Thanks for the invite

​We are all familiar with the story of the Women at the Well in John 4.  We remember her as being a very lonely and immoral woman that Jesus offered living water to.  But the thing that I like most about the women at the well was her style of evangelism that literally brought a multitude of people to Jesus.  What was her secret?  She simply invited them!  We read beginning in verse 28 these words, “Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, ‘Come see a man who told me everything I ever did.  Could this be the Christ?’  They came out of the town and made their way toward him.…Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of the women’s testimony.” Church growth experts tell us that the number one reason that people visit a church is simply this…BECAUSE THEY WERE INVITED!! If this is the case, then why don’t we invite people we work with, shop with, and even live with to attend church with us?  The greatest tool we have to get people to come to church with us is a simple invitation. When was the last time you invited someone to church with you? Who will you invite to church with you this Sunday?