Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Target Groups

Does God value all people in the same category or not?

I am on the front of the train that promotes reaching the younger generation, but let’s not miss the 89 year old man about to die and go to hell. Let’s get rid of all forms of discrimination like age, race, citizenship, and color and become great commission churches. Let’s reach the younger generation and everyone else too!

As pastors and church planters shouldn’t we teach our people that every generation is dependant upon the other? How can the older women teach the younger women if there are only younger women? How can the older men teach the younger men if there are no younger men?

My Bible teaches that we are to reach children, students, families, singles, the divorced, and the widows. Becoming all things to all men seems to promote a number of methods and styles for reaching not just one target group, but everyone that has a soul. This means our strategies and plans must include methods and styles for every people group living in range.

Many won’t attempt this challenge because it’s too hard. If you are a lazy preacher, get some guts and get off your buts (purposely one "t")! I mean I’m tired of hearing, “I would do this or that, but…”

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