What are the long-term results of doing Servant Evangelism?
A. 1. The church will become oriented toward action. The church is in continual need of redefining. It seems clear that the church in America is living in an age of great inwardness. In one week only five of a thousand books in a large Christian book distributors catalogue concerned evangelism and outreach. About two dozen books addressed the challenge of raising teenagers; about one hundred dealt with codependency issues. And about fifty discussed the end times. In light of this inward focus, we need to ask the question, “Why does the church exist?” We certainly exist to worship God and to grow in wholeness and Christlikeness, but Jesus made it clear that we must also give of ourselves if we hope to keep growing. The Great Commission links God’s special presence to the action of the church going into the world. “Go therefore and make disciples… and lo, I am with you always” (Mt 28:19-20, RSV). God is with us in an immediate sense as we carry His life into the world. Human nature alw
