EFFECTIVELY EVANGELIZING

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OUR DISTINCT PURPOSE HAS GIVEN US AN EVEN GREATER ROLE IN EVERY AGE.

MATTHEW 28: 19

 

WE MUST SHARE THE FAITH, CONVINCING MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS THAT GOD IS IN LOVE WITH THEM AND INVITES THEM TO SHARE HIS LOVE.

 

EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM IS A SUCCESSFUL BRIDGE THAT UNIFIES LOST HUMANITY TO A MERCIFUL GOD AND THEN IT GUDIES WILLING PARTICIPANTS TO A NEW LIFE IN HIM.

MATTHEW 4: 19

ACTS 1: 8

 

DURING JESUS EARTHY MINISTRY, JESUS’ EMPHASIS WAS ON REACHING MEN AND WOMEN. AFTER HIS RESURRECTION FROM THE GRAVE, JESUS’ EMPHASIS WAS ON REACHING ALL MEN AND WOMEN.

 

IT IS THE DISTINCT MISSION OF THE LOCAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST TO FUNCTION AS A SEEKING, SHARING, AND SAVING STATION.

 

BELIEVERS MUST BE PREPARED TO CARRY OUT THIS RESPONSIBILITY OF EVANGELISM.

 

GOD HAS ASSIGNED THE PASTOR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EQUIPPING THE BELIEVERS FOR THIS TASK.

  

 

AS THE PASTOR IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MINISTRY OF EQUIPPING, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY SAVED SOUL TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN SO THAT HE OR SHE MIGHT REACH THE POTENTIAL OF THE LOCAL CHURCH THROUGH THE POWER THAT JESUS PROMISED.

 

AS A LOCAL CHURCH, WE MUST CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT EVANGELISM IS NOT AN ACTIVITY THAT IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THE MEMBERSHIP BUSY. THE CHURCH IS EVANGELISM AND EVANGELISM IS THE CHURCH.

 

THE LOCAL CHURCH PRIORITIES IS TO WIN SOULS FOR THE MASTER.

ACTS 8: 1-4

 

EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM IS WHEN THE MISSION IS TAUGHT FROM THE PULPIT AND ADMINISTERED BY THE PEW AS BELIVERS TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE PAVEMENTS OF THIS WORLD’S COMMUNITIES.

 

WE AS BELIEVERS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT EVANGELISM IS A FULL-TIME RESPONSIBILITY.

 

EVANGELISM IS AN EVERY DAY, EVERY MOMENT OPPORTUNITY TO REACH MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS FOR THE LORD.

 

EFFECTIVENESS TAKES PLACE WHEN THE TOTAL CHURCH PARTICIPATES IN THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY.

 

TOO OFTEN, THE CHURCH SPENDS TIME EMPHASIZING THOSE THINGS THAT ARE MINOR TO THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

 

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THESE ARE SOME REASONS FOR EVANGELISTIC INEFFECTIVENESS:

 

1. AN OPTIONAL ATTITUDE TOWARD WITNESSING.  (SHARE WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT).

 

   2. LACK OF DELEGATION FROM THE PASTOR.

 

 

   3. BELIEVERS NOT GROWING IN THE WORD.

 

   4. CHURCHES BECOMING TOO RELIGIOUS. (TRADITIONS)

 

 

   5. CHURCHES CONFUSING ACTIVITIES WITH MINISTRY.

 

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THE CHURCH MUST REGAIN HER FOCUS. THE MISSION SUFFERS GREATLY BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS NOT CARRYING OUT THE MASTER’S PLAN. EVERY MEMBER IS NEEDED IN THE MASTER’S PLAN.

 

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

 

• HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM?                                                                 

 

• WHAT WAS JESUS’ EMPHASIS?

 

• WHAT IS THE PASTOR’S DUTY IN THE MINISTRY OF EVANGELISM?

 

• WHAT ARE SOME REASONS FOR EVANGELISM’S INEFFECTIVENESS?

 

 

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