We have spent the past several years teaching and preaching about Apostolic Evangelism: what it is and what it isn't. We focus on subjects including: Personalization: Every Person has a Soul, and Every Soul has a Name; Lifestyle Evangelism; Missing, Not Lost; Prophetic Evangelism; The 3 P's of Apostolic Evangelism; and The Missing Key To End-Time Retention.
A great deal of our concepts can be found in the Apostle Paul's life. His teachings are so effective, and can be instituted in every church. In fact, Colossians 1:28, gives great insight into Paul's lifestyle of evangelism. In this text, Paul was letting us know that he warned everyone that he met, and taught everyone that he could, everything that he knew about Jesus, for the purposes of bringing every man up to his full maturity in Jesus Christ.
Paul made it very clear that it wasn't just "he" that lived this lifestyle, he used the term "we". In other words, we proclaim Christ. We warn everyone we meet. We teach them all that we can about Him. Here's our reasoning, "So that, if possible, we may bring every man up to his full maturity in Jesus Christ." Paul said, I do it with all the strength that God gives me. Everyday. All the time. With all the strength that God gave him. Paul lived this way!
I get excited when I start talking about a Lifestlye of Evangelism. There's nothing like it. You can increase your circle of influence. You can live your life in this vein. You can become more effective in reaching those that are missing!



March 11th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I love that blog..we have all got to where we will tell people about Christ but, we never follow through and build a relationship with them….I was just talking with Royce Wilson the other day about how we all need to stop acting like Christians and Saints and simply be.
love to you guys
JMH
May 7th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I so enjoy this awesome couples ministry. Brother Cook said something when they were in Wichita Falls that I can’t get out of my heart. He said it isn’t enough to invite someone to church, you have to invite them into your life. We all need to get a hold of that!
I think the church has been so ultra separated from the world that it is of no earthly good. Can we really say we are leading people to Christ?
Luke 15:1 Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
We to often forget, Jesus was a friend of sinners. I’m proud to call Ken Cook my friend, he truly is a friend to sinners.