Challenges in evangelism

When we consider the more popular methods of evangelism they range from the good old fashioned tent meetings, to door to door visitations, and so on.
As we become more and more of a post-Christian society (post Christian meaning Christianity is not a dominate influence in the culture) we find it increasingly harder to knock on a post-modern's door, share the simple Gospel and see fast results.

This happens for many reasons.
We are becoming a less churched society. This is a positive and negative thing. On one hand it keeps people from the false assurance of trusting in their religiosity, but on the other it makes people more skeptical of Christianity.

We are becoming a more pluralistic society. Go to any large city and look in the phone book to see the religious faiths which are represented. I would dare say that in most cities which near the 1,000,000 resident range, almost every faith is represented. At the time of the New Testament, the Roman Empire boasted one of the most pluralistic societies known to mankind. That was a time like today, "your truth" is "your truth".

How do we compete?
We must believe in the truth of Christianity.
We must live the truth of Christianity.
We must not see evangelism as a quick sell, but rather establish meaninful relationships with people, even if they never come to Christ.
We must love people and not spend our time bashing them. This means we must separate the sin from the sinner.

I think we should heed Martin Luther's advice when he said, the church is a "hospice" for the sick. We need to realize that not everyone who comes to us is "like us" and we must be patient, loving and respond to their needs in love; just like Christ did for us.