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What Brian McLaren wants every pastor in America to do about evangelism
By Jeremy | November 14, 2007
First, we as church leaders have to encourage people to count conversations rather than conversions. If we focus on counting conversions, we’ll tend to pressure people into making a decision before they’re ready. Instead, if we encourage people to say that conversations count, then relationships develop. Then when people do make a decision, they’ve counted the cost. They have really been able to appraise the magnitude of the decision that they’re making. Second, we need to encourage people to spend less time at church activities. Make friends with their neighbors. Get involved in the community. Have fun and meet people in the course of human interestsâ€â€in other words, get a life. Ultimately, I think the Gospel will be spread through people who can observe it being lived out in the life of a Christian. People have to know we accept them and that we’re interested in being around them. They have to see that we’re not using them for target practice.- Outreach magazine, Dec 2005.
Topics: brian mclaren, evangelism, quotes | 1 Comment »
November 16th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
I enjoyed the article… thanks for linking to it.