Gr. 6-12 - Gracepoint Community Church

“We asked a total of 1,000
twenty-something
unchurched people; 900
American, 100 Canadian. And
we compared them to a
sample of 500 older
unchurched
(30 or above). ... And what
we found is that yes, there
are negative views of the
church, two-thirds saying the
church is full of hypocrites,
people who do one thing and
say another. But there was
also great openness that's
there. One of the questions
that we asked them to agree
or disagree with was: ‘I
would be willing to study the
Bible if a friend asked me to?’
Among twenty-somethings,
61-percent said, ‘Yes.’ Among
their older counterparts of 30
and above, 42-percent said,
‘Yes.’ That was a statistically
significant difference saying
there is something going on,
there is an openness that's
there. So we're seeing that as
an opportunity that in the
midst of some negative views
of the church there is also
some openness to the things
of God.” (Ed Stetzer)
(Continued from page 4)
Ed Stetzer has identified that young adults, who are usually seen as
closed to church, are open to the power of invitation! Stetzer’s book:
Lost and Found (The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach
Them) is an informative, surprising, and provocative read. Big Ed is a
missiologist and researcher who tells us:
Let’s create an invitational
community! Let’s follow in the
footsteps of Andrew and Mary
Pollard. Let’s be and become
and invitational church
populated by invitational
people.
With warm Christian love
Blessings on you
Bill Hogg, Lead Pastor
LET’S GET INVITAIONAL!
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