Paul's Theology of Evangelism The apostle Paul was a man who devoted himself to evangelism, church planting, and disciple-making. This author will examine the biblical answers of relational evangelism for contemporary churches through research into Paul's ministry revealed in Acts. Synagogue-Centered Evangelism Paul's primary concern to witness to the gospel of God was to the Jews (Romans 1:16). He approves of why he visited the synagogues each time he went to each city. With the exception of Philippi, he primarily used synagogues strategically as points of contact to spread the Good News. The synagogues were the appropriate place to satisfy the religious needs of the dispersed Jews (diaspora). At the time of Jesus, the Jews of the diaspora were more than the Jews of Canaan. About seventy percent of the dispersed Jews settled on the shores of the Mediterranean. Harnack estimated the number of all Jews in the early Christian era at about 4.5 million. Wherever the dispersed Jews settled, they founded synagogues and respected traditional rituals. Furthermore, they had the culture of asking itinerant rabbis to preach the word of recommendation (Acts 13:15). Therefore, Paul could have the opportunity to bear witness to Christ before pious and religious audiences wherever he traveled. In contrast to pious foreigners, most Jews often rejected Paul and his messages (Acts 13:45, 50; 14:2, 19; 17:5; 18:12; 21:27; 23:12). Then, whenever he was frequently expelled from the synagogues, he moved to other cities (Acts 18:7; 19:7) and headed back to the synagogues. In this context, Herbert Kane rightly pointed out that the synagogues were the place to provide Paul with the best opportunity to witness to Christ, as well as the place to deal with most hostile groups in his ministry. Luke introduced his ministry in the synagogue several......middle of paper......first when Paul preached the Gospel.The Two-Winged Evangelism reviewed by Rev.Kim, Sung Kon emphasizes the passionate ministry of prayer in each cell group to encourage and motivate cell members for evangelism. Kim states that passionate prayer ministry in every cell group means seeing the work of the Holy Spirit because he is still alive and wants to work among God's obedient workers. Conclusion This research examined the evangelism of Jesus and Paul to focus on the relational evangelism in Korea context that has a mischievous attitude towards the evangelism of Christianity. Jesus took the initiative to reach out to unbelievers and found and developed a common topic with a recipient of the gospel. His spiritual perspective caused a Samaritan woman to confess that he was an eminent prophet and this led to her conversion. Jesus also taught his Theology of Evangelism in several places in the Synoptic Gospels.
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