Is it profitable and advisable to go to gatherings of those seeking God when you start an outreach in a city?

When we begin to labor in a new city, it is both to preach the gospel to the unbelievers and to minister to the believers. We make an effort to find and fellowship with believers our vision of the Lord’s desire as revealed in the New Testament. If they are open to us, we are happy to share with them what we have seen concerning especially the experience of Christ, the practical expression of the church, and the gospel of the kingdom. However, we have found that it is not wise to come to speak to Christians where they gather unless we are invited by the leaders among them. Otherwise, it will stir up a reaction and opposition to what we are doing. The apostles did meet with that kind of response when they went to the synagogues to preach the gospel, but we feel that it is not profitable for us to go where we are not welcomed. We do not want to deliberately do things that will create issues and controversy among believers in the Lord Jesus.

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