Thom Rainer did a study a number of years ago asking formerly unchurched people the open-ended question, “What factors led you to choose this church?” A lot of surveys had been done asking the unchurched what they would like in a church. But this study asked the formerly unchurched why they actually were now in a church. The results were surprising: 11 percent said worship style led them to their church, 25 percent said children’s/youth ministry, and 37 percent said they sensed God’s presence at their church. For 41 percent, someone from the church had witnessed to them, and 49 percent mentioned friendliness as the reason for choosing their church. Can you guess the top two responses? Doctrine and preaching – 88 percent said the doctrine led them to their church, and 90 percent said the preaching led them there, in particular, a pastor who preached with certitude and conviction… When it comes to reaching outsiders, bold, deep, biblical preaching is not the problem. It’s part of the solution.

Kevin DeYoung

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Pancakes	14	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3/4	c	All-purpose flour
2	tb	Sugar
1	tb	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Salt
7		White bread slices; cut into 1/2" cubes
2	c	Whole milk
2	lg	Eggs; beaten slightly
3	tb	Butter; melted
		Butter
		Syrup
1/2	ts	Cinnamon
1/4	ts	Ground Nutmeg

INSTRUCTIONS

Stir flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in small bowl
to blend. Place bread in large bowl and add milk. Let stand until bread is
very soft and beginning to fall apart, stirring mixture occasionally, about
15 minutes. Add flour mixture to bread mixture and blend. Mix in eggs and 3
tablespoons melted butter. Let stand 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 300 F. Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat.
Drop batter by 1/4 cupfuls into skillet. Cook pancakes until bubbles form
on surface and bottoms are brown, about 2 minutes. Turn pancakes over; cook
until cooked through and brown on bootom, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer
to baking sheet. Keep warm in oven. Repeat with remaining batter, adding
more butter to skillet as needed. Serve with syrup.
NOTES : The spices are my additions, made so that these are a little more
interesting. Dana ate quite a few of these, and she is a very picky eater.
Recipe by: Bon Appetit, 4/98, pg 136
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by Eric Poling <epoling@bigfoot.com> on Apr
05, 1998

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