Almost every question I raised he used as an opportunity to talk about reaching the unchurched: «Our goal is to reach just one - one hundredth
of the unchurched people in Chicago.
But, unfortunately, that is not the image that millions
of unchurched people ever see.
Not exact matches
However I find it invaluable as a place to take my pagan
unchurched friends and have them taught the word by
people more knowledgeable and grace - filled than I. Also as a place to be encouraged to hold the course and not revert to the old me which prefers kicking a ** and taking names over compassion, concern and giving my time / resources to the benefit
of other.
Churches gain and lose members in two ways: by the natural process
of births and deaths, and by luring
people from — or losing them to — other churches or the ranks
of the
unchurched.
What we meant to model was the sending
of one
of our number to be a foreign missionary — to learn a new language, to understand a local culture, to sacrifice the amenities
of affluence and to live knowing that he or she is always being watched by seekers — while the rest
of us stay here as lifetime local missionaries, learning to speak the language
of the
unchurched, understanding secular culture, sacrificing the amenities
of affluence and living as a «watched»
person in a society that is skeptical
of Christian spirituality until it sees the real thing on display.
I suppose, being raised «
unchurched,» I «read» the Scriptures a bit differently than many «
people of the Book.»
Christians were «so judgemental» however the
people that «embraced me» were the «
unchurched» through introducing me to therapy with a personal counselor as well a providing emotinal support through checking on me daily or taking care
of my home and child when I couldn't.
I might privately believe that my position was the «only» truly Christian one, and I might publicly do all I could to persuade
people of its truth, but I would be unjustified in seeking to
unchurch or to deny the name
of Christian to those who disagree with me.
Of course, don't
unchurched people sing at concerts?
Best
of all, even though
Unchurching is a critical look at the church and contains a call for
people to follow Jesus away from the four walls
of Christendom, the book is incredibly gracious and kind.
Finally, the language
of worship needs to incorporate more modern images relevant to a large population
of unchurched younger
people who do not have world views like our own.
We shall see how important the creeds and other summaries
of belief have been to many Christians, who have
unchurched those with whom they disagreed and at times persecuted
people whose opinions were regarded as unorthodox, whom they called heretics.
People who are
unchurched may be touched deeply by the power
of God's promise and even more specifically by Jesus» personality.
«Don't wait for
unchurched people to bring up the topic
of faith,» he said.
«If the only benefit
of being a Christian is that you get to go to heaven, most
unchurched people don't care,» McConnell said.
CT has previously discussed how it's possible to be both spiritual and religious, the importance
of loving the church, and what
unchurched people think
of Christians.
I am in the middle
of doing a sermon series on evangelism at my church and I've been challenging
people to invite their
unchurched friends to church.
America has more
unchurched people than the entire populations
of all but 11
of the world's 194 nations.»
On October 3, 1949, thirty - eight denominations set out to win as many as possible
of the 70 million
unchurched people of this country to a living evangelical faith.
Troy: When David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons shared their findings
of how
unchurched young
people view the church in Unchristian, one
of the most jarring critiques was that the church is, in their words, anti-homosexual.
There are 195 million non-churched
people in America, making America one
of the top four largest «
unchurched» nations in the world.
But when I proposed that there may be many
unchurched people out there who are unwilling or afraid to enter a church building because
of unfamiliar practices and forms
of worship, the students sat up and took notice.
Sophisticated theologians may scoff at the shallowness
of the theology proclaimed by Schuller on Sundays when he tries to reach the
unchurched, but the fact is that his message is more exciting to many
unchurched people than is that
of the theologians.
While in most audiences
of religious programs there is a percentage
of people who are
unchurched or who indicate little interest in religion in general, it needs to be noted that this percentage is consistently small.
We had a
person on our staff a couple
of years ago who came here because he wanted to be part
of a church that reached
unchurched people.
Goose Creek, SC About Blog Our vision to connect
people to the transforming grace
of God will be accomplished: * by extending grace to one another and deepening both our appreciation for our visitors and our compassion for the
unchurched.
Goose Creek, SC About Blog Our vision to connect
people to the transforming grace
of God will be accomplished: * by extending grace to one another and deepening both our appreciation for our visitors and our compassion for the
unchurched.