Across the decades of working with churches, I have concluded that there is a direct correlation between how long a person has been attending church and the likelihood they might invite somebody to church. Essentially, the longer you hang around at church the less likely you are to invite - and life-time church attendees often treat their church life as if it were involvement in a secret society. They say they don't want to be pushy with religion, or that they don't know anybody who would be interested, or that religion is personal...
Thursday, October 31, 2019
CULTIVATING AN INVITATIONAL CHURCH CULTURE
Across the decades of working with churches, I have concluded that there is a direct correlation between how long a person has been attending church and the likelihood they might invite somebody to church. Essentially, the longer you hang around at church the less likely you are to invite - and life-time church attendees often treat their church life as if it were involvement in a secret society. They say they don't want to be pushy with religion, or that they don't know anybody who would be interested, or that religion is personal...
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