What we teach matters. Earlier this year, when holding a new members class we were watching a video about what United Methodist believe broken down into five segments. With each segment the same comment was made over and over again, "I didn't know that!"
Disciples are made at the level of the local church, however, we don't want people to join the church simply because we have a good VBS or are nice. We want people to know what we believe, but that means we have to get better at teaching it.
I was on a visit today where the comment was made that we need more kids to learn what we believe in the Bible, which I certainly agree with, but we also need more adult who know what we believe, both as Christians and as United Methodists. Because if the adults don't know, then who's going to teach the kids? Who's to going to tell our neighbors? Who is going to proclaim Jesus to transform lives and the world?
We need more people who can simply articulate the faith in a compelling way. How do you proclaim what we believe? And who taught it to you in such a way that stirred your heart?
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