And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus Christ. Acts 5.42
A new way of life for the church.
The challenge of leading a congregation to focus on people to preach and teach them face to face introduces the church into another way of life. This way of life of the church frees all members to practice the commands of Jesus (Mark 16:15 preach, Matthew 28.18-20 make disciples). This way of life of the church generates personal responsibility in the members of the church (there is no longer a program to satisfy the people), now the responsibility to do something (preach or teach) to the people is in the hands of the members.
Most church members feel "mysteriously" free of the responsibilities of "preaching and discipleship" because the church has organized a program for these purposes. The result of this thought is that 80% of the members of a church have never won a person for Christ nor have they personally discipled anyone. This way of life of the church makes the church personal for those who contact it. (The church no longer offers programs but personal contact, face-to-face relationship, one ear to listen). This way of life of the church brings growth.
We have seen it in recent years in our congregation. "People come looking for a relationship and we offer a program, they come looking for a hand on the shoulder and we offer meetings, it is not uncommon for the majority not to return" The church must change if it wants to be effective, the church must refocus on the people, only for them Christ died, to go to them with the potential of each of our members is the mandate that Jesus left us. Can the church move towards people?
