I’m currently involved in a conversation on one of The Salvation Army groups on Facebook and realise just how different people’s views are about the Army. The discussion is over whether the Army is old-fashioned or not?
There have been a number of people who have tried to direct the conversation onto whether the reason the Army is not really attracting people could be a spiritual issue. However, for many it keeps coming back to two issues; a) alcohol and b) membership of bands/songsters.
Is it me or are we still getting caught up on the secondary issues instead of focussing on Christ? Surely if we put as much effort into our discipleship that we do on complaining about some of the Army’s practices the Army would be a much more spiritually effective force in today’s world!
I could not agree more…
I wish that some of us had the same passion and commitment to go to open-airs as we do to change the style of our uniform…
I agree about the uniform side of things but in one way even open-airs are a secondary issue! Are open-airs done because that’s what has always been done, or are they still an effective evangelistic tool that has seen people come to the Lord in the last 12 months?
You see, it is probable that when our sole focus is Jesus who we profess as Lord and Master of our lives then the real evangelistic opportunities will become evident to us!