1. “How Do We Reach Our Postmodern Friends” John 18:33 – 38

2. “Young Adults Aren’t Sticking With Church” “70% of surveyed Protestants stopped attending by age 23” “Seven in 10 Protestants ages 18 to 30 – both evangelical and mainline – who went to church regularly in high school said they quit attending by age 23” “And 34% of those said they had not returned, even sporadically by age 30. That means about one in four Protestant young people have left the church” Life Way Research, Nashville, Tennessee USA Today by Cathy Lynn Grossman

3. “Why Did They Leave…” 27% “wanted a break from church” 26% “found church members judgmental or hypocritical” 25% “moved to college” 22% “felt disconnected from people at church”

4. “Why Did They Stay…” 65% “it’s vital to my relationship with God” 58% “it helps guide my decision in everyday life” 50% “it helps me become a better person” 43% “I am following a family member’s example”

5. 1. To Reach Our Postmodern Friends We Have To Go To Them John 1:1, 14 Isaiah 55:11 Mark 16:15 – 16 John 4:4, 9, 29, 39

6. 2. To Reach Our Postmodern Friends We Have To Touch Their Lives John 18:37 – 38 Matthew 22:37 – 40 John 4:23 – 24

7. 3. To Reach Our Postmodern Friends We Have To Teach Them John 18:34 Matthew 28:19 – 20 Acts 5:42

8. What Do You Need To Do… To Become A Christian? Hear Him (Romans 10:17) Believe Him (Mark 16:16) Repent Of Sins Against Him (Acts 2:38) Confess Him (Acts 8:37) Be Baptized Into Him (Acts 22:16) Live For Him (Galatians 2:20) To Be Restored? Come Back To Him (Matthew 11:28-30) Repent (Acts 8:22) Pray (James 5:16)