Three practical tasks
2. Getting unbelievers into worship
The numbering is not a mistake. This task actually comes second, but nearly everyone thinks it comes first!
It is natural to believe that they must get non-Christians into worship before they can begin ‘doxological evangelism’. But the reverse is the case. Non-Christians do not get invited into worship unless the worship is already evangelistic. The only way they will have non-Christians in attendance is through personal invitation by Christians. Just as in the Psalms, the ‘nations’ must be directly asked to come. But the main stimulus to building bridges and invitation is the comprehensibility and quality of the worship experience.
Christians will instantly sense if a worship experience will be attractive to their non-Christian friends. They may find a particular service wonderfully edifying for them, and yet know that their non-believing neighbours would react negatively.
