Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature
Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature
awkward. Rarely do the church members seek thevisitors out. It is more common that they gather togetherin little bunches with their friends and ignore the visitors,and more often than not it has been left for me, thevisitor, to go around the church and try to break into thelittle groups and shake hands. When people do shakeyour hands, you often feel that they are merely doing itbecause they have been told to do so. One large churchwe visited makes a big thing of their hand shaking time,and the people obediently go around and shake hands,but they do it in such a stilted fashion that it is obviousthat it is not done with genuine friendliness. They say,“Hello, glad to have you, how are you,” but they aren’teven looking at you and don’t stop even for a moment tohear the answer to the questions. None of this makesvisitors feel welcome or want to return.4. Don’t let them slip in and slip out.Oftentimes visitors will come in just as the service isstarting, sit in the back, and then to slip out quickly rightafter the service. The church needs to find a way to makecontact with those who do this. Perhaps one or moremembers can volunteer or be assigned to sit in the backof the church and watch for such visitors, and then togreet them before they leave the church grounds. Perhapsthe visitors can be asked if they would like to tour thechurch, or if they have any questions about the church, orwould like someone to visit them, etc.5. Design the services with visitors in mind.One evangelist warns churches about unnecessary thingsin the services that accomplish no good purpose but thatsimply irritate people.
“It seems that no one likes a church when they areconstantly being asked to stand for something, tosing a song, to pay tribute to something, etc. ...People plan to get their exercise in other ways.Besides, it is extremely hard on elderly and crippledpersons. Some churches that we’ve noticed havethe congregation stand at the opening of the servicefor a few songs. It is felt that standing improves thesinging and creates a more enthusiastic service.People generally cooperate, but it’s very obviousthat many are disgruntled by having to stand.[Church leaders must remember that one of ourmain purposes is to win souls, and] it is hard to win asoul that is irritated. So it behooves us all to makethe church service as enjoyable as possible foreveryone. And if you take a poll you’ll find very feware for standing. Since it’s felt that people sing betterif they are standing up, if the song leader can’t getthe people to sing well enough sitting down, thenchange song leaders” (Hinds, Double Your ChurchAttendance, p. 52).I agree with this observation. I absolutely lovecongregational singing, but it is very distracting anduncomfortable to have to stand through most of thesongs. It is so much more pleasant to be able to sit downand sing to the Lord and meditate upon the wonderfulwords of the hymns. I have always thought it is strangefor song leaders to force the people to stand and sing. Onmidweek services people have worked all day and aretired. Why can’t they come to church and sit down andrelax while they sing the songs of Zion?The following challenge about congregational singingwas given by Henry Halley, author of the Halley’s BibleHandbook:“The dearth of congregational singing is the greatestlack in the average Sunday morning church service.There ought to be ten times as much as there is.Omit some of the show-off stuff in the choir loft, andmake time for it. A continuous song service is betterthan one that is continuously interrupted with
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“It seems that no one likes a church when they areconstantly being asked to stand for something, tosing a song, to pay tribute to something, etc. ...People plan to get their exercise in other ways.Besides, it is extremely hard on elderly and crippledpersons. Some churches that we’ve noticed havethe congregation stand at the opening <strong>of</strong> the servicefor a few songs. It is felt that standing improves thesinging and creates a more enthusiastic service.People generally cooperate, but it’s very obviousthat many are disgruntled by having to stand.[Church leaders must remember that one <strong>of</strong> ourmain purposes is to win souls, and] it is hard to win asoul that is irritated. So it behooves us all to makethe church service as enjoyable as possible foreveryone. And if you take a poll you’ll find very feware for standing. Since it’s felt that people sing betterif they are standing up, if the song leader can’t getthe people to sing well enough sitting down, thenchange song leaders” (Hinds, Double Your ChurchAttendance, p. 52).I agree with this observation. I absolutely lovecongregational singing, but it is very distracting anduncomfortable to have to stand through most <strong>of</strong> thesongs. It is so much more pleasant to be able to sit downand sing to the Lord and meditate upon the wonderfulwords <strong>of</strong> the hymns. I have always thought it is strangefor song leaders to force the people to stand and sing. Onmidweek services people have worked all day and aretired. Why can’t they come to church and sit down andrelax while they sing the songs <strong>of</strong> Zion?The following challenge about congregational singingwas given by Henry Halley, author <strong>of</strong> the Halley’s BibleHandbook:“The dearth <strong>of</strong> congregational singing is the greatestlack in the average Sunday morning church service.There ought to be ten times as much as there is.Omit some <strong>of</strong> the show-<strong>of</strong>f stuff in the choir l<strong>of</strong>t, andmake time for it. A continuous song service is betterthan one that is continuously interrupted with
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