This is my next book due out real soon. It will be on Kindle and then available as hard copy too. It gets to the heart of what we aren’t doing in most of our churches.
Many times I have shared the findings of the Southern Baptists. A couple years ago they were interviewed about their decline in membership. Among other things they said;:
1. We have lost our passion for evangelism!
(And I thought ‘You aren’t alone on that one.’)
2. Everyone loves talking about evangelism as long as someone else is doing it.
(And I thought, ‘You aren’t alone on that one either.’)
3. Our preachers are not training their people how to share the Good News with the people they know.
(And I thought “Bingo”. You certainly aren’t alone on that one either.’)
I have added a number 4 to the list. It applies to MANY of our churches.
4. We have re-defined evangelism. It is NOW, “Going, being nice, sharing our story AND Inviting someone to church or an event, etc. Then the ‘up front’ people can tell them about Jesus.
While some obviously get some results by doing that, it is FAR from what we are commanded to do in the N.T. That is so limiting and it IS NOT how it was done in the N.T. and not how we are commanded to get it done today. It is the EASY way out but it is incredibly time consuming and very expensive in most cases to say nothing of not being very effective with the greater portion of those we need to reach for Jesus.
So what are we going to do about it.
First we have to acknowledge the reality of what we are doing and not doing.
Then we have to fix it.
I address this whole issue and hit it hard. Some won’t like what I’ve written. But we must change the situation we are in.
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