A Pastor's Primary Role - Carrying the Evangelism Torch (Part 2 of 3-Part Series)

This week we’ve been looking at practical ways that YOU as a pastor can lead and keep the evangelistic temperature in your church red-hot.

If you missed Part 1, you can catch up right here.

To recap: as a pastor you have three avenues you can use to keep the temperature hot: the stage, the staff, and the structure. Continuing this 3-part article series, we’ll next explore the staff.

HOLDING STAFF ACCOUNTABLE

You can keep your evangelism toasty as a pastor by challenging your staff to hold the torch close to the thermostat.

If you, as the pastor, are going to lead on this issue, you have to expect a high level of evangelistic involvement from your staff, and you have to hold them accountable to those expectations.

I would go so far as to encourage you to make a heart for evangelism one of the standard prerequisites for all new hires.

I want to focus in on two key words here: challenge and accountability.

If you both challenge your staff, and hold them accountable in the following four areas, you will see their passion for evangelism ignite and the reading on the thermometer climb:

Serve in evangelistic activities
Pray for unchurched friends
Pray and fast for big days
Invite friends to church

If someone isn’t sharing their faith, they aren’t growing in their faith. Do you really want people on your staff who aren’t growing in their faith?

Raise the bar and you’ll be amazed at how many will climb over it with you.

Stay tuned for the rest of the series, to discover the third way you as a pastor can keep the evangelistic temperature in your church red-hot.

Your partner in ministry,

Nelson
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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.