Inviting someone to church this Sunday

Easter is this Sunday.

It is a perfect Sunday to invite someone you know to come to one of our services (8:30 A.M. and 10:30 A.M.)

I have been inviting people all week.

My prayer is that some will come.

Here's what I know:  There is power in an invitation.

I read today that after surveying 10,000 people, the Institute for American Church Growth concluded that 79 % began attending church after receiving such an invitation. 

Only 6% were attracted by the pastor (that doesn't really bless me), 5% by the Sunday School (Bible Classes) and 0.5% by an evangelistic crusade.

I encourage you to invite someone to church this Sunday.  Easter.

Why?  Well, the non-churched matter to God.  Lost people matter to the heart of God, and therefore they should matter to us! 

People who have given up on God because of the things they see Christians doing, people who see no need for God, people who are so bad that they make you look like a saint, everyone matters to God!

2,000 years ago, Jesus told a parable about some lost things, he told a story of a lost sheep, a lost coin, and the lost son.

He share his parable in Luke 15:3-8:

"Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ’Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance."

Can I tell you something?  Non-Christians are more open to being invited than you think they are.  It shows you care.  It shows you really believe in what you are basing your life on.

A recent poll by researcher George Barna showed, for example, that about 25% of the adults in the United States would come if someone would just invite them.

Think about it:  One in four of your friends would be willing to join you this Easter Sunday!

All you have to do is ask!

Praying with  you about this........