What if we look in the New Testament? Throughout the Gospels Jesus sends out disciples two by two to preach the gospel. At Pentecost the first thing Peter does after being filled with the Spirit is preach to a large crowd of worshipers in the temple, and three thousand come to faith. And, of course, Paul travels far and wide to take the gospel to the Gentiles. If you’re looking for evidence that Jesus would have seen evangelism as obnoxious, you simply won’t find it. The whole New Testament records the history of the explosive growth of the church that was founded on Jesus’ command to “make
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