Pastors all across America will be boasting and bragging about how many were in attendance today. Pics will be posted on Facebook, and so will remarks of their temporary delight.
Pastors all across America will be boasting and bragging about how many were in attendance today. Pics will be posted on Facebook, and so will remarks of their temporary delight.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
I am not a pastor but was sharing on FB info about our Easter service. We normally run 900-1,000 folks between our three Sunday services and with no advertising or promotions of any kind (no giveaways, etc) so far we have had about 1,162 people in the 9am and 11 am services with one more service, 6 pm, to go. I am guessing it will be around 1,500 when all said and done so about 50% more than normal.
No bragging just excited that about 500 more people than normal were in church and hearing God's word. The bible says that the Word will not return void so you have to believe that out of 500 folks not normally there at least some of them are going to have their lives impacted by hearing Gods word.
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
How many converted to Christ? That's worth bragging about.
How about you give it a little time? I can't believe any christian would not think it is a good idea to have people who normally don't come to church come visit where perhaps their hearts and minds will be touched and they will start coming to church and give their life to Christ. Good grief.
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
Pastors all across America will be boasting and bragging about how many were in attendance today. Pics will be posted on Facebook, and so will remarks of their temporary delight.
I agree with CC1. Any time a large number of visitors come to church, it's a wonderful thing. It's something worth posting to FB. Better than the gossip, meme's and other tripe that fill FB timelines most of the time anyway.
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Originally Posted by CC1
How about you give it a little time? I can't believe any christian would not think it is a good idea to have people who normally don't come to church come visit where perhaps their hearts and minds will be touched and they will start coming to church and give their life to Christ. Good grief.
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