By that I mean:
[1] that your whole congregation would be able to articulate the Gospel, personally, in a compelling and understandable way;
[2] that your whole congregation would understand the importance and necessity of their lives, their prayers and their participation in Gospel witness;
[3] that your whole congregation would deeply care about conversions (and I would lay stress here, that we are talking about real conversions, not numbers; disciples, not decisions; changed lives, not merely prayed prayers);
[4] that your whole congregation would earnestly and regularly pray for conversions, talks about their own conversions and the conversions of others, and put a priority on people coming to know God; and
[5] that your whole congregation would be excited about the Gospel itself, and not simply about a method of sharing the Gospel, or a training program.
This is a web log maintained by Bruce McKanna, who serves as pastor of the Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris. This blog will consist of pastoral reflections and links to some of the better resources on the web, serving as an online instrument for shepherding our congregation.
Monday, December 08, 2008
Local Congregations of Christians Characterized by a Gospel Culture
Ligon Duncan, one of the partners behind the Together for the Gospel conferences (I attended the inaugural event in '06), writes: "I think that all the particpants in T4G share a passion that local congregations of Christians would be characterized by a Gospel culture, a Gospel-sharing culture, a culture of evangelism." Here is his description this "culture." Does it capture your imagination for our church?
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