Ideas that Work
April 1, 1997
Roses for new believers
We put a white silk rose on our Communion table when someone comes to faith in Christ through one of our ministries or members. (The new Christian doesn't have to attend our church.)
We print the details in the bulletin and explain during the announcements how it happened. We hang a banner of a cross covered with white roses close to the Communion table, and I quote Goethe: "There the cross stands, thickly wreathed in roses. Who put the roses on the cross?" On occasion, we've listed all the converts represented by white roses in the past year. We've also presented roses to our evangelism committee chair. White roses have been the best incentive to personal evangelism at the church. Members are excited about the stories of conversion and now say, "I think I have a white-rose story." Last year we had 64 roses.
Telephone evangelism
Using a recorded telephone message, our church found an inexpensive way to evangelize.
The Dial Hope phone message includes a Scripture verse, thought for the day, prayer, chance to request prayer, and invitation to attend church. The tape takes an hour a week to record. It is changed daily (except Saturdays and holidays) and is available 24 hours a day.
If a caller requests prayer, we place the request on our prayer chain and with our weekly prayer group. If callers leave their telephone number, we contact them to pray over the phone. We also give Dial Hope business cards to our members to pass out.
Over the past five years we've received 25,000 calls with 2,500 requests for prayer, using only one telephone line.
Worship feedback
Every eighteen to thirty-six months, we perform a worship "audit" for six Sundays to help us improve our worship. I propose auditors, and the ...
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