@hightor,
You always thought wrong.
Quote:(First page comment, how you always thought evangelism was like the Republican party)
You are right that it's about preaching and teaching, and getting out. But the early Church is nothing like the Republican party.
The Republican party is mired in prosperity gospel, even among its poor. This is why they voted in Trump (and why Trump was able to betray them). You heard that right, I'm a disillusioned Trump voter. Most Trump voters (and many Biden voters) seem to have conveniently forgotten that most of the policy on COVID vaccinations came from Trump. These same Moderna vaccinations that now kill plenty of people.
Yes, yes, I know you'll quote some Polifact article that says it's made from corn and fine in moderation. But the point being Trump did nothing to actually stop all this stuff, putting his reputation above the sanity of the nation (this is a hysteria, on par with the Salem Witch Hunts), took the vaccine himself, and now his plan is on the table to force his loyal followers to also be vaccinated. All of this because his voters bought prosperity gospel. The idea that you can make youe country, or your world great.
This is a heresy. The world is flawed. The early Christians understood that living in comfort was not a given. That you could be persecuted, fed to lions, hung on a cross, even burned alive. Those who survived were constantly traveling on foot to spread the gospel. They accepted their leaders, but didn't really care who was leader because they were too busy wandering around and being poor.
The Republican party is a result of later Catholic and Protestant (mostly the latter) movements, that had a developed church hierarchy, and where people had the luxury of quietly attending church once a week. Most of these have a very weak connection to the church, and wouldn't evangelize because it might offend people.
Also? The early Church was its people. The modern church are its buildings.