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I understand where you are coming from...but I am under the impression that though the work of carrying the Gospel will continue of course...there is a growing need to rescue and deter those from falling into the cults and false religions which are growing and working fast to steal away those who are young in the faith and those who would one day come to the Lord....not to mention those already caught in the enemies strongholds.

Jesus left the 99 to rescue the one sheep gone astray....today I believe there may be more caught in thicket, or on their way there, than there are those receptive to Christ and the Gospel in our country.

I agree with Alamo-Girl that not all who claim Christian are Christian....testimonies of those who have come away from false Christianity attest to the fact that though they thought they were Christian..once they step away from the clutches that bound them they soon learned they were not even close. As that day approaches when Christ calls us to Himself I am fast coming to believe there will be and is a "rescue" attempt to seek out believers and bring them back to the fold of true Christianity before He comes.

There are some missionaries now who are joining churches who see their mission as converting those within the church to Christianity....the church itself is now seen as a mission field.

Thank you for sharing your insights, dear brother/sister in Christ, and thank you for your encouragements!

There are some missionaries now who are joining churches who see their mission as converting those within the church to Christianity....the church itself is now seen as a mission field.

Interestingly, we had a sidebar the other day on "church shopping" v. following the Lord's leading.

It seems to me the more mature a person is in the Christian faith, the more likely he is to do the latter and be led of the Spirit right into the "belly of the beast" of some of these mainstream spiritually dead congregations or atheist strongholds.

The Apostles, most especially Paul, were ever being led into the "belly of the beast."

Infiltration is the published tactic of the gay activist movement and I suspect now the atheist activist movement.

But considering the signs of times, I expect God to lead us away from them.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. - 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Maranatha, Jesus!!!