‘”Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.'” – Matthew 10:32

In the NZ Baptist (February 2013) Murray Robertson is writing about the decline of the movement of the Baptist Churches in New Zealand.

In an article called “Vision for the Lost or Lost Vision?” by Major Harold Hill in the WAR CRY (23 February 2013) I am reading about the fading vision of the Salvation Army in the West.

“An early-days Salvationist was an uncomfortable person with whom to share a railway compartment. You would be ear-bashed on the subject of salvation. Today, many of us are more anxious to demonstrate our inoffensive normality,” says Major Harold Hill in the article.

But there are still Baptist Churches that are “swimming against the tide” and grow and Murray Robertson  says this about them: “The thing that struck me most of all about the group was their obvious sense of joy in speaking to others about the gospel. Even those who didn’t see themselves as evangelists spoke about this.”

PERSONAL EVANGELISM  is the answer to Church Growth.

My Pulpit is the World. Not long ago I talked to German speaking young men in a restaurant here. I had one business card left in my pocket and gave it to one of them.

“‘But whoever disowns me  before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.” – Matthew 10:33