Outreach Leaders

How many people are in hell today who once walked to the front of a church and repeated a prayer? How many went to hell with a false assurance that they were saved when in all reality their assurance was based on their decision to walk to the front and pray?

Of course there’s nothing wrong with having a positive attitude; it’s always better than the alternative. But I’ve grown a little weary of the abundant and overused sappy or religious platitudes.

Everyone gets hurt.

The church is caught in a dramatic downward spiral and rather than banding together, we’re scattering farther and farther apart.

Whether as home decor or on social media posts, I see this passage claimed fervently by people I know haven’t been in a church service since the first Bush Administration.

Yes, we need more churches in more corners of our cities. But we need better evangelistically effective churches in every part of our cities!

Your brothers and sisters in Acts 12 teach you to quit hiding your doubt, quit denying your weakness, and quit sanitizing your struggles of faith.

To be effective as a leader—and to last for the long haul—I need to know I can only do what I can do.