[Rev. Sajan Varghese]
Laymen are the vehicles for evangelism.
Diaspora The disciples were scattered and they ended up in different places. This is the way they became vehicles of evangelism.
The priest speaks to people in the church. But it is the laymen who go to places where the common men are present. Hence it is the duty of these laymen to take forward the evangelism.
Our church seems to be stuck with the past glory. It is said that each Mar Thomite is an evangelist. But other than saying this again and again, we don’t do anything about it.
We have highly educated laymen in the church. But there is no lay leadership. The people responsible for this are “each and every one of us”. Even in the cottage prayers, people are not interested if achen doesn’t lead. This attitude is wrong. We need to get back the lay leadership this church once enjoyed. We need to tread and re-tread the lay leadership path.
Laymen are the vehicles for evangelism.
Diaspora The disciples were scattered and they ended up in different places. This is the way they became vehicles of evangelism.
The priest speaks to people in the church. But it is the laymen who go to places where the common men are present. Hence it is the duty of these laymen to take forward the evangelism.
Our church seems to be stuck with the past glory. It is said that each Mar Thomite is an evangelist. But other than saying this again and again, we don’t do anything about it.
We have highly educated laymen in the church. But there is no lay leadership. The people responsible for this are “each and every one of us”. Even in the cottage prayers, people are not interested if achen doesn’t lead. This attitude is wrong. We need to get back the lay leadership this church once enjoyed. We need to tread and re-tread the lay leadership path.
- Jesus taught us through parables. When we preach today, we are not able to connect to the people. We are not able to illustrate from our lives. Instead we try to pick up illustrations from other places of the world. But people are not connected to these things.
Each parable has a life setting to it. God used salt and mustard seed to link to our faith. Jesus said you are the salt of the earth. The importance of salt can be seen in the preparation of sambar. You use very little salt in the curry. This little amount of salt can either enhance or spoil the taste of the curry.
In the Indian setting, Christians can enhance the entire country. Instead of just standing for rights, we can help in the healthy growth of the country.
There are a lot of people in the majority who are down-trodden. We shouldn’t stamp them down by misusing our rights as a minority. - Before, we used stony salt. But now we use powdered salt. Once you use salt in a dish, it dissolves. You can’t see it. Are we, the minority, ready to dissolve in the country? Are we ready to lose our identity to enhance our surroundings?
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