4 Groups the Church Must Reach in a Post-Christian Era

“What’s church?”

That’s one question my kids weren’t used to hearing. But one morning, a boy who lived down the street knocked on the front door to play with our sons. Because it was a Sunday, our young neighbor was informed that they’d have to take a rain check because they were headed to church.

Not long before this event, our family had arrived in Denver to start a church. We were surprised at how little common knowledge about Christians could be found on our street.

It won’t be long before streets all over America—even in the Bible Belt—are filled with children who don’t know “church.” Their parents have never taken them to a worship service or even mentioned the word.

While this reality is frightening for us as Christians, it’s also a wake-up call for relationship evangelism. The outward-focused church will have an enormous opportunity to reach the non-religious—and religious, for that matter—in the season to come. Read More