USA Today: Southern Baptists urge their members to evangelize more

Posted by Kendall Harmon

The Southern Baptist Convention, which is launching a new national campaign to bring unbelievers to Jesus, is up against a major obstacle: motivating its own members to evangelize.

But it may be the only effective way to reach people, according to a survey of 15,173 people by LifeWay Research, a Christian research firm.

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Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life • Parish Ministry • Evangelism and Church Growth • * Religion News & Commentary • Other Churches • Baptists

3 Comments
Posted March 26, 2009 at 8:30 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Jill C. wrote:

So the Baptists have forgotten how to evangelize?  Well, I can think of a small group of people whom they could reach out to and share the Good News.  There’s this little sect, with headquarters in New York, headed by a woman who wears a funny hat . . . .

March 26, 12:11 pm | [comment link]
2. Franz wrote:

#1—Big Grin smile

But, and far more seriously, the prospect of evangelism is one of the reasons I am in the process of leaving ECUSA.  After all, if I do not think enough of ECUSA to invite a friend, or to advocate it to a friend, what am I doing there?

March 26, 4:16 pm | [comment link]
3. A Floridian wrote:

Evangelization always begins repentance and restoration.  Only the penitent who have crucified their own sin, who have been washed and freed to love rightly and who know the Truth, who abide in Christ may effectively lead others to life in Him.
Psalm 51:12-13; John 15:5

March 27, 7:12 am | [comment link]
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