"Do you, as the way
opens, share Christ with people who do not know Christ? Do you witness to your faith by letting your
life speak?" These questions,
adapted from a Quaker covenant, remind us of the gentleness, simplicity, and
persistence that underlies effective invitation. Many people with no church home are
respectful, curious, and open to spirituality in general. Others are hostile, resentful, or suspicious
of religion, perceiving church people to be offensive and hurtful.
Even people who are not
particularly open to church are nevertheless open to their friends, and to the
experiences that their friends value.
The most concrete and personal way God reaches out to invite people into
faith is through friends who invite friends.
Most people who have no
church have at least one friend who practices the faith, and that person
provides the most likely pathway to the spiritual journey. Are you that person?
-- Robert Schnase in Five Practices of Fruitful
Living
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