As I travel around and speak in churches, I often suggest that the pastor use a visual to remind the church the importance of the Great Commission.
After Share Jesus Without Fear has been taught to the church, I ask the pastor to place a candle at the front of the church and have it lit the following week as the congregation comes in. The congregation is then told the pastor is going to ask a question before every service begins: "Did anyone this week share their faith?" If for some reason no hands go up, the pastor blows out the candle. "Our light is out," he might say, "our wick is wet." The candle will smoke and stink, and it should, because we have been disobedient to Jesus Christ.
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