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To: ConservativeDude
The entire megachurch mentality is based on the assumption that the church service is the place where evangelism occurs. That is simply wrong. Look at Scripture, indeed, look at the examples you give. Evangelism is to take place in the streets, at the wells, in stadiums, in office cubicles, etc....and most importantly, in the homes parent to child. The worship service is where believers come to be taught and fortified so that they can do the evangelistic work of the church - but that takes place outside those walls.

Megachurches aren't my calling, but there's nothing wrong with a church whose primary mission is to evangelize. Check out Mark 12:35, John 7:28 and other verses. Jesus both taught and evangelized in the temple. Paul preached the gospel in the synagogues but he also preached the gospel on the streets.

People are being brought to Christ through megachurches, and that's a good thing.


95 posted on 11/22/2005 8:39:04 AM PST by DallasMike (Call me Dallasaurus)
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To: DallasMike

"Paul preached the gospel in the synagogues but he also preached the gospel on the streets."

Paul preached in the synagogues and did so first, in fact. But I don't think his pastoral letters are written to any synagogues which had effectively converted to Christian churches. Let me know which ones though are in that category if you can think of them.


107 posted on 11/22/2005 8:48:48 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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