It is estimated that only 3% of US churches are growing through evangelism. The majority of churches that are growing are doing so through the migration of Believers from one congregation to another. One of the most glaring reasons for the lack of evangelistic growth is that there are precious few evangelists that are properly recognized and functioning in the leadership of most churches. The evangelist is gifted by God to do several things: To preach the Gospel to Unbelievers, To equip Believers to do the same, and at the same time, To lead the community of faith to ….
Following is a blog Ps. Rice Broocks wrote for Ed Stetzer’s Blog about the relationship between the Evangelist and the Missional Church. The ministry gift of the Evangelist is given by the Holy Spirit to women and men to preach the gospel to unbelievers and to equip other believers to do the same, while leading the entire community of faith (to which they are connected) to expand their borders as well as plant new churches.” Ephesians 4:11 says He gave “some as evangelists.” In my research, that number is around 1% of those in a congregation. ….
by Rice Broocks | Posted onSaturday, February 25th, 2012| Tags: atheism, atheist, christianity, engage, faith, hitchens, john lennox, latty taunton, rice broocks, william lane craig |no responses (Note: Pastor Rice wrote this post on December 21, 2011) The death of outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens last week was mourned by both believer and non-believer alike. There was something about this man that people loved – even those whose faith he tried to destroy. He wrote how “religion ruins everything” – pointing out excesses in various religious practices that were wrong. His attacks, for the most part, were drastically biased and philosophically flawed - yet at times were justified, especially when pointing out extremists blindly following ideologies that produced terror and death. Yet, he met very ….
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