Leading up to the event, we promoted the event using Facebook advertising. For £20, our advertisement appeared on 285,000 Facebook pages in the Edinburgh area over the course of two weeks. Of those 285,000 page views, 40 people actually clicked on the ad to find out more. We know of one person who came to the event as a result of the Facebook ad.

Thank you for your prayers for our “Debating Delusions” event last night. We were greatly encouraged by the response. We worked out that as many as 50 percent of those who attended were non-Christians, many of whom were people we’ve gotten to know in the past year. Free Church pastor from Dundee, David Robertson (well known to readers of The Aquila Report) responded to some of the objections raised in Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion, and then took questions from the audience.

We had some great discussions afterwards and several people filled out cards requesting more information on the church plant. I had one conversation with one of our staff members at the venue. She said that leading up to the event, she had been dreading working and having to sit in on the talk. However, she had been very challenged by the whole thing and was planning to request the night off to attend one of our next events. She said that what we were doing was really good and that there was nothing else like it around Leith.

Leading up to the event, we promoted the event using Facebook advertising. For £20, our advertisement appeared on 285,000 Facebook pages in the Edinburgh area over the course of two weeks. Of those 285,000 page views, 40 people actually clicked on the ad to find out more. We know of one person who came to the event as a result of the Facebook ad. She talked to some of the guys in the plant after the event, and has expressed an interest in coming along to church on Sunday!

Prayer Requests

We give thanks to God for answered prayer and ask that you continue to pray for the following:

• For those who came to this event– that what they heard would encourage them to further explore the claims of Christ.
• For the ongoing relationships we have with many who attended. That this meeting would fuel further gospel conversations.
• Give thanks for the staff member who expressed an interest in attending a future event and pray that initial enthusiasm would lead to further interest.
• For those who filled out information cards, and that the follow-up would be fruitful.

Scottish church planter, Rev. Athole Rennie was ordained as an ARP church minister in Edinburgh on Nov. 3, 2009.

This article appeared in the June/July issue of the ARP Magazine and is used with permission. For the expanded article on the Outreach North America pagee, go to arpmagazine.org to subscribe.