Pastors

Out of Context: Ken Fong

Leadership Journal December 5, 2007

“The old paradigm of evangelism was a transactional sharing of the gospel. I would try to get people to intellectually agree with me. But the new paradigm is different, an approach in which I invite you to walk alongside me, examine my life, and see evidence of the truth, and hopefully there will be something compelling that you see. It’s a no-strings-attached invitation to enter my life as I follow Jesus.”

Ken Fong is the senior pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Taken from “5 Kinds of Christians” in the Fall 2007 issue of Leadership journal. To see the quote IN context, you’ll need to see the print version of Leadership. To subscribe, click on the cover of Leadership on this page.

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