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Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by evangelist6589, Jun 12, 2017.

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  1. TCassidy

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    So you refuse to answer honest questions? You prefer to disobey God and ignore 2/3 of the Great Commission?
     
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    If you don't want to discuss the topic don't start the thread.
     
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    The sad thing is that my new church does not do evangelism so I am on my own.
     
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    The church equips and sends out. It sounds like you are a member of a church that is doing neither because we are not called to witness alone (in the Bible we read of the ministry of Peter, John, and Paul but never any of them working in isolation).
     
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    No church is perfect.
     
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    You chose this church because it was calvinistic; yet, it doesn't do evangelism, or at least it doesn't do it in the manner you would prefer. Are they not doing evangelism because they believe God has already chosen His elect, and therefore no more work is required? (thus making them hyper-Calvinists)

    Please explain further what you mean by "does not do evangelism." Thanks.
     
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    Yes, but they have a nice tract wall:
    Encouraging a Calvinist Church to be more involved in evangelism

    Or do they?
    Church is weak in the area of evangelism


    Anyway, I thought you liked this type of church over a church that does outreach...

     
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    If a church refuses to be a witness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, can it rightfully be called a church?

    I say this because a church that is not a witness us just as unbiblical as evangelism apart from a church. The gospel is one that saves individual sinners and puts them into a context of community in Christ as a member of a greater body. If you "evangelize" apart from a church then what you are doing may be commended but it is not "evangelism" within a NT context. Likewise, a non-witnessing, non-equipping "church" may provide biblical teachings but outside of a biblical application it is just a bunch of disobedient Christians talking about God.
     
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    Right in our statement is that we are there to make more and better disciples for Jesus...
     
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    Why did you join them if they were not supportinmg reaching out to the lost for Jesus, as you seem to claim to have been called to outreach to the lost?
     
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    They believe in friendship evangelism so will completely avoid events in the area where lots of lost people will attend and therefore do not do evangelism.
     
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    While I don't necessarily agree with avoiding events ... let's not forget that friendship evangelism is evangelism, so technically they're doing some evangelism.

    If you disagree, you're forgetting 1 Cor 12:12 and Rom 12:4-5. There isn't only one form of evangelism; we shouldn't nay-say or avoid other forms, just because we disagree with or dislike them.

    Just as, pertaining to your opening post for this thread, there are multiple forms/types of tracts. Most of us disagree with the money tracts; but support many of the other tracts.
     
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    I do not agree with avoiding events neither, but sadly far too many friendship evangelists do this! Many are against mass tract distribution. Yes there are multiple types of tracts and I have many types of tracts, but by far the money tract is the most popular. There are also lots of varieties of money tracts and this one is probably the most popular. I passed out 100 of these in less than 10 minutes while other money tracts took longer to pass out. Hint the tract is popular because it is the same color as real money.

    Lincoln Million Dollar Bill

    My strategy is to simply use the right tract for the job, and the money tract is the cheapest to pass out, the easiest to get the gospel out to a wide variety of people since unlike Chic Tracts they are not offensive.

    In smaller contexts or in a context that would allow it I would do open air preaching to gather a crowd and from there preach the gospel which can lead to one on one conversations. But open air was forbidden at the event so I could not do it.
     
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    Work on your grammar.
     
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    And how is your "strategy" to simply use the right tract for the job working for you? How many dozens of souls have come to Christ, been baptized, and become faithful members of a bible believing local church due to your "strategy" of "soul winning?"

    How many? 100? 200? 300? 500? 1000? 50? 20? 10? 5? 1?
     
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    "Whom."
     
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    You indicate that tract was the most "popular" because it was the same color as money; you suppose people were more drawn to it because they thought it might be actual money?
     
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    No. Because Ray Comfort tells him it's the most popular.
     
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    Are you against Friendship evangelism?
     
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    Excuse me but Ray Comfort did not make nor does he sell that tract.
     
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