Notes from Leadership Journal, Part 2- Keepers of the Tank

Sadly, the Church has become consumed with being ‘Keepers of the Fish Tank’, rather than being FISHERS of men!

We become so inward focused, that it’s hard to know what to do when someone new wanders into the tank.

We’ve created our own sub-culture in the tank that the new fish we are trying to catch cannot relate to.

While the early Christian Church adopted cultural practices of the ancient Roman and Jewish worlds to catch new fish for Christ and ultimately let Christ transform them, we have expected the fish outside of our tank to adopt to the culture of our tank before they are welcomed and can be transformed by Christ.

This is the exact opposite of the Biblical approaches of evangelism by Jesus and His early followers. And it is the exact opposite practice of Christians in countries where Christianity is spreading like wildfire and churches in America where new believers are being welcomed into the Kingdom in astronomical numbers and revival is happening.