Lifestyle Evangelism Vs. Preaching

A common debate currently has to do with lifestyle evangelism versus preaching the Gospel.  Some believe that the best way to evangelize is to live out the Gospel through lives of service and that words aren't really needed.  Others believe in telling the Gospel to all, but that telling them is enough.  Personally, I believe that both are needed; I don't think it's really a question of which one is better.  Escobar puts it nicely when he writes, "I believe that providing relief and service cannot be divorced from evangelism, because the world needs both their presence and their proclamation.  The test of missionary faithfulness to Jesus will not only be the practice of certain virtues and the embodiment of certain attitudes but also the proclamation of the name that makes them possible" (151).  Preaching the Gospel without also serving the people is not enough, nor is it enough to serve without proclaiming the name of Jesus.