Kanye West Is Preaching the Gospel, but Pope Francis Is Telling People Not to Evangelize

[Blake H]

Kanye West Is Preaching the Gospel, but Pope Francis Is Telling People Not to Evangelize

Pope Francis has certainly said a lot of controversial things over the years, but what he just told a group of Christian high school students is the most controversial of all. I know that may be hard to believe, because some of the statements that Pope Francis has made in recent years have definitely been extremely bizarre. For example, he has said that "Muslim terrorism does not exist," he told a gay man that "God made you that way" and he has referred to Christian fundamentalists as "a scourge." But what he has just said tops all of those previous statements. According to Breitbart, Pope Francis told a group of high school students he was visiting with that they should never try to convert others to Christianity.

In fact, the pope went on to say that if someone comes to you and is trying to share the gospel, that individual "is not a disciple of Jesus":

'But listen, the gospel is never, ever advanced through proselytism, If someone says he is a disciple of Jesus and comes to you with proselytism, he is not a disciple of Jesus. Proselytism is not the way; the Church does not grow by proselytism.'

 

[Blake H]

But the bible says in Matthew 24:14 (MEV) "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

And Mark 13:10 (MEV) "And the gospel must first be preached to all nations."