Monday, November 03, 2008

The duty of the church

I maintain that the only indispensible qualification for wintessing for Christ is the Holy Ghost... Therefore, give me man, woman or child with the Holy Ghost, full of love and zeal for God, and I say it would be a great strength and joy to that convert to testify to that church and the world and it would be the bounden duty of the church to give him or her the opportunity to do so. The Lord is not going to evangelize this land by finished sermons and disquisitions, but by the simple testimony of people saved from sin and the devil, by His power and His grace. Catherine Booth

Imagine your whole life you have been taunted, bullied, abused, picked on, unappreciated, told you are worthless, never been good at anything, failed at everything. Imagine if you had no social skills, couldn't read or write, didn't have any qualifications. Imagine if you had spent your whole life drunk and abusing others.

Then imagine hearing Catherine say this. Catherine had this amazing passion to get everyone testifying about Jesus. It didnt matter who you had been, what you had done, or how much you knew. If Jesus had saved you you can testify. How liberating, how empowering! Not only is Catherine a fan of it, but she believes that it is the churches DUTY to make sure people have the opportunity to testify.

We have seen this in action at Plenty Valley and seen a stack of people saved. It works. Its sad how so many people make evangelism hard and something it isnt. Its sad how people shy away from preaching and declaring how good God is. But its is amazing when brand new converts go to the street, school and home and share their faith!

Go For Souls is set up to do just that. The conference 21-22 November is going to teach, equip and empower you to evangelise! Its practical. Its biblical. Its for you.

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