If you have ever been at/in/near/to a church event then you've heard this statement (or some variation of it)...
"It's all worth it even if only ONE person comes to know Christ".
What is meant is that no matter how difficult the event was to plan, no matter how much money it required to bring in that special guest, no matter how inconvenienced the church senior adults were it was all worth it because someone gave their life to Christ.
However, I wonder what a church would think about this idea. "What if I devoted my entire yearly budget (every bit of it) towards going after, reaching, and discipling just ONE person?"
How well do you think that would fly?
What is the process we use to seek the lost today, (Is it more one on one? Or does it look like a shotgun approach?)
Are one of those methods better?
Are we selling ourselves short by hoping just one person is impacted?
Are we shooting ourselves in the foot by going after all of them and in turn missing all of them?
How does Matthew 18:12 relate to this if at all?
How does Acts 2:41 relate to this?
By the way, I'm not necessarily suggesting that this is a good idea. I just find the statement interesting and have placed it in the "stuff I've heard that I don't have a clue what they mean when they say it" category.
6 comments:
I don't think it would fly.
I love you, and think you are an amazing man.
Shelly, I'd have to say you're right... on both accounts!
I know a guy who actually got fired because he spent 9K on a D-now and no one got saved.
I think the flip side is we have to fight the desire to quantify our participation in God's work. I am as bad as anyone in looking for concrete examples of success. God calls us to obediance not success. Look at the old testiment prophets, Isaiah for instance was told to go proclaim a message that no one would heed. I do believe a soul is priceless and we should throw all of our resources towards the effort to help people experience God. It is just the results that no one but God can measure this side Heaven.
Then how much good could we do with the 745,000 dollars Prestonwood spent on the Christmas Spectacular. I don't know the answers, but I think we can all probably be better with our budgets to reach out to more people in God's name.
Good thought provoking stuff...I don't think the church budget thing would ever fly though...
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