'Synergize' evangelism conference kicks off in Atlanta
Allie Martin - 1/29/2008 1:00:00 PM
The three-day conference -- called "Synergize" -- begins today in an Atlanta, Georgia, church. Pastor Sunday Adelaja, founder of God's Embassy Church in Kiev, Europe's largest church, organized the event. Speakers include actor Ben Stein, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, and Pat Williams, senior vice president of the Orlando Magic.
According to Pastor Adelaja, the conference will encourage pastors and leaders to radically impact the world. "The problem I see with the church in this country is that we are getting so blessed and so big," explains Adelaja. "... we are just satisfied with being blessed and the churches are more engaged and involved in themselves ...."
The European pastor says this selfish focus is detracting from the real goal of the church -- "getting involved in restoring society itself." He says it is time for the church in America to take the offensive on issues such as the biblical view of homosexuality.
Pastor Adelaja believes if the church in America became as "active and aggressive" in culture as the homosexual movement, then the church would have a missions movement that the "world would be proud of again."
