The churches I have attended in the
last year and a half seem to have been conscious of balancing each aspect of
Paul’s style of missions. If I am forced to choose the one least focused on, I
would pick the strategic style. Churches need to strategically balance evangelism
and discipleship. From my experience, churches lean more heavily on one
influence over the other. Without strategically balancing both aspects it is
possible to have a shallow church with many converts or a very “spiritual” community
that is not effectively sharing the kingdom of God. To better balance these
extremes, churches need to be strategic in evangelizing to the people who do
not know the gospel of Jesus as well as discipling those who have accepted
Jesus as Lord to project the missio Dei.
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