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David Watson continues his discussions on the following:
- Ministry should precede evangelism and evangelism must always be the end result of ministry. Timing is important and necessary.
- Focus on households and families, not individuals. Jesus did not pre-qualify. Be careful not to make judgments/decisions about who is worthy or not to receive the gospel.
- Even when you’re using the ‘person of peace’ method, you still have to be careful not to violate culture. Every culture has a way that families relate to each other. It’s not about what makes you feel comfortable. It’s what makes ‘them’ feel comfortable. Lowering barriers to the gospel. Have to understand gender issues, age issues, shame and honor issues. How to identify spiritual leaders. Church planting is not for the faint of heart. But church planters have to be people who love to learn.
- Our job is not to teach. Our job is to ask the right questions so that people can discover the answers from the Bible on their own.
- Small for-profit projects often yield much higher long-term access and goodwill than charity or free services.
- Do we think the disciples felt they were ready to have Jesus leave? Do we really believe in the Holy Spirit? If we did, we will walk away from things sooner than we often do.
