not be able in one conversation to share the entire Gospel with our nonbelieving friends and then invite them to trust Christ. But we may be able to help them take a step closer to the cross with each encounter. If we equate evangelism with reaping, we may get discouraged in our witness when those we speak with are not interested at first. We may feel like a failure because we are not “doing evangelism.” As a result, many of us may pull back from the task of evangelism, partly because we don’t like