We’re standing at the end of centuries of Christian tradition that has crippled the body of Christ. We’ve started treating the church like it is a place you go as a believer, not a people you advance the kingdom with.
We’ve viewed church only as a hospital to bring people to instead of an equipping outpost to send people out from.
A Barna poll from 2018 revealed that 51% of churchgoers said they had “never heard of the Great Commission,” and that 25% of those polled can recall hearing the words but not knowing what they meant.
This means that the primary mission of the church—the mission that Jesus himself gave to his disciples—has been either watered down or replaced entirely.
Instead of making Jesus’ final words our first work, we’ve relegated them to instructions for staff members, thinking that our sole purpose is to come and sit, not go and serve.
The effect of this is undeniable and measurable. Three years ago, I headed up a task force to study the current state of my denomination and found something troubling: Over the last 20 years, we’d baptized around 7 million people, but the total number of people involved in our churches had dropped by 20,000.
Our task force proposed a single remedy: discipleship with Bible engagement. Read More
Also See:
Coming Together as a Team for the Kingdom
How to Make Evangelism More Normal in Your Church’s Life
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