tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631197867227683926.post3744435135004929288..comments2023-08-02T10:54:42.975-05:00Comments on Pygmy Puffs and Heffalumps: An Anglican Revival?Zanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410069721111246797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631197867227683926.post-44694526014068164452008-06-09T15:03:00.000-05:002008-06-09T15:03:00.000-05:00j and matthew make good points. I would add that y...j and matthew make good points. I would add that you have to reach out and expand your circle of friends as well. When your friends see the happiness you have with your church, they may want to give it a try. In addition, traditional liturgical worship is very foreign to many, and puts some people off. This requires of you to be prepared to explain why we do the things we do. I suggest inviting people to your Bible study or Adult and child Sunday school and leave the formal service as an option at first.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631197867227683926.post-49824760749946713032008-06-05T20:42:00.000-05:002008-06-05T20:42:00.000-05:00The only success I have ever had evangelizing has ...The only success I have ever had evangelizing has been to invite my friends to church with me. Generally if they are churched, I ask semi-publicly and offer to visit their church as well. <BR/><BR/>The point of asking churched friends first is to let it be known that this is something I do, not something just for the heathen. I'm also not trying to steal sheep, as the parsons say. That way when I ask my heathen friends, they are comfortable with the idea that I'm not going to put the high pressure on.<BR/><BR/>For all that, I'm still a rotten evangelist.<BR/><BR/>I also wish I had your husband's job. Making furniture is so very much more satisfying than what I do.mousestalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640977915382623244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631197867227683926.post-53907857407372207782008-06-05T09:12:00.000-05:002008-06-05T09:12:00.000-05:00I would suggest looking into some sort of study of...I would suggest looking into some sort of study of outreach. Our church is in the middle of a two-year series of "classes" that are aimed at helping churches evangelize and reach out to non-Christians.<BR/><BR/>It's bizarre to gather with other churches and see that we (and your church) really don't have an idea of how to reach out in general, much less to non-Christians.<BR/><BR/>People who are more inventive and have thought about it more than me, have lots of ways to do simple outreach. I would suggest looking for some resources like that to get your creative juices flowing.<BR/><BR/>One of the really shocking little stats the class mentioned was that only 3 of 20 churches grow in size each year, and only 1 in twenty grow by reaching people who don't know Christ already. Those other 2 are growing because Christians are changing churches.<BR/><BR/>It's not just you or your church that has troubles with this.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16837647516475473182noreply@blogger.com