Many are like Nicole and they have left the church because they have enough people telling them about what to do and have never heard anyone tell them “It has been done.” They have left the church because the church was too busy giving them more rules to follow instead of preaching to them the gospel of grace.

Every so often, I’ll go out with a few others to share the Christian faith with people we don’t know. We do this, and more Christians should be encouraged to do this often because “eighty-five million Americans” are “unchurched and unbelieving,” according to Tim Chester and Steve Timmis in Everyday Church. And that same eighty-five million has “no intention on attending a church service,” so unless we go out to them they are not coming to us.

Last month I went with a friend of mine to the Oceanside Pier to evangelize and witness with a larger group of other Christians. Find a public spot and go there to share your faith actively, purposefully, and lovingly with others. That’s the idea.

But I’ve probably had the most fun going back to my old stomping grounds: the college campus. I love talking to college students about faith, religion, and philosophy because they are so willing to have a real conversation.

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