It's often the simplest ideas ...

Back in February many of us shared our thoughts in a Joint Meeting about how we could take forward our church's 3 priorities. We hope to make all of the ideas available shortly through the Download area of the web site, but in the meantime under the "conversions" heading the following 7 suggestions came out as ideas that we could indivually act on.

1. Pray for 2-3 people you know – for opportunities to share the gospel and for their conversion
2. Make friends with non-Christians
3. Commit to spending social time with non-Christians – missing the occasional Sunday if need be
4. “Practise” sharing your faith with a Christian friend
5. Learn to become comfortable about talking with Christians about spiritual things
6. Look out for “people of peace”
7. Pray for a “burden for the lost”

What strikes me about them is their simplicity, but that is not to knock their power. The "mere" act of starting to pray daily for conversions (idea 1) could have an incredible impact. One idea I find personally interesting is number 5 below, because it begs the question, "If I can't talk easily with other Christians about spiritual things, how easy will I find it trying to talk to unbelievers?"

Any way, if you are one of the ones that have covenanted to 'pray and work towards' our three priorities, then have a think about what you could be doing in this particular area, and maybe add a comment if you have a good idea of your own.