Introducing God in the City

The average city worker either works during their lunch break, takes a jog through Hyde Park or reenergizes with a 20 minute power nap, but something quite different was happening at Governor Phillip Tower.

A group of Christians from a prominent legal firm ran ‘Introducing God’ over ten weekly lunchtime sessions with six to twelve people. They watched the Bible talks by Dominic Steele on DVD and then followed it up with discussion over tea and coffee.

“Breaking into small groups meant that people were more outspoken,” says inner city worker Lily Hagberg. As the organiser, she says the guests found it easy to relate to the Australian approach that Dominic took in his presentations.

The flexibility of the ‘Introducing God’ material meant that the group were able to run the course in the short space of an hour. Instead of going away for the weekend to discuss the difference Jesus makes, they shared lunch at a restaurant.

Lily says talking to commerce workers about Jesus is tough because they have very little knowledge about God, are cautious and place low priority on investigating the claims of the Bible. Out of the seven guests that attended the course, two accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.

“God convicted people’s hearts regarding their rebellion against Him [sic] wanting to do things their own way,” says Lily.

One of these guests needed several weeks of follow up and didn’t make a decision until after the course finished. “You could say ‘Introducing God’ opened up opportunities for us to minister to him,” says Lily.