Makers Magazine - Spring 2024 - Flipbook - Page 25
FAITH
THE REAL REASONS WE DON’T
INVITE FRIENDS TO CHURCH
“BE SURE TO INVITE A FRIEND TO CHURCH NEXT WEEK!”
Those seem to be familiar words in church around this time
of year and just about every time of year when resolutions
are made, holidays approach, semesters start or seasons
change. I’ll never forget that time a number of years ago
when that announcement was made from the pulpit at the
end of a service, and I, a single twentysomething, noticed
my own visceral reaction: I cringed. I didn’t mean to do so,
but hearing those words hit me. Hard. The faces of my two
housemates who didn’t go to church and had never placed
their faith in Jesus flooded through my brain, and a wave of
guilt cascaded over me. Crash.
“I realized I really didn’t want to
invite them to church.”
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