Did you know:\u00a0<\/p>\n
86% of people in church are there because they were invited by a friend. 1<\/a><\/sup>The Inviting Church, 1987 p. 44 <\/span>\u00a0 DON’T BE LIKE THEM!!<\/p>\n Who are you going to invite to church this Easter?\u00a0 What is the worst that could happen?\u00a0 It may be \u2018their\u2019 time, so that when they hear the Gospel at church, God opens their eyes, converts them and transforms not just their reality, but their eternity!\u00a0<\/p>\n Go on: I\u2019m praying for you and with you for them\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n Lord, give us a heart for those who don\u2019t know You. Give us the excitement of Your Spirit as we step out in faith. Please open their eyes to Your Truth, convict them, direct them and allow them to receive Your love.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n #easter #church #thankYouJesus.\u00a0<\/p>\n Notes:\u00a0 Did you know:\u00a0 86% of people in church are there because they were invited by a friend. \u00a082% of unchurched people would accept an invite to church. \u00a0Despite this, 98% of church people do not invite the unchurched! \u00a0 DON’T BE LIKE THEM!! Who are you going to invite to church this Easter?\u00a0Do you have a friend who is unchurched, hurting, seeking, antagonistic, indifferent? A work colleague? The friendly checkout person or petrol station attendant\u2026anyone? \u00a0 What is the worst that could happen?\u00a0Now, think of what *could* occur!!!\u00a0 It may be \u2018their\u2019 time, so that when they hear the Gospel …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[195,83],"class_list":["post-2267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","tag-church","tag-easter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/screenshot_693.jpg?fit=790%2C718&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pasDCW-Az","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2267"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2271,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions\/2271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
82% of unchurched people would accept an invite to church. 2<\/a><\/sup>Billy Graham Association<\/span>\u00a0
Despite this, 98% of church people do not<\/span> invite the unchurched! 3<\/a><\/sup>(Thom Ranier, 2003)<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Do you have a friend who is unchurched, hurting, seeking, antagonistic, indifferent? A work colleague? The friendly checkout person or petrol station attendant\u2026anyone? \u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, think of what *could* occur!!!\u00a0<\/p>\n
– pray about who you should invite
– pray for them every time you this of them for a few days
– then invite them!<\/p>\n
Please ensure you invite them to a Bible-believing, non-judgmental church, where the Gospel about sin, repentance and faith is preached. Friendly, welcoming and happy is not what people need – they need the transforming power of Jesus…<\/p>\nFootnotes:<\/h3>