want to share their faith with others

• Lifeway 2021 State of the Church Report

It’s part of the DNA of what it means to practice the way of Jesus. The last thing Jesus said before he ascended into heaven was, “Go and make disciples.” Not BE disciples but MAKE disciples. You can not fully practice the way of Jesus if you are not MAKING disciples. Leading people to Jesus is at the core of who we are as Christians.

We have a problem. The world we grew up in is very different than the one we currently live in. For most of us over the age of 28 who grew up in the States, with a few exceptions, Christianity held a privileged position within our culture. It was viewed as anywhere from benign to preferable, depending on where you were. 

That world mostly doesn’t exist anymore. We now live in something that far more closely resembles the historical context that most Christians grew up in. We are Christians living in a pluralistic and mostly antagonistic culture. Our context would prefer that you not be a Christian, or at least if you are, that you never bring it up.