The word proclamation is used rather than the word preach, because preaching in today's culture usually denotes what happens behind the pulpit. Proclamation in the New Testament was what happened in the marketplace as people shared with each other concerning the event of Jesus Christ. Proclamation is not an ideal, or a set of truths to be grasped, but sharing what God's grace has done in your own life. Evangelism is not having a revival once a year, or having some kind of special worship service, but that which happens when lay people share with each other in their everyday living. The heart of Frazer's growth is based on lay people, not clergy.
Many churches have a concept that the pastor is paid to be the evangelist.
But the pastor does not have the contacts with unchurched people that the laity have. Our definition also places the emphasis on word and deed. Who a person is often speaks more loudly than what the person says. Lifestyle communicates and proclaims. Biblical proclamation is not commitment to formulated dogma of the past, but is open to God's dealing with people today as God's Word engages our contemporary situation.