{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Jesus Collective Podcast","title":"The Beautiful Gospel: Rethinking Evangelism - Craig Stephens","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4938,"description":"What if evangelism isn’t about convincing people to believe the right things, but about introducing them to Jesus?\nIn this episode of the Jesus Collective Podcast, Paul Walker sits down with Craig Stephens, an Australian Salvation Army officer and evangelist, to rethink what it means to share the good news. Craig reflects on his own unexpected journey into evangelism and how an encounter with the Holy Spirit transformed his understanding of mission.\nTogether, Paul and Craig explore a more beautiful, Jesus-shaped gospel—one centred on the kingdom of God, discipleship, peace, and the presence of Christ already at work in the world. \nThey talk about why evangelism has become a loaded word, the danger of reducing the gospel to formulas and decisions, and what it might look like to introduce people to Jesus rather than simply ideas about him.\nCraig also shares practical stories of bringing peace into anxious and stressful situations, listening to people's stories, overcoming fear, and learning to recognize where God is already moving.\nThis is a conversation about recovering the beauty of the gospel and discovering that evangelism doesn't have to be intimidating, forced, or transactional. It can simply be the overflow of a life that has encountered Jesus.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/P2wdYpApPb3O5EHSTQGVxiSwFPVptVZlvo2f6gAzQpQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYjgy/ZTc3ZDVmMTk1Y2Iy/MjZkNWVhZDk2OWI0/MzFkZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}