Successful Evangelism

In Craig Groeschel’s blog today he writes,

“Just because people attend your church, serve, and give, don’t assume they are saved.

My father-in-law was a deacon in his church for years before truly understanding the grace of God.

One of my greatest fears is that many of our churches are full of people with a false spiritual confidence.

I like to tell young preachers, you don’t fail when you invite people to repent and follow Christ and no one responds. You fail when you don’t invite people to repent and follow Christ.”

Groeshel's comments really struck home with me. At NewSong we’re about to start intentionally reaching out to nonbelievers in ways we’ve not done before. We’re going to make it a priority. We’ve been planning for it, preaching about it, and praying about this for several weeks now. Easter Sunday is almost like a “re-launch” for us as we make this, I believe, bold move.

Reading Craig’s blog makes me wonder if maybe we'll even see some of our own folks really “get it” when we do get intentional about preaching salvation. Wouldn’t that be awesome!

By the way, what a great quote he closes with. I couldn’t agree more: You don’t fail if people don’t respond. You fail if you don’t invite people to repent and follow Christ. We need to remember this if we don't see immediate results as we preach more boldly and invite a response.

Thanks Craig!