That's what I do. But also if they are putting it up on the screen, then you don't need one, and I've always found it easier to follow a sermon when you have the same bible the preacher is reading from.
Another thing. An unbeliever needs to feel like they aren't out of place. Walk into a church and everyone has a bible but you? They know where to flip to, but you don't?
Times change. When I used to work for Habitat our office was in Fairfield. There is a big giant baptist Church there and it's dead. You know why? They didn't want black people to come.
I went in to look at an older church that wanted to merge with one. They were dying too. Probably 50 nice subdivisions inside of 20 minutes from them. It was run by these old people, and they wanted it to grow, but didn't want to change what they were doing. No merge because they didn't want to make the changes needed to attract people.
You can't win someone to Christ if you aren't speaking their language. Churches have to change to keep up. I remember when the baptist Church I was going to put in a cc machine. Oh dear Lord. You know what they found? Your average 25+ person doesn't even know how to write a check. They use a debit card. Now it's an app or Venmo.
Why would an unbeliever go to church?
You can’t honestly be asking that….?
Yes, and I'm still waiting for an answer. Why would someone go to church, who doesn't believe in Creator God who is an eternal, transcendent, and personal Being? Why would someone go to church who doesn't believe in The Redeemer, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe? Why would someone go to church if they don't believe that Christ is the eternal Son of God?
To learn about the Lord? Because they’re curious? Because their neighbor invited them? Because someone witnessed to them and now they want to know more?
You don’t think that church is only for believers do you?
COTH had 26,000 people make a decision for Christ last year. That in itself is a remarkable statistic.
