by Rusty Ford
I recently read a post by The Evangelism Coach. I really enjoy reading his blog. The title of the blog post was "Evangelism without discipleship is incomplete" It was an interesting post and I do not disagree with most of what is in it. But there is one problem.
We are not called to make converts. We are called to make disciples.
I would contend that evangelism without discipleship is not evangelism at all.
The commission that Jesus gave before He left did not say "go into all the world and make converts, baptize them if you want and do not worry about teaching them anything for I will be with them". Unfortunately this is how so much of the church today treats evangelism. The commission is to "make disciples baptizing them and teaching them all things"
Some how too many think that if people come to church they are being discipled. It appears that much of the church thinks if we can get them to come down the isle, raise their hand, look up at the pastor or say a prayer we have done our job.
