Day 37 – The Fields Are Ready for Harvest
Dr. Thom Rainer wrote an article for Christianity Today entitled Ten Surprises About the Unchurched. Based on three years researching the unchurched of North American, the survey produced results that may surprise you:
1. Most of the unchurched prefer to attend church on Sunday morning if they attend at all.
2. Most of the unchurched feel guilty about not attending church.
3. Ninety-six percent of the unchurched are at least somewhat likely to attend church if they are invited.
4. Very few of the unchurched had someone share with them how to become a Christian. And Christians have not been particularly influential in their lives.
5. Most of the unchurched have a positive view of pastors, ministers, and the church.
6. Many of the unchurched have a church background.
7. Some types of “cold calls” (door knocking) are effective. Most are not.
8. The unchurched would like to develop a real and sincere relationship with a Christian.
9. The attitudes of the unchurched are not correlated to where they live, their ethnic or racial background, or their gender.
10. Many of the unchurched are far more concerned about the spiritual well-being of their children than themselves.
Isn’t it possible that we have friends who are unsaved and, as Rainer’s research suggests, willing to hear from us?
Why not pray, right now about someone you might invite to Clear River and lunch afterward?
Father God, may your Holy Spirit work before us to prepare places and people, work alongside us to convict those we know, and work within us to empower us to speak boldly, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
