We hear filthy language and dirty jokes. We smell tobacco smoke and alcohol. We are faced with uncomfortable challenges to our faith nearly every moment. Targeting secular people is not an easy choice to make. If this book will encourage even one person to step out in faith and reach out to secular neighbors, friends, and family, it will have been worth the effort.
Evangelistic success creates excitement and builds churches.
What excites me about this topic is that, if taken seriously by a local church, it can put that church at the center of its community's life again. Whenever I share this subject in a church, inevitably there are half a dozen secular people there. To succeed, however, we need to know that there are certain approaches that don't work with secular people. You probably won't begin with an 80-percent success ratio, but it is exciting to build your percentage with God's help. A number of areas that could profitably have been dealt with in this book are intentionally left out so that the primary focus is not lost on the reader.