The Pastor and Frontline Evangelism

I've heard it said that a pastor need not necessarily pursue personal evangelism as something beyond their regular preaching, because their regular preaching is evangelism.

Chewing on that this afternoon, two things sprang to mind:

• It rests on the assumption that significant numbers of non-Christians are actually coming under your preaching. So, are they?
• I'll let you decide what 'significant' means (--that's a conversation worth having). But let me say: don't just look to the number of 'visitors' (which most churches track somehow). 'Visitors' includes genuinely converted Christians holidaying, church-shopping, or just plain 'passing through'--none of whom are relevant to this discussion.
• It means you're expecting your church members to do something you're not modelling: namely, getting non-Christians to church.
• Let me say: I don't think that's a fatal flaw with the proposal. But, I do think you need to be able train people to do it, and training usually includes being able to point to people who are modelling it. Some people are natural bringers. Who can you point to?

Even with both of the above issues addressed, I reckon the 'idea' serves one situation well, and another very poorly:

• If you're feeling totally inadequate as a pastor, because you're comparing yourself to some gun-frontline-evangelist, then let this be a comforting reality check: you evangelise as you preach.
• If you're feeling comfortable as a proclaimer of Christ's gospel, while evangelising the 'lost' appears to exert little control over your diary, then let this be a reality check: people are headed to hell.