This Invitational Life ─ Risking Yourself to Align With God's Heartbeat for Humanity

Using Scripture and story, Willow Creek pastor Steve Carter redeems the stereotypes of evangelism as he casts a vision for being the kind of Christian that invites the world to see Jesus for who he really is.

Sharing one’s faith has gotten a bad reputation. Christians don’t want to seem like know-it-alls. They don’t want to sound as if they are selling something. And they don’t know where to start.

Steve Carter offers practical wisdom for initiating non-threatening conversations and taking outside-the-box actions that point people to Christ. Most significantly,The Invitational Life powerfully shows readers that only through risking it all will they discover what God is truly like.

Steve Carter is a teaching pastor for Willow Creek Community Church. He was a founding member of both Rock Harbor Fullerton Church and Solidarity and currently serves on the Solidarity board. Steve lives with his wife, Sarah, and their two children in Barrington, Illinois.