Doubters and unbelievers

Poor communication with doubters and unbelievers

Over the past 50 years, Christians in America have been failing badly in the commission from Jesus to 'make disciples' (Matthew 28:19). Christians have been relying on religious institutions to do it for them, but it's not working.

There is no good substitute for Christians sharing their faith in personal conversations with family, friends, neighbors, and associates.

The big problem is that most Christians today don't know how to share their faith confidently, intelligently and persuasively with doubters and unbelievers. They don't know how to answer the tough questions. They get beat up in deep discussion. So they keep quiet about their faith.

Churches have been so busy reaffirming tradition to the faithful, and keeping the faithful comfortable, that they have neglected the hard task of strategically training them for effective dialog with people who have never heard a clear and sensible presentation of the gospel.

Old models of evangelism don't work well anymore in the modern world.

We can no longer assume that nearly everyone in the United States has some basic understanding of the Bible and Christian life. For a huge and growing segment of our population, it's a blank slate ... or worse, as religion is increasingly being regarded as a scourge on society.

People are very smart and well-informed today. They shoot down Christians with tough questions that most Christians are not prepared to answer.

Many Christians, too, have private doubts and questions that need to be resolved.

People of the new generations – like the people you meet in the videos below – think differently from people of the old generations. Without better understanding and communication, it's like ships passing in the night.