The Church and Evangelism

Evangelism

The church is giving a distinct command from Christ in Matthew 28 to go into the world and make disciples and teach them to do what Christ has taught. So the church must be a missional body of believers living life to reach the lost bringing others into the family of Christ and also be a cultural influence for God in the lost and hurting world (Jer. 29:4-14). Evangelist Mark Cahill wrote a book entitled, One Thing You can’t do in Heaven, and the one thing that cannot be done in Heaven is tell others about Jesus. The church today is the face and voice of Jesus and the mission that Jesus has sent His church on is to tell others about Him. The church must not be a legalistic group, who wants to separate from the world and it must not also be an adapting group who become like the world. The church must be a redeeming group who glorify God in reaching the world. Jesus plants each of His church’s in a given culture, location, and time so that it can reach the lost and dying souls of that time and place through multiplication. The church multiplying itself is simply put, the core and heart of evangelism. The book of Acts constantly shows a church that was in multiplication because it was people scattered for Jesus telling others non-stop the good news of Jesus and His grace (5:42, 8:25, 13:32, 14:7, 15:35, 16:10, and 17:18). This is what the church should and is called to do today. The church should never stop telling others about Jesus and not only tell others about Jesus but also show others about Jesus by actions and love.