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Creating a Culture of Invitation in Your Church

Creating a Culture of Invitation in Your Church

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Paperback / softback

£8.99

Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780857216328
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 24/07/2015
Width: 13 cm
Height: 19.8 cm
We like to think our church welcomes visitors. But how welcoming can we be, if we are not inviting? We are welcoming as long as people get themselves across the church threshold, but we fail to take our welcome outside. During the years Michael has been developing Back to Church Sunday, he has conducted an extensive study on the seemingly simple subject of 'invitation'. Over 650 times in 12 countries he has asked: 'Why don't we invite our friends to take a closer look at Christ?' The many answers form the impetus for this book. After considering why it seems so hard to invite friends to church, Michael looks at our concerns over acceptance and rejection, and suggests ideas gleaned from years of trying to establish a culture of invitation. 'When I have specifically encouraged Christians to issue an invitation, some people say yes and some no. God sent his son to invite us all into a relationship, and so to be like God is to be a person who invites!'
Contents Acknowledgments 8 Foreword 9 Preface 11 Introduction 13 Chapter 1 What’s Wrong? 19 2 Twelve Reasons for Not Inviting 28 3 Facing the Fear 46 4 Responding to Rejection 72 5 Addressing the Problem 91 6 Best Practice 126 7 The Ultimate Inviter 147 Appendix 154 Notes 156

Michael Harvey

After a successful career in the insurance and consumer electronics industries, Michael now runs Back to Church Sunday campaigns around the world.

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