The evangelism drought must end… and it will!
I am convinced that God is about to bring a new day of evangelism to Lamb of God, and to many of the churches we have been walking with in the Cry for Awakening. I have noticed within myself, and in our prayer meetings a new urgency and growing desire to see the Gospel be proclaimed. The prayers of the people are increasingly reflecting earnest petition for God to break the shackles of the fear of man from all of us. We have had a number of new converts to Christianity in the past few months (New believers not necessarily intergrated into the congregation, but I suspect will be soon). I am convinced in my heart that this is only the beginning.
One of the things which we are planning (Kevin H., Jeff D and yours truly) is to put together a series of training opportunities to help us gain a better grasp of the obstacles and difficulties which people have with understanding the gospel. Even though we believe that salvation is of the Lord (Jonah 2:9), we understand that we must be ready to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Peter 3:15). More than anything we want to get folks together who want to be more confident when it comes to sharing Christ, and share together the wisdom which we believe God is pouring out on us (in answer to persistant prayer). If we were sending a team to Africa, or South America we would expect them to enter into the culture and to use every means to understand and communicate the gospel. We do not have the luxary of doing things differently here in the U.S. We will need to think and learn how to communicate Christ in ways that people understand. That doesn’t mean watering the gospel down until it is palitable to people. What it means is communicating as clearly as we possibly can the message of the gospel. I am excited! I hear things in the church I haven’t heard for a long time. I hear a rumbling in the body of something powerful that God is doing. I pray that God is stirring your heart! If you want a slice of some of the things God is teaching us about evangelism click here