“Crawl underneath the hood of any growing church that is actually growing from the unchurched and you will find that the number one reason newcomers attend is because they were invited by a friend.
Churches grow from the unchurched because their members and attenders talk about it to their unchurched friends. It comes up in their conversations like the mention of a good movie, a favorite restaurant or a treasured vacation spot.
There is a culture of invitation.”
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Michael Harvey has been telling us the same thing in the videos we have been watching each Sunday. Most of us have a variety of friends, relatives and acquaintances, but who to invite? We could invite all of them of course. But some will be in the process of being prepared by God. Possibly the same ones we have been praying for. Spotting what God has been, or is, doing is very helpful.
And as Michael Harvey said, we can keep on inviting people more than once. Being ready is also about timing. Last month may not have been the time, but now might be.
“If we invite them, they may come.”
Dale