08/05/2026
What many churches now call “evangelism” is nothing more than membership transfer.
You meet someone on the street, not to preach Christ, not to explain salvation, not to point men to repentance, but to advertise your branch like a marketer looking for customers. The first question is no longer “Do you know Christ?” but “Which church do you attend?”
And once the person joins your church from another church, you call it “increase.” Increase of what exactly? The kingdom of God or the seating capacity of your auditorium?
Modern evangelism has become spiritual advertising. Flyers are filled with testimonies of “I joined this commission and got a visa,” “I connected to this altar and bought a car,” “I sowed seed and my business exploded.” Very little about repentance, dying to self, or becoming like Christ. Everything revolves around money, breakthrough, and miracles because in a continent where millions survive below one dollar a day, poverty has become the easiest tool for mánipulation.
Many churches know that if you promise people financial escape, crowds will come. So Christ is no longer the message; prosperity is the bait. The cross has become secondary while “divine alert” has become the gospel.
The apostles entered cities preaching repentance and the lordship of Christ. Today many enter cities with banners saying “Come and end poverty.”
What we are witnessing is not revival; it is religious competition. Churches are fighting over customers while calling it soul winning.
If your gospel cannot survive without promising people money, cars, contracts, and supernatural wealth, then maybe what you are preaching is not the gospel of JESUS CHRIST
