Spiritual Head-Hunters! Another way of looking at this headhunting mentality is doing evangelism work to meet some sort of quota. When we target a neighborhood with an assignment of winning people to Christ and converting x - number of people to joining our church...this is really about hunting! I don't know of anyone who wants to be hunted like game. It's not a fun feeling to be sought out like you're some kind of prize. In general this type of evangelism work is done with a good heart - however misguided the actions may be. The issue is that sharing your faith in these types of circumstances is forced, unnatural, and driven by the law. We act as if people feel they HAVE to do this for them to be living up to God's standards.
The way we talk about sharing our faith is often scalp hunting verbiage. We tend to use words that convey an attack or enemy mindset. Let's get real fora minute - the people to whom we are giving a witness adn sharing our faith are NOT the enemy. Now there is an enemy and his name is Satan. Satan has fooled people and tricked them into doubting God, but you and I are not immune to that temptation ourselves. We all are sinful people and deserve God's punishment, but we have Jesus - the one who took that punishment for us.
There are many alternatives to scalp hunting, so let's take some time to focus on these positives. How do you talk and interact with people in ways that make them not feel like you are hunting them down? What are you thinking when you share your faith with others? What tools and techniques do you use to prevent yourself from becoming a spiritual head hunter?
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