How does the Orthodox Church evangelize?
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2024
- In this video we ask Father John Mahfouz of Saint Matthew Orthodox Christian Church in Torrance, CA about the Church's method of evangelization, one which is rather foreign in the west. To find out more about St. Matthew Orthodox Christian Church, visit our website at www.saint-matthew.net/ or visit our Facebook page / stmatthewtorrance
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Exactly, Father! Jesus said in the Book of Matthew: "Let your light so shine before man that may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven! 3:02
Great video Father! ☦
Orthodox evangelize by living through example and inspiring others. The other way, which is very recent and also extremely powerful, is internet evangelism. We dont need to be loud to get the message out on the net, people may search and learn peacefully.
You could also evangelize by arranging events at which people from the street could ask questions on your faith. All your churches in the world could arrange such an event once every month.
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Why would it be a waste of time ? Are you not interested in reaching as many people as possible with your gospel ?
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In other words: they don't
Fantastic!
Question: Orthodox in America largely moved here for opportunities and freedom, then churches naturally formed. But St. Innocent of Alaska and St. Nikolai of Japan both moved to foreign lands to bring the Gospel and Orthodoxy to those places. They too had to find people to speak with. There’s similarity to going out into the public today to that of the saints and apostles.
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We need more people in the west to learn about the Orthodoxy cause most of them believe we are roman catholics when we are not.
And the reason why most people think that you are roman catholics is that you do not know how to spread your message effectively.
You should arrange public talks ( once a month ) in your churches all around the world, talks on subjects that have to do with orthodoxy and the world, subjects like "Where is the true church of God today ?", "Did God create evil ?", "Are we living in the end times ?" and "Can a Christian believe in evolution ?" You should invite people from the street to attend those events. Because you believe tha you are the true church of God on Earth you should be much more active than you are to reach the public with your gospel. I have known about your church for a very long time now but it was quite recently that I found out that you are the TRUE church of God on Earth. The general public knows very little about your church and the fault is yours.
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So what’s the gospel?
Yes, unfortunately this does not actually lay out the message’s content. I can’t think of how a mainline Liberal Protestant minister would answer differently than Fr John did here. Which is unfortunate.
The new martyr of Russia Daniel Sysoev was evangelizing just like protestants he even made orthodox tract and made street evangelism. Hundreds of people converted to the holy orthodoxy even many muslims. Muslims killed him and he became a martyr. He said one who feels calling to do evangelism he need to start it immidiately even if he is cathecumen. If we think we need to reach certain level of spirituality maybe we never reach it and we will fo nothing. Most orthodox christians really do not do so much for evangelims. If they would there would be much more orthodox nations in the world
Wow I didn’t know this, Mr Sysoev was truly a great man, God bless his soul
A possible hindrance for both evangelism and orthodox church growth with new converts here in the USA is the long held practice of conducting all the many Orthodox services in one of the many ethnic languages (Greek, Russian, Serbian, etc.). Even Paul understood the importance of using a language that could easily be understood by the listener by saying, "But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue."_1Cor.14:19. He knew it to be important for the listener to understand the message spoken.
You are absolutely right. The orthodox church does very little effective evangelizing. The members could arrange different kinds of meetups and lectures in their church and invite people from the street to attend those events but they never do. There are a lot of people who know very little about orthodoxy. Very few people know that orthodoxy regards itself as the true church of God on Earth. The reason for this is the fact that the orthodox church does not understand how to evangelize effectively.
@@perttisuorsa4678 I do believe things are going “well” and getting better again. Not while ago Reader Paul from @bottomoftherabbithole and his parish hosted an inquirers event, and there were people who turned up. In fact in the UK where I’m located, Christian Orthodox Thyateira Youth (COTY) regularly hold events with good turnouts. I believe Ubi Petrus (Orthodox RUclipsr) did comprehensive videos on the history of Orthodox evangelisation