Comments on: I’m going crazy sittin’ here! http://fadingdust.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/im-going-crazy-sittin-here/ tagline? who needs a tagline! Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:26:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ThePhantom http://fadingdust.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/im-going-crazy-sittin-here/#comment-430 ThePhantom Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:51:24 +0000 http://fadingdust.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/im-going-crazy-sittin-here/#comment-430 I agree, the Church is lacking in training and discipling leaders, especially the lay-leaders. Per a previous conversation with "Dust" it was noted that the heart and soul of any church organization is not the pastoral staff, but the people on the ground running and doing the ministry. After a insightful small group I came to understand better that the best evangelism and Church outreach is people reaching out into the community and being "salt." Our churches need to be encouraging, training, and discipling our members, so that they will get involved in the local public schools with their kids, go as chaperons on field trips, be active in the sports groups. Our members need to get out more into the world and be an active witness the truth of God in the community. With out this type of ministry the church will be weak and lukewarm. This is a challenge that we all need to take up and fight for in our ministries. To challenge and disciple lay people to go and take the cause for Christ into every aspect and area of their life. This is where the leadership of a church needs to be training and teaching their lay leaders and people BIBLICAL TRUTH. Without that foundation of biblical truth then we as lay people and ministers labor in vain. We are not going to win any battles by making church time attractive to non-believers, what is the purpose of that anyway? IF they don't know God why would they waste their time coming to fellowship in a place that only makes them feel uncomfortable because of the truth that makes them shameful and convicted? (guilt of sin and pride) SO i say bring it on, lets accept the challenge and train and lead God's people wherever the Almighty God has placed us in our lives!!! I agree, the Church is lacking in training and discipling leaders, especially the lay-leaders. Per a previous conversation with “Dust” it was noted that the heart and soul of any church organization is not the pastoral staff, but the people on the ground running and doing the ministry.

After a insightful small group I came to understand better that the best evangelism and Church outreach is people reaching out into the community and being “salt.” Our churches need to be encouraging, training, and discipling our members, so that they will get involved in the local public schools with their kids, go as chaperons on field trips, be active in the sports groups. Our members need to get out more into the world and be an active witness the truth of God in the community. With out this type of ministry the church will be weak and lukewarm.

This is a challenge that we all need to take up and fight for in our ministries. To challenge and disciple lay people to go and take the cause for Christ into every aspect and area of their life. This is where the leadership of a church needs to be training and teaching their lay leaders and people BIBLICAL TRUTH. Without that foundation of biblical truth then we as lay people and ministers labor in vain. We are not going to win any battles by making church time attractive to non-believers, what is the purpose of that anyway? IF they don’t know God why would they waste their time coming to fellowship in a place that only makes them feel uncomfortable because of the truth that makes them shameful and convicted? (guilt of sin and pride)

SO i say bring it on, lets accept the challenge and train and lead God’s people wherever the Almighty God has placed us in our lives!!!

]]> By: Jim http://fadingdust.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/im-going-crazy-sittin-here/#comment-429 Jim Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:37:47 +0000 http://fadingdust.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/im-going-crazy-sittin-here/#comment-429 I say, go get 'em! I think that some of what you're seeing is a product of the apathy of the American church. Christians in the US like their churches comfortable - no challenges, no confrontations, no nothing that will force them to change the way they live their lives. So, our leaders and teachers don't get the training they need. They don't get or do the things we need to keep the Church healthy. What we need are more people who can and will step in to shake things up a little, to slap people around (in a figurative sense, of course) and make them wake up. Could it be you're being called to a different variety of evangelism? I say, go get ‘em! I think that some of what you’re seeing is a product of the apathy of the American church. Christians in the US like their churches comfortable – no challenges, no confrontations, no nothing that will force them to change the way they live their lives. So, our leaders and teachers don’t get the training they need. They don’t get or do the things we need to keep the Church healthy. What we need are more people who can and will step in to shake things up a little, to slap people around (in a figurative sense, of course) and make them wake up. Could it be you’re being called to a different variety of evangelism?

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