Start by listening and watching... aka not talking. The only possible way to share to gospel with a people who have some kind of Animistic culture is to figure out what they believe in. To put a group of people into this category of "animistic" is like putting a button into a bowl with a whole bunch of other different buttons. There both buttons but they sure don’t look the same and you probably can’t sew them on a shirt the same way either. Therefore you have to study it and look at it in order to figure out how to get it on. Same with an Animistic culture you have to figure out what they worship and what they believe before you can bring the gospel to them.It might help for some of you to know what an animistic culture is. It is define as a culture who believes in inanimate objects having spirits and interacting with them in various ways of worship and lifestyle. This is such a broad defination and concept that to say that all of these beliefs are the same within the cultures whould be crazy and you wouldn't get very far before seeing the mass differences. THAT is why it is important to study, learn and understand them first before trying to tell them a completely new belief system.
It is also important as one learns how the culture works also to contextualize the gospel if necessary to make them understand it. The wariness of doing this that if you relate it to close to their culture they might take it and make into just another thing to do to appease the spirits. I think that is why rather then going straight the Jesus part you start and the beginning, the very beginning. I think it would be best to talk them through the most that you can as possible to show them where Jesus is coming from and why it was so amazing and so important. To not do that would almost be like walking in the middle of a movie and watching it and then people around you expecting you to know and understand all of it. For this culture and other cultures as well I think it is important to start at the beginning to show them where they are going.
When entering into this animistic culture there are obviously things that are within that you possibly do not agree with and do not line up with the gospel. It is important to let the people who you are talking to recognize these things on there own and let them change it. That way since they know there culture best will understand and know what to do best.
remember: Watch Listen and Learn then you can open your mouth and share the good news!
Its worth waiting for.
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