Importance of Personal Evangelism

• Have you ever personally led someone to Jesus?

• For the most part, the Western church today expects the pastors, evangelists, selected leaders, and designated volunteers to do all the work.
• The Saints are not doing their part (and often aren’t even taught what their part is).
• Obedience to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission are the MAIN THINGS for the global Church of Jesus!
• Save the lost and make disciples! Everything else is peripheral or subordinate.

• Why Are We Here?

• Jesus has already done everything He was going to do!  Now it is up to us to finish His work.
• God’s Purpose – call worshippers from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
• God’s Vision – He wants each person to have the opportunity to experience a personal knowledge of Him – it covers the whole earth. 1 Timothy 2:3-6
• God’s Strategy – a unique solution strategy for each people group. Matthew 24:14; 28:19
• God’s Methodology – God uses Believers in discipleship — church growth or church planting automatically comes as the result of discipleship.

• Evangelism and Missions

• Reaching our own kind – Jerusalem and Judah.
• Obey the word of God and enter the world of the UPGs – new frontiers!

• By the way, do you know who the first missionary was?

• It was Jesus!
• He crossed every possible cultural barrier.
• He taught and modeled that we must love everyone, including our enemies.

• What we need is a New Testament Theology of Church – the church and missions.

• The biblical mandate is to make disciples.
• The biblical method is to plant churches.