13 Aug Getting Intentional in Outreach
As pastor of Mainstreet Church, I told the staff that we needed to take the lead in reaching non-Christians. We needed to look for redemptive opportunities.
I started going to the same barber every two weeks. He wasn’t a believer, which is why I went there. He didn’t come to faith, but I always felt he was getting close. I went to the same gas station, same coffee shop.
Our youth pastor got involved in sports leaves run by the community. Rather than fight them, let’s get involved with them. He would go to soccer games, meet people who didn’t know Christ, and try to reach them.
What are you doing to intentionally create relationships with non-Christians? Post a comment.
bkittle
Posted at 09:25h, 13 AugustI also think about who I’m interacting with for the sake of the kingdom. I have 2 places I get coffee and both places I try to take time to interact with the people there with the goal of developing a positive relationship with them so I can hopefully share Jesus with them.
I recently learned a powerful lesson about this from a couple in our church. This couple owns a financial planning business and they recently hired a bright young man for their invesment team. The couple was telling this young man about our church and their pastor and the young man said, “Oh, I know him from the coffee shop. He stopped in there all the time and we used to talk.” Now until I saw the young man they hired I didn’t recognize him by name, but he knew me because of our conversations.
The young man is not a Christian…yet. I pray that as we continue to develop relationships with the unsaved, God’s kingdom will be glorified. I think its so important that we don’t burden our people with “church stuff” to the extent that they never have the opportunity to be the salt and the light of the world–in the world.
Brad Kittle