If someone else is talking to them, ask to be introduced. Talk with strangers . Make visitors feel wanted . Gradually extend the conversation . Show genuine interest in visitors as unique people.
People really are interesting.
Now it s easier to move the conversation to distinctly Christian things . Be ready to share a bit of your own Christian experience or of the gospel. If you find that you have moved the conversation too far or too fast, put your visitors at ease, back off, and converse at their comfort level. Philip Yancey notes that in most churches people don t really seem to enjoy being there that much. The author, a member of Gwynedd Valley OPC in Gwynedd, Pa., gives workshops in personal evangelism.