The good news is that this divine objective can be and certainly should be approached very equally and evenly among the body of believers. It is possible to reach people with the gospel of Jesus Christ before said people ever enter their own world. "How?", you ask. Quite simply in child rearing.
Such a statement sounds as if an overstatement of the obvious. But, in truth, many so-called Christian parents are content to leave the teaching of God's Word to the Sunday school teacher or the youth pastor. Granted, they may not know what their respective church leaders know, but ignorance of itself is not so much the problem as contentment in said ignorance is. They simply don't recognize that while it may be wise in a given situation to delegate certain home responsibilities elsewhere, God still holds the parents primarily responsible overall in training up the child in Godly principles. And as for God, He dare not deprive any person of insight strictly by His counsel just to force him/her to find it elsewhere. He gives wisdom to all; you need only ask (James 1:5).
If anything, the teaching of God's Word should be generational. The awareness God and His first begotten, Jesus Christ, should be taught in the home first and foremost by the parents, and the youth pastor and even senior pastor simply tag-team with the parents in training up the next generation of believers. But regardless of how successful your pastor has been and how mega- his/her ministry may be, it can't be stressed enough that the parents are primarily responsible for their children growing up in God's kingdom. And here again, the responsibility of spreading the gospel is very evenly distributed. Quite simply, if parents would disciple their own children, no one else would have to! Indeed, parenthood was instituted by God for this reason. By the Holy Spirit, you purposed as a parent to teach your children about God. Providing a home, protection, food, clothing, etc. are all secondary to this. Family bible study, prayer, and even communion should regularly scheduled occurrences in your home.
Be advised that discipleship is always occurring. The only question is, what are you discipling your children to? The sinful nature is the default state of Man's existence, per the Original Sin, so if you are not consciously teaching your children holiness, you are unconsciously teaching them to live outside of God's will. It is always true that you can teach your children what you know, but they become who you are.
Please inquiry of God how to raise your children. Disciple your own children into the Kingdom of God and make it a generational blessing for your family. Do this so it can be true that every person born from you loins will have a relationship with God from now until the day of Jesus Christ.
