You Mean To Tell Me That We’re Supposed Let The Unconverted Into Church?

Charles Spurgeon in his book: The Soul-Winner : or How to Lead Sinners to the Saviour, said

“To introduce unconverted persons to the church, is to weaken and degrade it; and therefore an apparent gain may be a real loss.”

 

Andy Stanley, in his book: Deep & Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend, said

“It’s a shame that so many churches are married to a designed-by-Christians-for-Christians-only culture.”

 

So, which is it?  Are we supposed to let the unconverted into church or not?

 Or, is there a different question we should be asking?

 
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