Recently, I have been excited to see how some of the culture at our Baptist Student Ministry has shifted towards evangelism. I already felt convicted to evangelize. To be honest, my personal evangelism experiences have been really up and down. There are some great days where people are really receptive, and there are some days where nobody really wants to talk.
Jon RomanBut, my individual experience aside, I have definitely seen a shift in our BSM’s evangelism culture. At first, when I was going out to evangelize, I had to kind of push some individuals to go with me. Now I feel like it’s beginning to catch on. I am starting to see people get used to sharing their faith. I even see people who are excited about evangelism and feel like they’re missing out when they don’t get to go, and that’s awesome.
However I don’t want to paint an unrealistic picture. Sometimes the same students who are excited about evangelism one day have no interest whatsoever in going to evangelize the next. I understand that this is never really going to come naturally. A good God-honoring culture, like all great things, is something that never will come easily or accidentally. It is the result of constant work, but it’s work that I’m excited to be a part of.
Jon Roman is serving with Go Now Missions as a campus missionary intern at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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