Bartholomew, I am going to have to go a little further into Christianity than I had intended but here is my answer to your question. Other Christians may think differently.

The price of my sins was paid for by Jesus Christ when he was cucifed. All that is required to save my soul is to accept Jesus into my live and for him to be my saviour so the question of going round trying to save souls to ensure my salvarion does not exist.

I am however asked to try to do certain things such as love my nieghbour and I do believe that I should try to do that even though I am already saved. As far as I am concerned with the spreading the word, I do make it known that I am a Christain but as explained peviously am meeting people who are already aware of Christianity, rather than pumping religion down peoples throats, I try to confine my religious conversation to situations that I believe are appropriate.

The only references in the New Testament where one could actually question the need to do something to ensure our salvation involves standing firm and confessing ones belief in Christ. This does not mean preaching to others but it means, for example, if somebody had a gun pointed at my head and said "I'll blow your brains out unless you say that Christ does not exist", I should stand firm and say Christ does exist, regardless of the consequences. This is not an easy one and I don't know how I would react in practice but large numbers of Christains have done just that and lost their lives, firmly believing that there is a place in heaven for them.

Jon