S2E49: Why the Early Church Had No Evangelism Plan The Eikon Podcast

The earliest Christians believed that the most important piece of evidence demonstrating the truth of the claims of the gospel was that the Christian communities lived out the kingdom as a radical alternative to anything that they would see in the world. If they did that, people would take notice. With that in mind, they felt it was of the utmost importance to create a kingdom habitus in the churches. This impacted both their approach to evangelism and their engagement in the politics of the world.