The church should be like a hospital nursery in which you hear the sound of new babies crying to be fed and eager to grow. That’s why we must keep evangelism front and center in the life of the church. If the church is going to grow by making disciples, we have to have people who are willing to go into the whole world as Christ’s witnesses. That’s one reason Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses … even to the remotest
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