tellville
Puritan Board Junior
I am just curious:
How many of you attend churches that are primarily growing through evangelism?
But first, what I am not looking for: I don't mean necessarily just getting people in the pews or baptisms. I also don't mean getting new members from other churches (sheep stealing) which in my experience is often how many churches grow. I also don't mean the children of people who attend your church becoming Christians.
What I am looking for is how many of you attend churches which are growing primarily through non-Christians who haven't always attended becoming strong disciples of Christ through your church?
And for followup: What means is God using to bring these people to Christ? And please, don't just say "we preach the Gospel" because I won't know what you mean. Do you mean your pastor just gets up and preaches? Do you mean several people actively disciple someone preaching the gospel always? Do you mean you preach the gospel through music? Do you mean you preach the gospel through all those things? Do you just study the Bible and the gospel flows out of that? Etc.
It's obvious that a church is preaching the Gospel if it is creating strong devout followers of Christ. I'm interested in what means God is using to do that.
P.S.
(I realize a church may be preaching the Gospel and not growing).
How many of you attend churches that are primarily growing through evangelism?
But first, what I am not looking for: I don't mean necessarily just getting people in the pews or baptisms. I also don't mean getting new members from other churches (sheep stealing) which in my experience is often how many churches grow. I also don't mean the children of people who attend your church becoming Christians.
What I am looking for is how many of you attend churches which are growing primarily through non-Christians who haven't always attended becoming strong disciples of Christ through your church?
And for followup: What means is God using to bring these people to Christ? And please, don't just say "we preach the Gospel" because I won't know what you mean. Do you mean your pastor just gets up and preaches? Do you mean several people actively disciple someone preaching the gospel always? Do you mean you preach the gospel through music? Do you mean you preach the gospel through all those things? Do you just study the Bible and the gospel flows out of that? Etc.
It's obvious that a church is preaching the Gospel if it is creating strong devout followers of Christ. I'm interested in what means God is using to do that.
P.S.
(I realize a church may be preaching the Gospel and not growing).