| DiscussionTime said: Christian leaders need to screen who goes door to door to preach. But I can't blame them for trying. Christianity numbers globally are stagnant at best, and shrinking at worst. The #2 religion, Islam, agressively converts and is now the fastest growing religion. Islam countries promise citizens a better life if they follow Islam in their daily lives, parents strictly convert their children....you don't find many atheist children in Muslim states. Such things are a dishonor in the community. Christians are way too lenient with their children and let them choose their own faiths. In the end, Christians are just trying nicely to bring up their numbers. Is just how they approach it that needs to change. I am Christian and I can't stand the Bible heavy, heavy faith based Christians. There is also different branches of Christianity and they have no control over the other. Protestants, Catholic, Anglican, and the pimple of Christianity (at least from the Catholic/Protestant view).....Mormon and Jehovas Witness. |
It would be better if people respected what the Christian religion is, and end up speaking of what it is, and let it be, rather than come up with some sort of warped justification of their own doctrinal views to explain everything, appease their inner guilt and bend it so they believe they will go to heaven when they die. This being is what I will often see people evangelizing with flawed teaching that doesn't reflect the Bible accurately. It also leads to a lot of faking of things. I believe it is written Jesus spoke of people making converts who then became twice the sinner as a result.
As far as numbers go, I believe it would be appropriate to say, based on the New Testament texts, that Jesus is far more interest in quality, rather than quantity. Jesus wants the good soil, and people who stay in until the end.
