Our Highest Priority *
Why, if witnessing is so vitally important, do we tend to shy away from speaking about Jesus with the people in our everyday lives? As the influence of the Church has decreased in our society, it's become more difficult to be Christ's witnesses in a world darkened by many kinds of false beliefs. We've lost our influence in our society, we are no longer respected by people in our culture, & we've become preoccupied with other things. Far from our 'highest priority,' evangelism has taken a distant back seat to myriad other activities in our busy lives. We have let the world tell us that faith is a personal & private matter, not something to be shared in public. Other voices now dominate the public arena & tell us what is good, what is right & what is true. Yet whatever the reasons may be, the end result is the same: Christians have grown silent--even though that silence harms & imperils the very people whom we are called to serve as witnesses of Jesus.* From "Evangelism," by Mark A Wood, The Lutheran Witness, January 2019.
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