Every Member Of The Grace Place Is Encouraged to Practice Servanthood Evangelism

Servanthood evangelism is a combination of simple acts of kindness and intentional personal evangelism.

Here's the concept: Get a group of believers, say for instance at a local church, and begin practicing simple acts of kindness with an intentional aim toward evangelism. In many cases, such acts of kindness open the door for the greatest act of kindness a Christian can give: the Gospel.

Servanthood evangelism is not merely acts of kindness. There are valuable ministries, such as taking a loaf of bread to newcomers, and others, which are helpful, but they are not explicitly evangelistic. Servanthood evangelism is intentionally evangelistic, though by no means is it coercive in a negative sense. When doing an act of kindness, the witness says, "I am doing this to show the love of Jesus in a practical way." Then, as the Holy Spirit opens the door, usually through the individual responding, "why are you doing this or that," the one performing the act of servanthood has a captive audience and proceeds to share their conversion testimony coupled with the Gospel presentation.

Think about it, wouldn't it be a cruel gesture to offer to wash someone's car and fail to tell them about the Water of life? To give a light bulb without telling of the Light of the world? To clean a toilet without telling about the only One who can cleanse a person's heart from sin?