[jacero10]

I think the Catholic Church & all Protestant denominations would be better served by working to pick up the fruit that's on the ground than trying to pick off the low hanging fruit in each other's trees. Actually, Catholics hardly expend any energy on converting people. It is not our style. If someone is to become Catholic it is by their efforts and the holy spirit. We dont teach our members to aggressively seek converts. And we almost never have homilies attacking the theologies of other churches. Judging by Protestant televangelists, anti-Catholic preaching is a staple in many quarters. And still many clergy find their way to the Catholic Church every year.

[Cvengr]

Our efforts as believers in communicating to others are simply divided in to two camps. Via the spiritual gift of evangelism, a spiritual communication gift to communicate to unbelievers about the Gospel, and the spiritual gift of pastor-teacher, a spiritual communication gift to guide and teach believers the Word of God, so that in the thinking of the believer, they might be further worked upon in their spirit by the Holy Spirit.

In both cases, it is never the work of man which improves the human spirit of the fellow human, but only the work of God the Holy Spirit. This occurs while we are in fellowship or are walking with Him.

The issue of which church happens to effect such communication, really is only significant when the recipient of the Word understands the Word and receives faith through Christ with their own volition.

[Greg F]

Actually, Catholics hardly expend any energy on converting people. It is not our style. If someone is to become Catholic it is by their efforts and the holy spirit.

There are entire orders focusing on evangelism. I think you know less about your own church than you think you do.