We can and must affirm that the Church’s
primary task is that of personal evangelism.
Whatever methodology we employ…our task is that of bringing individuals
one by one into a redemptive encounter with Jesus Christ. We can and must affirm that personal evangelism
and social concern are two sides of the same coin. This is not a case of either-or; it is rather
a case of both-and. We can and must
affirm that social concern and personal evangelism are not a dichotomy; they are
a both-and duality blanketed as our Lord’s word in Luke 11:42: “But woe to you
Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you
bypass justice and love for God. These
things you should have done without neglecting the others.”(p. 60)
Vernon
Grounds
From the essay “Evangelicalism and
Social Responsibility”
In the book Tough-Minded Christianity (2008) B&H Academic
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