Many people grow up in the Church because they have been baptised as babies and brought up in a Christian family. That is not always the case. For some people this comes as a sudden conversion. For others, a curiosity about God or about the person of Jesus grows into a gradual awareness of his presence and an increasing conviction that he demands some sort of personal commitment. They feel the need to express that commitment by joining a worshipping community of the Church.
Some people follow a slightly different path.
They get involved with their friends or their children in the social activities of their local church without having much interest in what the Church is really for. They enjoy the friendship of Christian people and get interested in the Church for its own sake. Gradually, they, too, want to belong. The first steps Talk to your Christian friends or to Christians you know and trust. At many churches, the congregation gathers for a cup of tea or coffee afterwards and newcomers are welcomed.