The Priority of Evangelism By John Ed Mathison Forget about all of those theoretical books on church growth. Without question, Mathison believes that evangelism has been the key to growth.
Prayerful planning is essential for growth.
We must discover God's plan for our congregation and implement it, coming to terms with the priorities of the church. Congregations do not have the resources to spend their time, energy, or money without defining priorities. After prayerful consideration, the priority for Frazer was established as that of making disciples, that is, evangelism. The committee took time to carefully define evangelism because the word has been so misunderstood, producing regretful negative connotations with too many people. On the basis of these biblical mandates, evangelism includes every member of the congregation.