How to Evangelize: What Western Churches Can Learn from African Christians

In the latest Pivot podcast, Dr. Harvey Kwiyani shares how African Christians are successfully reaching secular Western societies in ways that traditional Western churches haven't.

What if everything you think you know about how to evangelize is about to change? Dr. Harvey Kwiyani, a Malawian missiologist, shares how African Christians are successfully reaching secular Western societies in ways that traditional Western churches haven’t.

Discover why young people in the UK now associate Christianity more with African and Asian believers than with traditional Western churches. Learn how African approaches to prayer, spiritual transformation, and community engagement are bringing new life to Western Christianity.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • Why spiritual practices matter more than programs

  • How African churches are growing rapidly in secular contexts

  • What effective evangelism looks like in a post-colonial world

  • Why prayer and spiritual transformation are key to reaching others

  • How to move beyond outdated colonial patterns of mission

Dr. Kwiyani directs the Centre for Global Witness and Human Migration and is the author of the forthcoming book “Decolonizing Mission.” His insights will challenge everything you thought you knew about sharing faith in today’s world.