Are We Evangelistic?

Of course we are. . . Right?. . .

After all, we've always tried to be a "Willow-creek-model" church. We speak often of our heart for "seekers". We try to craft our services to appeal to people who would not normally visit a church.

All of that is true, but it doesn't really answer the question does it? Actually, I think a strong case can be made that we are NOT evangelistic. Not in heart, not in actions, not in effect. We've tended to assume that our collective emphasis on seeker-sensitivity relieves us of any need for personal involvement in evangelism.

The long-term road to health for our church must include this change -- we must shift from being individuals who belong to a church that aspires to be effective in evangelism, to being evangelistic individuals who come together to form an evangelistic church.

(I know this is but one side of the coin... or, more likely, one facet of the diamond. I don't mean to minimize other attributes we need -- I just can't address them all at once. For now, suffice to say that evangelism cannot stand apart from discipleship... which will be a topic for a future posting)