I am taking a class on evangelism this summer at the Emory University Course of Study, and as I have been preparing and reading the material for the prework, I have been struck as never before with the need for the church to get outside the stained glass sanctuaries and into the real world where the lost are at. For too long, we have simply waited inside our hallowed ground for the lost to come to us, when they are perishing right outside under the shadow of our very own steeples. Jesus certainly carried His message to the people where they were, meeting their needs, both physical and spiritual in the villages, towns, and countryside of Judea and Samaria. Perhaps it is time for us to do the same.
This video by Casting Crowns is a poignant reminder of what we are and aren't doing, and a telling criticism of our churches today (Note: If you have a slow connection, you may need to let the video totally play through once to load it, and then replay it once it has been downloaded to your computer to view it at full-speed).
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