• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer

EvangelismCoach.org

  • Store
  • About
  • Virtual Seminars

10 Ways to Pray for Inviting Visitors to Church

Last Updated: March 18, 2019 by EvangelismCoach

Research_on_Church_Invitations_Large

Charles Arn has surveyed thousands of people: (Source: 3 Questions for Charles Arn)

In your research, have you found that there’s one specific reason that visitors come to church?

The friendship factor.

We’ve asked more than 50,000 people over the last 10 years why they came to church, and between 75 and 90 percent of respondents say, “I began attending because someone invited me.”

In an earlier study, people came to church through the following forms of contact:

  • 2% by Advertisement
  • 6% by the Pastoral Invitation
  • 6% by organized evangelism campaign
  • 86% by friends or relatives (Source:The Inviting Church)

In Other Studies:

  • One study found 37% of Christians linked their conversion to being invited to church (Johnson, p. 91, citing a 2003 study)
  • Martha Grace Reese’s work showed 40% who joined first came because a friend invited.

But only 2% of church people invite an unchurched person to church? (Thom Ranier, 2003).

Can we change that, particularly as Easter approaches?

Praying to Invite Visitors.

Recently, I listened to Church Talk Radio and they had a brief 5 minute segment on praying your work in inviting people to church.  I added the last four.

  1. Pray for your potential Guests (see How to Make a Prayer List of Friends)
  2. Pray for the opportunity to arise to invite them to Church
  3. Pray for awareness of their need (See What is Spiritual Thirst?)
  4. Pray for awareness of the opportunity
  5. Pray for the courage to invite them to church.
  6. Pray for favor that they would accept the invitation.
  7. Pray they would follow through and come.
  8. Pray that your church would welcome them.
  9. Pray that the message and worship would be awe-inspiring (See 2 Things Grow a Church)
  10. Pray that they would hear the message and grow one step closer to God.

How to use this Prayer list for Easter.

I hope many of you are preparing your Easter events, or a new sermon series to kick off after Easter.

  • Use this time to re-encourage your congregation to be involved in inviting people to church and to pray for those invites to happen.
  • Pastor, as you prepare your sermons these last few weeks, how can you lift up the value of invitations and practice that yourself?  Who are you inviting to church?
  • Do you need to give them a tool to give away, like a business card that church members can give away?

Sign up for our Newsletter

Each week, I send out new articles to help you grow your church through personal evangelism, invitations, improving your greeter ministry, and refreshing your vision for church hospitality.  It comes out weekly.

Sign up here.

Source Photo: I’m down on my knees, I wanna take you there (Explored), (license)

You might like to read . . .

  • How to Pray for Your Neighbor's Salvation
  • 10 Ways to Grow Your Church Hospitality Ministry
  • Recent Statistics on Church Invitations
  • What was responsible for your coming to Christ and this church
  • Top Reasons Unchurched People Choose a Church
  • 6 Steps to Organize an Invite a Friend Day
  • Operation Andrew / Bring a Friend Sunday
Related posts:
How Pastors Lead Congregational Evangelism #1
Get More Church Invitations: Relevant Sermons
Only Two Things Grow a Church
2 Tips to Make Visitor Friendly Church Announcements
Getting beyond the walls
  • 41
  • 4
  • 3
  • 28
  • 34
  • 10
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 120 shares
Originally Posted: March 24, 2010 Category: Prayer, Personal invitations, Grow Your ChurchTag: Personal invitations, invite a friend, church invitations
Previous Post:The Prayer Station at Faith in Action Sunday
Next Post:Example of a Good Welcome to a Church Visitor

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Solomon

    January 23, 2016 at 7:21 am

    a wonderful encouraging word

  2. magada Jackson

    August 18, 2011 at 6:01 am

    Am just very happy to learn this and am increasing to the better every day in inviting a friend or some one to my church .Thank you Pr CHRIS.Now am being challenged to start a wonderful way of inviting visitors to my church.Now can I welcome you Pastor to my church?

Trackbacks

  1. 6 steps to organize Invite a Friend Day « EvangelismCoach.org says:
    August 3, 2010 at 7:32 am

    […] Read 10 ways to pray for more invitations. […]

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Sidebar

Get Evangelism Tips

Start Here

  • Personal Evangelism 101
  • Importance of Spiritual Thirst
  • Evangelism is a Process
  • Fix Your Church Hospitality
  • Improve Your Greeter Ministry
  • For Hospitality Committees
  • Congregational Evangelism
  • Personal Evangelism

Top Selling Resources

Recent Posts

  • Inviting People to Church-A Core Value
  • My First Evangelism Experience
  • The Power of Your Testimony
  • 7 Ways to Prepare Your Church for Mothers Day
  • The Conversion of Cornelius
  • 8 Steps to Use Your Personal Testimony
  • Seeking the Lost Coin

EvangelismCoach Topics

  • Personal Evangelism
  • Church Hospitality
  • Church Greeters
  • Church Evangelism
  • Church Planting
  • Evangelism
  • Grow Your Church
  • Church Committees

Sponsors

Disclaimer: Ads placed here are often based on your browsing history stored on your computer.

Archives

Sponsors



AWeber Free: Email marketing for free. No credit card required.

EvangelismCoach

Spark fresh ideas and actions to grow your church

Lead your team to better first impressions or effective personal evangelism through *Live* Video Conference Training

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube

Start Here

  • Personal Evangelism 101
  • Importance of Spiritual Thirst
  • Evangelism is a Process
  • Fix Your Church Hospitality
  • Improve Your Greeter Ministry
  • For Hospitality Committees
  • Congregational Evangelism
  • Personal Evangelism

What We do

  • What you get
  • Free Coaching Call
  • Personal Evangelism Coaching
  • Coaching Church Hospitality
  • Virtual Seminars
  • Speaking
  • Articles
  • Ask EvangelismCoach

Copyright © 2023 · EvangelismCoach.org · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme

Back to top