Alex Montoya, On the Reason for the Decline in Evangelism

“The greatest single reason why the church is declining is that it has ceased to go out to the lost. For some reason, evangelism has become something to do in church – within the walls of the church building. The church today expects unbelievers to come to it, when in fact the church should go out to them. Effective outreach will take place when Christians realize that the starting point of the Great Commission is to move out from the comfort zones of ecclesiastical structures into the lives of the lost around them. From the pulpit to the pew – from the pastor to the parishioner – the perspective of evangelism must be that of a proactive, aggressive endeavor.” (“Outreaching,” Rediscovering Pastoral Ministry)