For too many church leaders, one of the most challenging areas of mission is engaging our people in evangelism. We can point to many causes for this, but many times the lack of evangelistic effectiveness goes back to leaders not providing a clear pathway forward and simple first steps in sharing the Gospel.
The North American Mission Board's pastors' task force highlighted these challenges and their findings in their report in May. For the report, click here. Also see a related video here and Baptist Press story here.
Turning around our evangelism and baptism decline will take some serious soul-searching and a long-term approach. But there are also some things every pastor can do right away to rekindle Southern Baptists' evangelistic fervor. Read more
See also
Should Satan Be Part of Evangelism and Early Discipleship?
What is your church doing to teach every person engaged in your church how to share the Gospel? What is it doing to challenge its people to act on what they have learned?
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