“How Do We Reach Our Postmodern Friends”

John 18:33 – 38

“Young Adults Aren’t Sticking With Church”

• “70% of surveyed Protestants stopped attending by age 23”

• “Seven in 10 Protestants ages 18 to 30 – both evangelical and mainline – who went to church regularly in high school said they quit attending by age 23”

• “And 34% of those said they had not returned, even sporadically by age 30. That means about one in four Protestant young people have left the church”

• Life Way Research, Nashville, Tennessee• USA Today by Cathy Lynn Grossman

“Why Did They Leave…”

• 27% “wanted a break from church”

• 26% “found church members judgmental or hypocritical”

• 25% “moved to college”

• 22% “felt disconnected from people at church”

“Why Did They Stay…”

• 65% “it’s vital to my relationship with God”

• 58% “it helps guide my decision in everyday life”

• 50% “it helps me become a better person”

• 43% “I am following a family member’s example”

1. To Reach Our Postmodern Friends We Have To Go To Them

John 1:1, 14Isaiah 55:11

Mark 16:15 – 16John 4:4, 9, 29, 39

2. To Reach Our Postmodern Friends We Have To Touch Their Lives

John 18:37 – 38 Matthew 22:37 – 40

John 4:23 – 24

3. To Reach Our Postmodern Friends We Have To Teach Them

John 18:34Matthew 28:19 – 20

Acts 5:42

What Do You Need To Do…To Become A Christian?

Hear Him (Romans 10:17)Believe Him (Mark 16:16)Repent Of Sins Against Him (Acts 2:38)Confess Him (Acts 8:37)Be Baptized Into Him (Acts 22:16)Live For Him (Galatians 2:20)

To Be Restored?Come Back To Him (Matthew 11:28-30)Repent (Acts 8:22)Pray (James 5:16)