In other words, you must offer something for every man. The goal should always be to point men to opportunities to rise to the next level of growth. Long Term, Low Pressure . It takes a long time to make a disciple. We must give men permission to stand around the rim of what we are doing and observe.
Men come along at different speeds.
Give them permission to buy in at their own pace, and allow them to come on board at their own level of involvement. Versus Fix Their Behavior. Once a man at our outreach Bible study received Christ, but he was slow to let Christ influence some aspects of his behavior. One morning at a leader's meeting, one of our leaders suggested we get a group of men to take this fellow to lunch and confront him on his behavior. After some discussion, we agreed that we should show him Christ rather than just focusing on his behavior.