Hearing the Gospel

[north_malaysian]

Evangelism is often misused. As many people use it it comes to be a forcible spread of ones religious beliefs through fear and intimidation. Dougmusr stated that to him Evangelism would be to just be saying the truth and let that in itself be sufficient. I can agree with him that is the way it should be.

If the word evangelism were properly used and understood it would apply to any person who is trying to spread the truth. Because the word is often misused it is best for us Muslims to just stick with what we call Da'wah. Evangelism should be Da'wah, but often the meaning comes out to be much different and some meanings can be offensive.

Thanks for the info....

 

[north_malaysian]

This is what I found:




In a more secular sense, evangelism is also used for any area of interest a person may feel strongly about, wanting to share it with people around them.
For example, I have a friend who is a 'evangelical cyclist' - his passion for cycling and all the benefits invloved with it is so great, that he never tires of telling people about it! lol

Actually, that reflects my personal stand on evangelising. If you love something so much, and are convinced of it's truth and benefits so much - don't you want to share it with others? That's certainly why I love to talk about my faith and how it affects my life.
I know Muslims do too, because I see it in this forum.

Peace.

Thanks for the info.