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gospel to every creature,” and that commission

does not apply only to missionaries on

foreign fields, but all Christians (including

pastors and church leaders) should be

missionaries and ministers of Christ in their

realm of contacts in everyday life. But that

duty is not emphasized much in today’s

churches. Rather, unbelievers are brought

into the church to hear the gospel, and

thereby Christians (including pastors and

other church leaders) often sidestep their

individual responsibility to personally

evangelize family members, friends,

coworkers, neighbors, and those who they

associate with on a daily basis. One-on-

one evangelism apart from a church-related

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