Lesson Details
Part 1: Why Friendship Evangelism?
Unit: Friendship Evangelism
Category: Working with Jesus
Let’s begin by defining friendship evangelism. Most people become Christians and join the church because of a friend, a relative or someone they know. In the late 1970s, Dr. Gottfried Oosterwal, director of the Institute for World Mission at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, did a major survey on why people join the church. The study showed that two-thirds to three-fourths of Seventh-day Adventists say the main reason they joined the church is because of a relative, a friend, or a neighbor who told them about the church.
Other Lessons in this Unit
| Friendship Evangelism | ||
| Part 1: Why Friendship Evangelism? (this lesson) |  | |
| Part 2: Mingle with Others | | |
| Part 3: Show Compassion | | |
| Part 4: Ministering to People’s Needs | | |
| Part 5: Winning Confidence | | |
| Part 6: Follow Me | | |