Adventures of a dutch evangelist

A little while ago I had a precious time with my cousin Brian Silos and we had many inspiring, challenging and thought provoking conversations.  He asked me this question: Why do you want to do evangelism? I said I simply want to tell people about Him as I love Jesus and I want people to know there's a God who loves them and has a plan for their lives. He then challenged and provoked me about something that's close to his heart and has become something close to my heart which is this; there's so many churches in our town who are out on the streets, preaching the Gospel, but in the meantime they are not living in unity, love and care with fellow church members or even with other churches and always pointing the fingers at each other for things that have happened!  People who don't go to church will look at us and say; yeah right, you say you are a disciple of Jesus, but you are speaking badly about your fellow brothers and sisters or you are not even showing love, care...

Perhaps a boring topic for some: church government. But if you don't organize things Biblically here, you're asking for trouble. And problems in the church often mean problems with eternal consequences. People losing their faith. Unbelievers who are not reached. Heaven and hell, life and death. That makes everything a little less boring. Text: Christian Tan A common mistake is that the highest authority is not given to those who are really the spiritual leaders. Instead, there is a board, a church council, a supervisory board, or a democratic meeting that determines everything. This can still go well by God's grace, but this is despite and not because of how we have arranged the government.  In the Bible we see that there are three layers of leadership in the church: (1) apostles, (2) elders, and (3) deacons. The apostles are pioneers who plant churches, recruit leaders, watch over Biblical teaching, and help the church remember the big picture of God's mission. Their...