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Who's Pandering to the People? Ask Chuck

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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:44

QUOTE: "Too many times, pastors today are more concerned with comforting the congregation than leading them. Don't pander to the people in the congregation. Lead them. Show them what they've got to do to understand their faith and to be able to defend it in the world and live it out in the marketplace. … We have misread the Great Commission. The Great Commission isn't to go into all the world and make converts. The Great Commission is to go into all the world and make disciples. … The most critical thing the church of Jesus Christ can do today is to disciple its own members to know what they believe, why it matters and then to have the courage to live it out in society. … Thirty-four percent of the American people share our convictions. If we started training and discipling them and turning them into a movement, we would turn this country upside down. We start on our knees, repent, disciple people and then watch what God chooses to do through us." —Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson, speaking to pastors during the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, which began Sunday in Louisville, Ky. [Baptist Press, 6/22/09]