Discipleship & Evangelism | Raevyn Robinson | Friday 9.1.23 | Join Us 6AM PST Monday-Friday

<p>Theme: Evangelism and Discipleship | Raevyn Robinson </p> <p> “Yesterday’s Price is not Today’s Price”</p> <p>  ◦ Most of us who grew up in church are familiar with how basic the approach to evangelism and discipleship was back in the day…  ◦ Anybody that grew up in church during the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s…you know what this was like.  ◦ Much of it consisted of the entire congregation gathering at the church on a designated Saturday.  ◦ Everyone showed up in their Saturday’s best…..matching church t-shirts   ◦ the men were more than likely rocking dad jeans, with the church shirt tightly tucked in the jeans, a “Jesus saves” dad hat or something similar and some off-brand sneakers  ◦ Women probably paired the church tee with an ankle length jean skirts, white keds and scrunchy crew socks  ◦ And the pastor toting a megaphone.  ◦ Sometimes the saints broke off into small groups to canvas various areas near the church to pass out tracts or pamphlets, offer prayer and salvation to members within that community then inviting them to church  ◦ They typically had strict guidelines or a script that was previously taught during classes of discipleship, evangelism, soul winning, outreach, witnessing  ◦ While the terms where used interchangeably….the common goal was to effectively win souls to Christ and get them off the streets  ◦ So on these Saturdays, at some point during or nearing the end, they would meet back up at a set time and location for a moment of unified prayer, praise and maybe a mini sermon from the pastor.  ◦ Overall, most churches pretty much stuck to a basic routine of how their ministry did their part to grow the kingdom.  ◦ During this era, this method of execution was known to work and be extremely effective.  ◦ Droves of people swarmed to churches with expectation and vigor and it wasn’t just and easter or mother’s day thing!  ◦ Men, women, kids and families were actively pursuing God and going to church!!!  ◦ Some fresh out of jail, educators, parolees, doctors, former pimps and hoe’s, dope dealers, l