I much appreciate Jonathan responding to my request for help. It's amazing how a comment, an idea can trigger other thoughts.
I've decided to focus on the issue of how we can make more links between our active midweek programme and the wider church meeting on Sunday. Are there ways we can be church for them on a Tuesday or Wednesday rather than waiting in the vain hope (quote from Stuart Murray Church after Christendom) that they might come on a Sunday? Should we just keep on loving and serving, actions rather than words or should we be more 'evangelistic' in our approach offering Alpha-style courses or parenting forums? Can the two approaches sit side by side?
Volunteering is an essential element on the part of the church otherwise none of this can happen anyway.
I'm off to look at Scripture today to see what it has to say - if you have any thoughts or comments or any examples in Scripture that you think might be of use I'd be really grateful.
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John Drane suggests that Paul's evangelistic strategy was to go and wait. He means that the apostle went to where the people who needed to hear about Jesus were and he 'waited' - he was looking for points of connection, ways in, conversations he could join. Drane suggests he was creating a space where people could be themselves as they encountered the message of Jesus. We see such a strategy most obviously in Acts 17 on Mars Hill but also in Acts 19:8-10.
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