The Answer

I have discovered the answer to low budgets, low attendance, low baptisms, dying churches, low Spiritual vitality, and a host of other maladies that infect our church, mine included - we have forgotten why we are here. Our soul purpose for God leaving us behind here on Earth is to win souls, period!(pun intended) If we were busy winning souls to the Lord, many, if not all of our current problems would cease to exist. Granted, we would then have new problems, like; high utilities due to heating up the baptistery and filling it more than once a year, our Sunday School budget would be over costs due to needing more materials, parking and seating would be at a premium, we would need more greeters and ushers to handle the extra people, more background checks on new nursery workers since the nursery would be full, we'd have to have more children programs for the kids and youth, more Sunday School classes and teacher would be needed. What do you think? Is that over simplification? But, you have to admit it's true.

Most churches and Christians do not witness and win souls - they hire the Pastor to do that. He is the "Super Hired Holy Man" and if the church dies, it's his fault. Well, maybe no one else is saying it so let me be the first - it ain't our fault! We are all to blame. Witnessing is everyone responsibility. So what do you say - you want to turn the world on it's ear? Lead someone to Christ. Remember, "we do not witness to win the whole world to Christ, but if we lead someone to Christ we have to have witnessed..."

Remember it is a command from our Lord - Matt 28:19-20
Pastor Bill