Are we making disciples or drive through christians?(Little "c" intended)
It has been said that converts are made quickly but disciples take time. It is a great temptation though to concentrate on making converts. We can count converts! Counting our disciples can be belittling! Hmmm...I haven't used that word in a long time. Another way to say belittling is "humbling". That means that making large numbers of converts can be exalting but making a smaller number of disciples is humbling! Yet, Jesus said very clearly, Go and make disciples. That would seem to indicate that most of our time and efforts should be spent teaching and training these student/disciples in the ways of Jesus. Yet most training venues in churches today have disappeared. Sunday School has disappeared and most of our efforts are focused on the Sunday Service. There are some who are truly trying to disciple during the week those who attend the Sunday morning service and that is excellent. Yet, way too many are letting the Sunday service be their primary ministry effort.
If we simply let the Sunday morning service be our main attempt at discipling people we are creating a "drive through" church culture. "Drive Through" christians don't really want to hear, they just want to "place an order". They feel better after the service because they went but little has impacted them in a "life changing way". We are called to be Life Changers! Let's tweak where needed and maybe even reevaluate what we are doing all the way around. One thing is for sure, for the most part, "it's broke so let's fix it!
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