Invitations

“Let me start by recognizing that those who give altar calls do so because they sincerely desire for people to be saved… . Altar calls remain popular today and are increasingly accompanied by an invitation to be baptized immediately.” - 9 Marks

“ ‘I see that hand. I see that one, too.’ And you’re thinking, ‘Wait, no you don’t. No one is raising their hand.’” - Lifeway

“Unless we challenge our hearers to respond to God’s Word, we’ve only given them biblical information without telling them what to do with it … . Whether you prefer the term ‘response’ or ‘invitation,’ consider 5 ways to help your listeners respond to the Word.” - Chuck Lawless

Jason Allen: Yes, a sermon certainly can conclude with an invitation, but, more importantly, the sermon must be an invitation.

“The success rate of genuine conversions at crusades hovers between 5% to 15%. Some may argue, ‘But seeds are planted.’ Yes, seeds are planted, but are they seeds of salvation or seeds of false assurance?”

“So many invitations are vague, unclear, manipulative, dependent on the crowd management of the evangelist, psychologically damaging and entirely unscriptural” On invitations