When you see
your neighbors taking a walk with their kids, mowing their yard, or you chat with
them at your neighborhood event, their life looks good, which is great! However, you’d love to see them connect with
God and Jesus Christ and choose be a Follower.
But do you think they’d ever attend your church? What does your church have that they would
see as a benefit to their lives.
What if your neighbor says they
connect with God on a personal level and they don’t attend church? First, maybe ask your neighbor to describe
what for them “is a good relationship with God” and how it benefits their life. Really listen and pay attention to what they
say that also resonates with your relationship with God. Such as, God helps them relate to others in a
loving and caring way. You can share
that Jesus taught and lived out his revolutionary teaching to show mercy and love
to everyone, including those who are unloving towards us, even our enemies.
You could ask, what in you daily
relationships with family, friends, co-workers, etc. challenge and teach you
about your own thoughts and how you interact with others? After they respond how they’ve been taught though
that, you can share how your church has been a great additional God given support
in having positive and healthy relationships with others. You can share that your church friendships help
your reinforce Christ-like teachings in the relationships you have. If you have a specific example you can share
regarding your friends, marriage, kids, co-workers, etc. that can have real
meaning to your friend.
Through sharing the benefits of better
relationships you have with others and God by attending and being involved in
Church, you can help your friend make that decision to attend your church or
small group gathering. Of course, you‘ll
need to extend an invitation! Recent surveys
show that about 75% of people invited to church will actually go! May God’s leading and Spirit be with you and
me in loving and caring for our neighbors and friends who are unchurched.
Please
share with me your thoughts and experiences regarding this! Thanks much!!
2 comments:
Its a little sad really, like all pastors you obviously think that more church is the solution, when more church has always been the problem.
About 8 years ago, my wife and I left church for good ago because we needed to get closer to the Lord. With church no longer imposing its version of God, our relationship with the Lord has improved beyond measure.
For long enough, the church has acted as if it is the one source of life, leading the saints to depend on men, rather than God. Until that stops, the church will always stay immature.
I found this site after an Internet search. I’m very disappointed that this site uses a shameful bait and switch to fool people into coming to this site. The church has to have some kind of gimmick to attract folks because it’s devoid of anything real; capitalism is all the church has and worships. I left the church & Christianity in 2005 to follow Jesus because of these very things. The previous commenter was right as well.
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