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Dependency That Hurts You
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When Jesus told His disciples to "go into all the world and preach the gospel," they knew He wouldn't be with them nor would He come and rescue them in their moments of failure. They also knew it would be up to them to "make disciples."
Fast forward to the modern era of Church life. Now this is just an observation from my limited view of the Church. I sense that "going into all the world and preaching the gospel" has been relegated to a select few folks who have gone through tremendous training (not unlike the disciples of Jesus). Furthermore discipleship seems to be more of a "church leadership" responsibility than an "individual believer" responsibility.
I won't belabor this lack of dependency mode the Church has appeared to be in during this era.
The point I want to drive home is about the use of the internet for evangelism and discipleship. I think the internet is probably the most accessible tool to the average believer to do the Great Commission and disciple those who come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
The tough thing about technology is average people shy away from it until they find it non threatening. Generally the people who make it non threatening to them are people they know, like and trust. In the case of the Church, it falls to the leadership to bring this degree of trust that the internet is okay to use in doing the Great Commission and discipleship.
The challenge I think the Church will face, is the leaders doing such a good job of doing the Great Commission via the internet that the average believer will again be threatened. Consequently, the leaders will continue to do the work and find a "role" where the believer can feel as though they making a contribution.
Unfortunately, in my opinion the role tends to be something that takes away the power of the believer to actually be engaged in doing what they have been commissioned to do by Jesus. Sure they make a contribution but is it at the cost of never actually being empowered to do the Great Commission?
The internet can be used by every believer who desires to reach out to a lost and dying world with the good news of Jesus. There are three things that every believer has in common that make it possible to be empowered to evangelize the world and disciple others via the internet.
Those three things are:
1. They all love Jesus
2. They all have a testimony
3. They all have a responsibility to disciple others
Doing these three things online is not new. In fact there is a project called Winning Souls where believers who share these three components are engaged in owning their own websites where they share their love for Jesus via their testimonies on their own websites. Lastly, they disciple others who love Jesus to share their testimony and they encourage them to disciple others to do the same...
This is the kind of project that is simple enough for the average believer to participate in and definitely feel empowered to do the Great Commission and disciple others. This is a project that liberates believers from depending on Church leaders to do what they as believers have been commanded to do.
Find out more about Winning Souls and discover how you can do the Great Commission and disciple others online.
Ced Reynolds, Entrepreneurial Pastor
twitter.com/CedReynolds
winningsouls.ws
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 | | I am glad let the redeemed of the Lord say so. |
| | |  | | Carolyn, thanks so much for the kind words. My heart is bringing awareness to believers all over the world about using the internet for God's purpose to see the world come to know Him. Thanks for your support. |
| | | | | Ced, first I love your profile. You have shared an important blog for all to see. I love the Great Commission which is love. The internet is another method of sharing how Good God is. Thank you for sharing. |
| | | | | Rodney, I'm glad you found the information useful. Feel free to spread the word about what I'm doing. Thanks for your help. |
| | | | | Laura, I'm glad you were inspired by my blog. My aim is empowering believers all over the world to evangelize everywhere everyday via the internet. Thanks for your support. |
| | | | | Larry, the internet has finally leveled the playing field for average believers to spread the good news. Thanks for your response. |
| | |  | | Awesome post! Praise the Lord for the internet to spead the good news! |
| | |  | | Hello Ced,
Awesome, and inspiring, information. God bless. |
| | |  | | Will good information for the soul. |
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