Reaching non-churched people

Reaching non-churched people is important to God and therefore important to us. I trust that is and will continue to be a distinct, important core value of our church.

We learned over the weekend that only 18% of all the people in the Chicagoland are in church on any given Sunday. 18%!

A lot of those who are not in church are people from other countries, other cultures, that speak other languages.

I don't know if you realize it or not, but we have a group of Koreans who hold a service in our church on Sunday afternoons. I am thrilled about that!

It's one of the many reasons why I like Chicago so much. It's becoming, more and more, an international city.

To become a missionary in the sense of ministering to those in other cultures does not now dictate that we get on a jet plane and fly to another country - different nationalities and cultures are coming to us!

In following through on that, let me share with you that we are starting a Spanish speaking service on Thursday, June 12th, in room 202 at Stone Church. Great stuff. Pastor Jesse and Fran Nunez will be helping us along with Jose and Maria Perez.

They will also be handing out invitations and tracts to Spanish speaking people in the surrounding area before and after the initial meeting.

Here's the deal - if you know Spanish and would like to attend, or you have Spanish speaking friends who need to connect with Christ or find a church - invite them to come!

It's a great opportunity to continue our efforts to be completely missional - a church with a missionary heart. Why? Because it's important to God and therefore important to us.