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"Outsiders are looking
in on mission activity,
waiting to pounce on
missionaries,
with the slightest excuse
if it can be inferred they
use ethically
questionable evangelism."
VISIONS
June 2009
Vol. 60, No.2
Is Evangelism Ever a Sin?
Ethical Evangelism in a Watching World
Some would be shocked to question that evangelism (i.e. proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord) could ever be a sin. How could it be possible that intentional outreach, the centerpiece of world evangelization, could at times be wrong? After all, is not the primary responsibility of believers to evangelize all peoples, in all places, at all times, at all costs? With that as a given, how could it be suggested that evangelism could ever be ethically wrong or downright sinful? To think so would be paramount to pulling the plug on the Great Commission itself!