Love the Lord your God ... Love your neighbor ...
During Amplify 2017, I had the honor of giving Paul Cedar, Chairman and CEO of the Mission America Coalition, the lifetime recognition award for his commitment to evangelism. I am a big fan of Paul and thankful for his passion to see people reached with the gospel. Below I interviewed Paul and Kathy Branzell, who serves as National Coordinator of LOVE2020, an initiative of MAC. The two talk about LOVE2020 and its impact.
Ed: At Amplify 2017, the Mission America Coalition called upon leaders to mobilize Christ-followers to authentically love their neighbors. Why is love so important to the LOVE2020 evangelistic outreach?
Paul Cedar: Love is at the very heart of the LOVE2020 Movement. It is a clear call for followers of Jesus to love God with all of our hearts and our neighbors as ourselves. Jesus was not making a mere suggestion when He gave us that invitation. It was a command to His followers, including us.
Studies show that most Americans look at professing Christians as negative, judgmental, and condemning. In contrast, Jesus said that His followers should be known by their love. LOVE2020 is inviting believers to return to our spiritual roots of Christian discipleship—to allow the fruit of the Holy Spirit to flow through us to others.
Ed: How did the Lord drop this vision into your heart, and what are your hopes for how our communities and country could be impacted?
Paul: LOVE2020 has followed sequentially from several other national initiatives that have been facilitated by the Mission America Coalition over the years, including the Lighthouse Movement and the ”Loving our Communities to Christ” initiative.
If just 10% of professing Jesus followers in the U.S. would begin to live the lifestyle of praying for ...
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