Evangelisation: The process of announcing the Good

News The proclamation and enactment of the

Good News of Jesus Christ

Greek Euangelizesthai To announce good tidings

Evangelion:

In Roman Times – to announce a victory, or the birth of an heir to the Caesar

New Testament usage has roots in the Old Testament:

Isaiah 40 – 66Especially Is 61:1 ff….He sent me to bring good news to the

afflicted

Jesus is the Herald of the Good News:

Matthew 11:4 ff

Luke 4: 16 - 21

Jesus is the Good News:Mk 1:15 The time has come and the

Kingdom of God is at handLk 2:10 I bring you Good News of great

joyLk 4: 43 I must preach the Good News of

the Kingdom of God in other towns because that is what I was sent to do

Response to the Good News is repentance and faith

Mk 1:15 Repent and believe in the Good News

Risk involvedMk 8:35 Those who would save their live

will lose it…….

The Apostles are: Messengers of the Good News Mk 16:15 To every nation Mk 8:35 Proclaimers of the Kingdom of GodActs 8:12, 14:21, 19:8

St. Paul The man of the Gospel God set him apart for the Gospel Rom

1:1 Entrusted the Gospel to him 1Thess 2:4 As ‘minister’ of the Gospel Paul must

preach it 1Cor 9:16

The Message:Is the ‘Gospel’ or the Gospel of GodOr His Son Jesus ChristOr ChristRom 15:19ff, 2 Cor 2:12

EVANGELISM Longer history in

English usage Evangelical

Protestant Emphasis on

getting people to listen to and read the Bible

EVANGELISATION Recent history in

English usage Catholic Tradition Began to be used

in the 1970’s by R.C. theologians instead of the word mission

EVANGELISM Earlier associated

with preaching crusades

EVANGELISATION Describes the

fundamental work of the Church

In recent usage their seems to be a convergence in the two traditions with regard to the relationship between the personal and communal appropriation of the Good News…

Cf., Louis McNeil ‘Evangelisation’ in the New Dictionary of Theology, p.359.

NEW EVANGELISATION:A fresh hearing of the Good News in

places that prided themselves in being Christian but had lost sight of the message

A new proclamation so that there can be a new acceptance of the Good News