Evangelism is crucial to the church, so it is unthinkable that the preacher would neglect this important subject. Encourage the preacher and ministerial staff to study world evangelism and speak on missions. Several world outreach sermons should be preached each year. Key missions books should be assigned to the preaching staff. They should be expected to attend missions seminars, forums and lectureships.
Schedule visits to the field for the ministerial staff.
This is an especially important experience for the pulpit minister. He and others on the staff could conduct seminars, speak at retreats overseas, and otherwise get their feet wet in missions. This has been known to set preachers' hearts on fire for God's mission. If, even after the elders' encouragement, the pulpit minister does not blossom in missions awareness, find someone who will. Good men with a burden for world evangelism are out there and can rejuvenate the congregation spiritually.