Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Global Education and Society Science, ICOGESS 2019,14 March, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia

Research Article

The Role Of Family Altar And Evangelism In Church Growth

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.14-3-2019.2292004,
        author={James  Siregar},
        title={The Role Of Family Altar And Evangelism In Church Growth},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Global Education and Society Science, ICOGESS 2019,14 March, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICOGESS},
        year={2020},
        month={2},
        keywords={evangelism cell group family altar church growth},
        doi={10.4108/eai.14-3-2019.2292004}
    }
    
  • James Siregar
    Year: 2020
    The Role Of Family Altar And Evangelism In Church Growth
    ICOGESS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-3-2019.2292004
James Siregar1,*
  • 1: Postgraduate Program, Pelita Kebenaran School of Theology
*Contact email: jamessiregar@yahoo.com

Abstract

Evangelism, as it is known, is an indispensable part of church and Christianity. Meanwhile, with the increasing number of churches everywhere and with the growing number of congregations, especially in churches in the city, it is important to observe whether the churches continue to carry out or have evangelistic zeal as stated by Heath that the situation "cannot quell joyful news that flows from a passionate heart. "It could be that the church is focused on serving itself internally in order to pay attention to the welfare and comfort of the people. It cannot be denied that the church really needs to pay attention to the service of the people, even services that are holistic. With the existence of such a holistic service concept, it is precisely diverting more attention to service to the church congregation. It is conceivable that this requires resources and if the church does not carefully maintain balance, it is not impossible that the church will forget evangelism. Moreover, if the church has mobilized its resources for the ministry of the congregation, the church may be exhausted and lose enthusiasm for carrying out the responsibility for evangelism.