How is your Church doing in carrying out the Great Commission? Is your Church baptizing people and raising up mature Christians? If not, why not? The Great Commission is a command from Jesus, not a suggestion. Help your Pastor! Reach into the streets of your community. Don’t just ‘play’ Church, be the Church, as God intended it to be. I know of Churches that have not baptized anyone for years! A Deacon told me awhile back that his Church had not baptized anyone for 6 years! Such a sad commentary on the Church of this decade. The walls of the Church have become such a comfort zone for many.
Got Questions states:
Matthew 28:19–20 contains what has come to be called the Great Commission: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Jesus gave this command to the apostles shortly before He ascended into heaven, and it essentially outlines what Jesus expected the apostles and those who followed them to do in His absence. More Here
I got a text from Pastor Don Kimbro saying, ‘God is on the move’ PTL!! Hallajuha! Pastor Don then shared with me the news coming out of of Pirates Cove!
From CBN:
Following last week’s SoCal Harvest Crusade, where 32,500 people gathered and 6,794 made decisions to dedicate their lives to Jesus Christ, Pastor Greg Laurie held a massive baptism event this weekend at Pirates Cove in Corona Del Mar, California.
Just last month, approximately 4,100 people gathered at Pirate’s Cove Beach for what was labeled as one of the largest water baptisms in history; however, on Saturday Pastor Laurie and Harvest Christian Fellowship leaders helped to baptize 4,500 people into the Christian faith, surpassing the previous record held by Oceans Church. More Here
From ChurchLeaders:
“We are currently in the largest and fastest religious shift in the history of our country,” said Jim Davis, speaking last week with his colleague, Michael Graham, on “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast.” A study Davis and Graham commissioned has found that 40 million adult Americans, 15 million of whom are evangelicals, are no longer attending church, a situation the two describe as “bleak.” More Here