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She did blow you off and I'm guilty of doing the same thing once in a similar situation.
Don't tell people you want to take them to church with you, or talk about your faith to them. If she asks you about it then you can have a discussion, but if she doesn't just don't bring it up. It's really one of the most uncomfortable topics for me to talk about with people I only know casually because I'm an atheist, but I also go out of my way to not make people feel uncomfortable. I'm always polite if someone brings up their faith but they often they interpret that as me being interested when it's really me being a decent person and doing my best to not shout "YOU FOOL!!" and causing a scene. Like you, many people don't pick up the hints (not so subtle IMO) or are willfully blind to them.
Oh!!! I'm sorry. When my wife and I first read the title of this thread we thought it was about "foolin around" in the workplace. If it really is, the answer is, 'no way'.
just to clarify the situation, I told her that I was going to bring her to church and she laughed it off but I told her that I am not joking .I brought it up few times during the week and I asked her if its okay for me to call on Saturday so we can finalize the plans and she nodded her head and said sure.Why didn't she just decline my invitation if she wasn't intrested?
Leave her alone. Church is not for everyone. And if she wants to be angry with someone, let her work that out. Anger is not always a bad thing. Do you even know what her father did to her? Some things cannot be forgiven.
If you think that way, you are living in la-la land.
just to clarify the situation, I told her that I was going to bring her to church and she laughed it off but I told her that I am not joking .I brought it up few times during the week and I asked her if its okay for me to call on Saturday so we can finalize the plans and she nodded her head and said sure.Why didn't she just decline my invitation if she wasn't intrested?
Stop.
You are going to lose your friend if you don't stop.
just to clarify the situation, I told her that I was going to bring her to church and she laughed it off but I told her that I am not joking .I brought it up few times during the week and I asked her if its okay for me to call on Saturday so we can finalize the plans and she nodded her head and said sure.Why didn't she just decline my invitation if she wasn't intrested?
First, you TOLD her? You did not ASK her? Yikes. I'd inwardly cringe, too. Nobody TELLS me to do anything, outside of my boss sometimes with work duties.
She did decline. She laughed it off. That's declining.
However, you kept pounding the point, so she finally gave up and decided she would ignore you from that point on.
Do NOT mix work and religion. Or work and romance.
just to clarify the situation, I told her that I was going to bring her to church and she laughed it off but I told her that I am not joking .I brought it up few times during the week and I asked her if its okay for me to call on Saturday so we can finalize the plans and she nodded her head and said sure.Why didn't she just decline my invitation if she wasn't intrested?
Because you pushed and pushed and pushed. You didn't take no for an answer. Really you cannot be mad at her. Someone says no, it means no.
just to clarify the situation, I told her that I was going to bring her to church and she laughed it off but I told her that I am not joking .I brought it up few times during the week and I asked her if its okay for me to call on Saturday so we can finalize the plans and she nodded her head and said sure.Why didn't she just decline my invitation if she wasn't intrested?
She said it was ok for you to call. She didn't say she was going to answer the phone.
just to clarify the situation, I told her that I was going to bring her to church and she laughed it off but I told her that I am not joking .I brought it up few times during the week and I asked her if its okay for me to call on Saturday so we can finalize the plans and she nodded her head and said sure.Why didn't she just decline my invitation if she wasn't intrested?
Because you sound like a nutty religious stalker, and she doesn't want to deal with this kind of crap at work, much less on her days off. Leave her alone.
just to clarify the situation, I told her that I was going to bring her to church and she laughed it off but I told her that I am not joking .I brought it up few times during the week and I asked her if its okay for me to call on Saturday so we can finalize the plans and she nodded her head and said sure.Why didn't she just decline my invitation if she wasn't intrested?
I have to admit, if someone TOLD me that they are GOING TO BRING ME TO CHURCH, my back would go up in a nano-second. Really? Why do you think I need to be dragged to church?
She sounds as if she is goodnatured, and just didn't know how to tell you "no, thanks," and didn't want to be "rude", but also anticipating that you would then begin a campaign of "Well, why not? You need this . . . " blah, blah, blah. Especially since you kept bringing it up several times during the week. Way, way too intense, my friend. You probably scared her to death.
Consider yourself "told" that she doesn't want to go to church with you. End of discussion. Sometimes actions speak louder than words. Your friendship is at work -- keep it there.
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Oh!!! I'm sorry. 
When my wife and I first read the title of this thread we thought it was about "foolin around" in the workplace. If it really is, the answer is, 'no way'. 
