Acts 29 has a recent article posted on Missional Christianity.

“There are two primary ways that every Christian can become missional. The first is by sharing a verbal witness. This is also known as the evangelical witness or more commonly called evangelism. This is when you share the gospel message with your words. The second is the second way we can fulfill the mission of God is called the social witness. The evangelical and the social are two sides of the same coin. We are called to lead people to Christ with both our words and our actions. It is universally true that people don’t care how much you know till they know how much you care.

The best way to share our faith with your friends and family to Jesus is by personal or friendship evangelism. It is said that people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Being an authentic Christian day after day is the best way to win somebody to Jesus Christ. To be a living witness does not remove our responsibility to verbally share our faith; rather it gives us the opportunity.

We will never know what the needs of our community are until we begin to get outside of the four walls of the church. It is amazing how little church people actually interact with non-churchgoers. Matthew 9:35, tells us that when Jesus went out into all the cities and villages he saw that the multitudes were weary and had compassion on them. As Jesus went into the community He saw the needs of the people. When you get into the community you will begin to see what the needs of the people are.

Being missional is going into places where the world doesn’t want to go. Ministry is very dirty. If we are going to make a difference we must roll up our sleeves and join in the work of Jesus among the poor and disenfranchised of this world. Find the needs of your community and begin to fill them by being a missionary to your city and community.”

Bob

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Bob Pratico
Fides Quaerens Intellectum
(my Sojourn blog)