The June 2001 issue of Quaker Life is now online. We are eagerly looking forward to seeing many of you at the FUM Triennial sessions in Williamsburg, Virginia. In recent issues, we have written about overseas missions, international peace, the sanctity of life, and racial reconciliation. These are products of transformed lives, the fruit that comes from abiding in Christ. Our service in the world, our witness for justice and peace, all flow from individual lives that have been sustained and supported by the community of faith.
Evangelism is at the heart of it all, the tap-root of the ministering church.
What they fear is a boorish attempt to manipulate others, a sort of spiritual head-hunting. But the evangelism we are talking about is the invitation to others to enjoy the same joy we have already discovered in communion with God and one another. Other Friends want to share their faith but feel ineffective. I hope that articles in this issue will encourage us all by affirming that God works in many ways to invite people out of darkness and into His glorious light. The result is healing and joy, and it is happening among us, even now.