A thought hit me as I was watching the ongoing work at the Kerr county flood cleanup this morning. While there is a huge amount of debris to clean up, I thought about the missing persons still unaccounted for. And I see a parallel between search and rescue and soul winning.
The person at the press conference today said that they are going through the huge piles of trees limbs and brush and mud looking for any signs of life. This is work that cannot be done from a boat or a helicopter and no drone will find the remains that the teams on the ground are looking for. When it comes to looking for survivors or corpses there is only one way to do it. Person by person, boots on the ground.
We think that the secret to world evangelism is a big event or a massive impact team. Could it be that what works is person to person, one at a time, personal witnessing and evangelism one by one?
A missionary was whining to his pastor about the lack of response to his ministry. His pastor told him to get some tracks and walk outside and tell someone about Jesus.
There is a time and a place for big events and big crusades. There is also a time for eyeball to eyeball preaching.
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