Unfortunately, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
It does make me wonder a lot about where the hearts of leaders are. Is it for building up of the number of people in their congregation or is it to tell as many people as possible the Gospel so that they can know the Lord? Once again, are the leaders obeying the first and second greatest commands. Love the Lord your God with all of your heart soul and mind and, love your neighbour as you love yourself. Our hearts desire should be to do Gods will and it should be for the lost to be saved.
This does not mean we are all street preachers.
I was talking about this with my wife yesterday. I said to her that she is helping to spread the Gospel even though she is not going out and evangelising. We have a family to run and by her holding the fort at home, this allows me to go out and share the Good News. So, she supports me. If she was to tell me that she hates it when I go out and she needs me to control the kids, then, it would make it very difficult for me to go out. So, her heart's desire is for the lost to hear the Gospel and she helps me to go out.
Also, I know that many leaders/pastors are very busy mentoring people and organising a Sunday services. This is also very important. After someone comes to Christ, they may need direction and encouragement. And if a pastor is doing this full time, then that is a great thing. His heart's desire is for the lost too.
But people who run the church need to recognise that just because they are so busy mentoring new believers and running Sunday service, this does not mean that we all are doing enough to save the lost. Many in the church are not doing anything. They just sit in a pew and listen each Sunday and then they go to the bible studies. They may even go to a friendship group that the church runs and from this they think, "Well, I am doing friendship evangelism because I go to this friendship group where I get alongside a lot of other believers". The congregation needs to be given the skills to be able to say the Gospel. So, the leaders have a responsibility to equip the saints to be able to go out. They themselves may not be able to go out because they are already very busy doing things for the Kingdom of God. But there are many that are not busy who would be capable, but they do not have the skills.
Many in the congregation will say that they are not good enough to preach in public, or do one to one, or just hand out tracts. Many will be afraid. But the more equipped they become, the more confident they will be and the more they will start to do it. But without teaching, many will do nothing. We need to remember that some of the disciples were just simple fishermen. We can all do it. We just need the skills.
I myself am not an evangelist. I just have a love for my God and my neighbour.