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EVANGELISM THAT FLOWS (p. 22)
Jerry Cline, pastor of Upland (Ind.) Evangelical Mennonite Church, Mark Mittelberg, executive vice president of the Willow Creek Association, and Mike Slaughter, pastor of Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Tipp City, Ohio explain how your church can keep its outreach strong when natural forces drain its evangelistic energy. How do you shift people's attitude from "I should evangelize" to "I want to evangelize"? Jerry Cline: If I as pastor don't say to others in the church, "Hey, there's something missing here," it's probably not going to happen. Why do some churches with godly leaders who teach the truth see few people, if any, come to the Lord? Mike Slaughter: In many churches we can't do things that will make a difference in unchurched people's lives because it's against our traditions. Jesus had a marketplace theology. Paul had to find Jesus on the Damascus Road, Bartimaeus on the Jericho Road, the Ethiopian eunuch on the Gaza Road. When should we tell people the price of Christian commitment? Bonhoeffer says when Jesus calls a man, he bids him come and die. That's a tough sale. Mark Mittelberg: There's a rumor that if you want to attract unchurched people you've got to tell them what they want to hear. We've found just the opposite. People are looking for leaders who have the guts to tell them the truth.
CONTACT (p. 34)Mark Lauterbach, pastor of First Baptist Church in Los Altos, California, shares his refreshing discovery on how lifestyle ...
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