We’re wrapping up our exploration of how our unchurched and/or non-Christian friends think.

In Part One of this series we explored the first five of Lee Strobel’s fifteen observations.

In Part Two we explored observations 6-10.

And now… the rest of the observations (said in my best Paul Harvey voice)

• Observation #11 – Your unchurched friend isn’t much of a joiner, but he/she is hungry for a cause he/she can connect with. Strobel says, “A significant number of [unchurched people] would return to church if they thought it would be an institution through which meaningful social change could be accomplished. In fact, when unchurched people were asked what would attract them, the second most common answer (after better preaching) was for the church to become more involved in its community.” He then points to a Gallup survey that found that “nearly one out of five unchurched people said they would come to a church that was ‘serious about working for a better society.’”

• Observation #12 – Even if your unchurched friend is not spiritually sensitive he/she wants his/her children to get quality moral training. This speaks to the incredible urgency of making sure we are offering ministry to our children that is unparalleled!

• I’m going to get off track for a minute here, but it’s worth it… Strobel writes, “Only one out of three church-going adults rate their own church’s ministry for children as being excellent. If churched people aren’t sold on their own program, then chances are their unchurched friends won’t be either!”

• Observation #13 – Your unchurched friends are confused about sex roles, but they don’t know that the Bible can clarify for them what it means to be a man and a woman.

• Observation #14 – Your unchurched friend is proud that he/she is tolerant of different faiths, but he/she thinks Christians are narrow-minded.

• Observation #15 – There’s a good chance your unchurched friend would try church if someone invited him/her – but this may actually do him/her more harm than good.

• Studies show that one out of four unchurched people would attend church if invited. The question is, “What would they find?” Remember this… a LOT of unchurched people used to attend church and quit attending because of what they were or were not experiencing!

Man, there is so much to dissect here!

I really want to understand how people who do not go to church and/or are not Christians think! Is this stuff on?