Communities are suffering because churches aren’t as evangelistic as they were in the past, says LifeWay’s Thom Rainer. Statistics bear this out and there are a number of reasons why. But one of the key explanations is simply an attitude problem. Here are six of them:
1. “That’s what we pay our pastor to do.”
2. “Our church members are just not evangelistic.”
3. “Our denomination does not help us.”
4. “We emphasize evangelism once a year in our church.”
5. “I don’t know anyone well who is not a Christian.”
6. “We don’t have the resources.”
Rainer says he has seen churches make dramatic turnarounds when just one person decides to be radically obedient to the Great Commission.
The question should not be: “What about them?” The question should be: “What about me?”
– Excerpted from ThomRainer.com. See the full article and more like it in IBSA’s weekly e-newsletter for church leaders, eConnection. Sign up at Communications@IBSA.org.