Mind Renewers

In all the times I’ve read the Bible, either I’ve missed it or these aren’t there:

1. The Bible doesn’t tell us to invite unsaved people to church. 
2. It doesn’t tell us we need to get people saved.
3. The Scriptures never mention attendance numbers at any meeting of the church (unless you want to stretch a point to include I Corinthians 15:6, but that is talking about witnesses to the truth of Christ’s resurrection).
4. The Scriptures encourage evangelism, but never condemn anyone for not being evangelistic, not even in I Corinthians or in Revelation 2-3, which together describe almost everything that could be wrong in a church.
5. My Bible doesn’t anywhere tell any church to start a particular program to target reaching a particular group of people.
6. It never says we need to get more people into the church.  It never says we need to get more young people into the church.
7. The Word of God never says we need to make our church services appealing to unbelievers when they visit.  It only suggests, in I Corinthians 14:23-24, that our message is to be clear enough so they can understand it if they do visit.
8. The Bible never mentions how many people Paul or any other person led to the Lord.
9. The Bible never tells us how many churches Paul, Peter, or anyone else started.
10. The Scriptures seem to say more about removing people from the church (I Corinthians 5, II Thessalonians 3, Matthew 18, Romans 16:17, etc.) than they do about bringing people into the church.

Just some things to consider when we think about the purpose of the church, missions, and evangelism.