Back in olden days, you had to be saved three years to get sent out. That was the key to discipleship. Get saved, get married, get involved, and get sent out. Pastor Mitchell could do more in three years of ministry than some men can do in a lifetime.
Today we do not have new converts as much as we have church kids. Children who grew up in our Fellowship. And if they had been serious and if they had paid attention they would be powerful men of God in their mid twenties. But they are our future and we do our best to make them into disciples and send them out.
Pastors announce that their sermon is for the young under thirty people. At first I was discouraged by this. Why am I even here if this is not for me. But it is never for me. It is always for them. I play my part. I do what I can do. I pray for our kids.
I do not remember pastor Mitchell pulling so hard to get guys to go. We had young guys lined up waiting for an opportunity to minister. The times, they are a changing.
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