15 thoughts on “UMC.org: How About Some Evangelism?”
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As a faithful United Methodist, I went to the new website when I saw the announcement. And thought, “So what?” I know how hard it is to create engaging websites, and I'm betting a bundle of money was spent on this one, but even as one who wanted to like it and want to recommend it to others, I could not. I suspect the real problem is that we honestly don't know what a “disciple of Jesus Christ” looks like, so there is nothing to work with here.
Isn't telling the story of th Church alive and at work in the world Evangelism? Isn't the heart of relational evangelism sharing how God works in, through, and on our lives? Isn't directing folks outside of United Methodism to ministries and Churches were the Holy Spirit can transform hearts and minds evangelism? I agree that links to tools and educational materials related to evangelism should be prominent and available to Methodists seeking to grow evangelism ministries. But, the site itself, especially the landing page, is a powerful evangelistic tool.
Who is the website for? I would imagine it is for United Methodists, who are presumably Christians. If so, then why would we expect the website to be an evangelistic tool? If we are relying on our denominational website to evangelize, then I wonder if we are the ones who need a little help with what it means to be a disciple. It seems to me that discipleship is a much larger concept than “evangelism.” Perhaps we could ask, what do these stories communicate about discipleship? Do they teach us something about what it means to follow Jesus? Could it be that knowing something about Black History could make us better followers of Jesus?
Good point! Would love to see a web site like that. And a UM publishing house with a direction like that. A whole UM organization with a purpose like that. We need more “Where the rubber meets the road”-thinking people like you on our publication and new media boards/committees. This must be the work of the folks that were gathered together a couple of years ago. I offered to be a part but I'm not sure what it takes. Would be interesting to research online and see who is serving on the advisory board that was behind this new project.
I am sure that this is correct, Nathan. I've no doubt that designing a denominational website is very difficult.