Evangelism and stories can take place in various ways. Stories in evangelism are a tremendous tool to help every Christian help a non believers understand the gospel.
Personal stories are the most common as people identify with their own situations from what you tell them in your story. The stories of God or Jesus can be woven into our conversations in any setting at i.e. work, recreation etc, which makes them very portable.
Less noticeable are the communal narratives in evangelism. These take of form of preaching or in house groups or larger groups’ events held within the faith community. So as Christian we must invite people to step into the faith community to hear them.
Public narratives are often told by those with the gift of sharing the gospel. This relies on other Christians to invite non believers to hear the speaker. The aim here is to sharing the gospel with as many as possible at once.
I agree with you Carolyne, that evangelism should take place in various ways. The use of personal stories in evangelism powewrfully invites people to relate to the story both by way of challenge and affirmation. In the Solomon Islands Where sixty percent of the people are illiterate, reading and writing is affected. This means story telling tkaes the highest way of communication. Evangelism through storytelling should around food preparation, fishing, singing feasting and gatherings is most vital.
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