The 10 Commandments for Evangelists

1. Thou shalt not engage in shameless self promotion, as if you deserve the glory that God alone deserves.

2. Thou shalt not make an idol of evangelism. God deserves worship, not His work.

3. Thou shalt not give the enemies of God occasion to blaspheme. Reaping the results of being a jerk for Jesus is not persecution, it is defamation of God’s character by your actions.

4. Thou shalt keep the Sabbath holy by taking opportunity to rest, worship and serve in the local church. This means your local church, not someone else’s.

5. Submit to authority. This includes police officers, local church leadership, and the leadership of evangelism teams that you agree to submit yourself under by joining their outreaches, accepting their hospitality, etc. If you cannot submit, you cannot (and should not) lead.

6. Thou shalt not murder a heckler in your heart. He is not your enemy.

7. Thou shalt not preach against sexual sin while you are looking at internet pornography, having sex before marriage or cheating on your spouse. Yes, it needs to be said. In this case, hypocrite is spelled Y-O-U.

8. Thou shalt not steal time from your family to devote to evangelism. If you care more about the souls of strangers than you do for your family’s, you are worse than an infidel.

9. Thou shalt not lie about the size of your crowd, the work of your ministry, the number of conversions, or your time with the Lord.

10. Thou shalt not covet a full time evangelism ministry. If God wants you to have it, He will give it to you without sending you into debt.

Written by Jon Speed of the informedevangelist.blogspot.com

Comments (4)

  1. Ryk

    Reply

    LOL
    10. Is funny. “Oh noes not debt, Jesus wouldn’t ask me to sell all of my possesions and follow him or anything.”

    • BathTub

      Reply

      Funny I was going to say that these should be forwarded on to them. Many of these run contra to the Way of the Raybot.

      Particularly number 3.

  2. Thomas Moore

    Reply

    These are good! Thank you Jon Speed and Pastor Steve for writing and posting! I plan to print these off to put in my Bible!

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