Stepping Out With God - Pasir Panjang Church of Christ Singapore

The Church Must Give Priority
to Making Disciples
For over 4 decades, as I travelled around Asia visiting churches of Christ, I
have observed few churches devoting time to building disciples. Most
preachers and leaders teach and preach but do not devote time to mentoring
members.
As a result, many christians do not have the necessary grounding in the
faith, and do not remain faithful to Christ. The church experience high
turnovers, unable to grow to maturity.
PP is not the first congregation in Singapore, nor are we the fasting growing
church. However, through the years, we have been successful in retaining
our members, consolidating our strengths and we have learned the value of
growing the maturity of the body.
While I am keenly aware of this deficiency amongst the brotherhood, this
important work was once again brought to my attention the month when
five overseas preachers attended SIBI. As they shared with me their concerns,
I was moved to meet with them 3 times each week to mentor them in their
ministry.
As PP continues to preach the gospel, it is so important that we keep the
membership strong with a variety of programmes to suit and reach out to
every sector of our membership. A current example is the “Second Half”
seminar for our older members.
Next time, when you reach out to win someone for Christ, do not stop after
his baptism. Continue to hold his hand, help him integrate into a Care team
and model the way for him. Let go only after he has grown enough to win
another to Christ (2 Timothy 2:2).
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