This was a phenomenal book! It is written to LDS people with the goal of sharing the gospel. Clayton Christensen shows that missionary work is not as much about bringing people into the church as it is about extending invitations! The ball is in our court when it comes to inviting people to learn about the gospel; it is in their court whether they decide to accept or reject that invitation. It's the same principle as a full-time missionary, invite everyone to be baptized! Of course not everyone will say yes, but that doesn't mean we don't invite!The main points I got out of this book are as follows:
1. Don't make friends just to share the gospel with them. People know when they aren't being treated
sincerely. Treat people like people, not like objects in the form of baptismal statistics. Rather, let us instead invite our friends and the people we come in contact with to hear about the gospel; and continue being their genuine friends regardless of their acceptance or rejection of our invitation.
2. Find alternative ways to share the gospel. I created this blog actually in response to reading this book, as a platform for sharing LDS beliefs.
3. Set goals to find someone, anyone, to share the gospel with and to get to take the missionary lessons. Clayton sets a date which motivates him to act. He shares amazing stories of finding the most random people (like someone sitting next to him on a flight) to accept the invitation to be taught by missionaries.
4. Don't judge who will or who will not accept the invitation to learn from the missionaries. Rather, invite everyone, and don't be surprised if the people that do accept are the ones you least suspected.
5. Don't limit your potential to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord! The stories in the Book of Mormon and Bible, where thousands of people join the church at a time by the teaching of one or two people continues to happen today all over the world! Clayton Christensen shares amazing stories of individuals, wards, branches, and stakes that do brilliant things with faith and sometimes literally bring thousands of people into the church in a short period of time.
My faith was renewed that all things are possible, even the bringing of thousands of our brothers and sisters to the knowledge of our Savior and Redeemer.
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