Let us return to who we are. We are witnesses of the risen Lord called to the New Evangelisation! John Paul II did not call for re-evangelisation, but for the New Evangelisation, new in its ardour, methods and expressions. He deliberately put ardour first because without new ardour there will be no new methods or new expressions. Where there is no new ardour, laziness and lack of creativity prevail. If we do not evangelise, we focus our attention too much on ourselves. Such communities deal with irrelevant problems, while thousands of people around us are perishing from ignorance of God's Word and His saving love. 

Evangelisation is a concern for the salvation of others so they might experience the forgiveness of sins, new life in Christ and the Holy Spirit and become involved in the life and mission of the community.

How can we get a new zeal? I have been thinking about the answer to this question and in the end the one that seems to me the best and most straightforward is: evangelising. The new ardour, zeal, fire, passion, enthusiasm comes from evangelisation. When we see people touched and transformed by God, we get excited and happy. We feel privileged that God uses us to change hearts, heal, and restore. The testimonies of people who have experienced God's saving and healing love are the best rewards we can get.

That is why the Koinonia John the Baptist School of Evangelization began its work in South Africa. Evangelisation is something we can learn, growing in quality and anointing through an ordered prayer life and organized community activities. Of course, it can and has to be done spontaneously as well, but as with all other skills, we can improvise only after having some experience and learning certain basics. Come for our Evangelisation School in March!

"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation" (Mark 16:15).