(Written By Greg Stier) There are more than 300,000 Protestant churches in America. Virtually every city in the United States has an abundance of Bible-believing faith communities. Millions upon millions of Christians attend these churches—and, yet, this country is not reached for Christ. Why? Here are seven reasons:
1. We have outsourced the work of evangelism. – We have delegated, relegated and abdicated our outreach efforts to those who have the “gift” of evangelism. We wait for the next festival or outreach to come to town before we even think about this God-given duty. After all, evangelism is the domain of the greats like Graham, Palau and Laurie, not common people like Larry, Curly and Joe Schmo. Right? Wrong! Instead of “leaving it to the professionals” we need to take THE Cause of Christ personally. Let’s stop waiting for the bigwigs of evangelism to roll into town, and start going ourselves to make disciples of our own next-door neighbors, co-workers, family and friends. READ MORE
