Bringing the Gospel to those around us is a powerful demonstration of love, as it provides the opportunity for them to receive the message of salvation through Jesus Christ and experience the hope, healing, and transformation that comes with it.
When we spread the Good News, we extend the possibility for others to know divine love and grace. It is an act of love that communicates the hope and happiness that we have discovered in our own relationship with God.
From one-on-one conversations to organizing evangelization events or programs at home or at our parish, there are many ways to share the Gospel. What matters is that it comes from a place of love and a desire to help others.
Here are four ways to bring renewal and hope through the Gospel:
- Start a one-on-one conversation with new people: Take the opportunity to say you believe in God and share your personal testimony. Listen to their perspectives, ask questions, and if possible talk about the promises of the word of God.
- If someone shares their health problems with you, you can offer to pray for them. Ask for their permission to lay your hands on them and intercede for their healing.
- Start an evangelization program in your parish or host a social event where you can invite new people to church or to a small group. This could be a dinner, concert, or workshop. Invite your friends, family members, and neighbours who are not believers and make sure to create a welcoming and loving atmosphere.
- Live out your faith: Above all, we must share the Gospel by the way we live. By being an example in our family and community, demonstrating kindness, service and empathy, and living Jesus’ teachings, others will witness the love of God through us and eventually be inspired to embrace the faith.
Pierre-Alain Giffard
Director of Pastoral Work
Other articles on evangelization and parish revitalization:
- What Is Love?
- Touched by the Master
- A Man, a Dog, and the Ultimate Love
- The essence of evangelization: Loving God and our neighbours
- Loving Our Enemies and Reconciling with Others
- A Powerful Prayer for Healing: You Are The LORD Who Heals Me
- Living a Life of Love: Mother Teresa’s Legacy
- Living a Life of Love: Lessons from the New Testament
- In The Shadows Of Darkness, A Powerful Force Is At Work
- 19 Pastoral Orientations for Parish Renewal and Growth
- The Missionary Renewal of Catechesis
- Characteristics of missionary parishes
- Powerful healing prayer attributed to St. Padre Pio
- We are called to share our faith with others
- Should we seek to grow the Church?
- Find a Need and Fill It – Revealing God’s Heart in the Community
- 15 Habits to Evangelize on a Daily Basis
- The Church’s Mission
- Three Barriers to Building An Invitational Culture In Your Parish
- The Relational Evangelizer
- Doing Church at Home
- The Blind Girl
- A Group of Frogs
- The Elephant Rope
- A Shared Faith is a Growing Faith
- In The Shoes Of The Unchurched
- Parish Evangelizing Cells
- Six Unique Features of Missional Parishes
- Steps Towards Becoming A Missional Parish
- What Is Evangelization, And How Should It Be Carried Out?
- Discussion And Self-Assessment Questions For Parish Evangelization
- A Missional Church Is A Church That Prays
- The Jesus Prayer: A Method To Pray At All Times
- What can help children raised Catholic continue practicing the faith as adults?
- An Example of a Missionary Parish: Phoenix First Assembly of God
- Satan’s Tactics
- Learning to Be a Missionary
- When we cry out to God, he answers
- Presence and Proclamation
- Saving those who are lost
- Saint-Nazaire Parish: The story of a missionary transformation
- Small Groups and Evangelization
- Evangelizing By Inviting People To Receive Jesus As Lord And Saviour
- You Will Receive Power…
- Have You Heard About the Law of Three Hearings and Seven Touches?
- Three Habits of a Fruitful Christian Life
