You love Jesus. You believe the gospel is good news. So why does telling someone else about it feel absolutely terrifying?
In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, host Ali sits down with Aaron Wakeman, Executive Director of Friends Network, to talk about evangelism—or, less intimidatingly, simply sharing your faith. After years of mission work, training missionaries, and having spiritual conversations with people around the world, Aaron has learned something surprising: people may be much more open to conversations about faith than we think.
And you definitely don’t need to have all the answers before you start.
In this episode, we get into:
- Why Sharing Your Faith Feels So Scary: The fear, awkwardness, and pressure that stop us before we ever start
- You Don’t Need All the Answers: What to do when someone asks a question about Christianity and your honest answer is, “I don’t know”
- Stop Trying to Win: Why evangelism isn’t about winning an argument—and why that should take a huge amount of pressure off
- Just Tell Your Story: How sharing what Jesus actually means to you can be more powerful than trying to give the perfect theological answer
- People Are More Open Than You Think: Why ordinary conversations can naturally move into questions of hope, purpose, faith, and eternity
- The Fear of Ruining a Relationship: What sharing your faith can look like when someone you care about believes very differently than you
- The Pebbles You May Never See: Why one small conversation, prayer, or comment about your faith may be part of something God is doing over years—or even generations
- Your “Back Pocket” Stories: How a few personally meaningful stories from Scripture can help you talk about Jesus without feeling like you need to know the entire Bible
You don’t have to be a pastor, missionary, theologian, or expert. You don’t have to answer every objection. And you’re not responsible for changing anyone’s heart. You just get to faithfully share what you know about Jesus and trust the Holy Spirit with the rest.
And if you finish this episode feeling fired up but still wondering, “Okay… but how do I actually do this?” — good. That’s exactly where Part 2 picks up.
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