TV Works for our church!
 

Example 1: We started running a new ad on the local station and have seen two families filled with the Holy Ghost and baptized as a direct result of this advertising. As they were testifying, both families mentioned seeing our pastor on TV in the months prior and the feeling of urgency that God was leading them into more truth.

You should have seen some of the conservatives look up when these people mentioned that they never knew our church existed until that commercial. The pastor couldn't have set it up better if he tried. I am seeing people that were once very anti-tv starting to change their minds after seeing the great things that are happening.

Example 2: One of the local news anchors has been coming to church regularly and was baptized in Jesus name last Sunday. She recently had our pastor on her morning show and gave a very favorable interview.

Now this is from a 30 sec ad with no fancy editing or production, just our pastor giving a warm invite to our community.

Now, I will say that there was been a spirit of revival and great changes happening in our church. I am not giving the credit to TV, but without it these people would have never even known that our church existed and they can't hear the word preached or experience the atmosphere of praise unless we get them in the door.


:preach

Impossible.

Thanks for the report!

Nothing is imposible with God. Enough said

Of course by the time this story gets spread around it will be 20 families and the governor will be members.








:hypercoffee

are you UPC ?

he was being facetious :popcorn2

Thought so, but you never know. I am just stating the obvious though.

:grampa

It may ~seem~ as though you've had good results from being on television.

But my brotha, just wait another 10 years down the road when you'll see the real results of the errors of being on television!

These people that have come in are just fake results, and not due to being on television.

Nay, my brethren and my sistren, you will not see the real, true, results of allowing television advertisements for a long, long time.

:grampa

Are you UPC ???

Funny, stupid post N-

Me no.

Our church is UPC.

In two weeks we shoot a commercial for our Wed night youth service.


I am one of the youth leaders so I will be working on my tan. J/K

I don't see how it can work.

No one watches TV!! :tease

Then you all are in BIG Trouble !!!!

I'm calling your District Supt !

*sigh* You're already becoming vain!

Vanity, Vanity!

I bet you'll probably have "cool" and "hip" music and graphics during the youth commerical, huh?

By the way, I'm calling Bro. Haney right now to report your church! :telephone




















:tease just kidding.

I think it's great! I'll be pushing for ads in my UPC church also. It's cheaper than mass mail-outs, and very area-specific in relation to zip codes and cities/towns.

What's your church website?

I am sure he already knows. We did our first ad over three years ago. Stuff like this usually doesn't stay a secret except that we are not close to many other UPC churches.

Our website is being updated. Guess all the money is being spent on other media.

Maybe I will post the commercial absent our location when we get through with it.

I have to agree with you. I mean, just look at what has happened with the whole door knocking fad. That didn't work and it has become the butt of a lot of jokes involving Jehovah Witnesses. I say, you, me and no more. It's safer that way.:nutso

JTULLOCK, this is what I was talking about when I said the UPCI does not monitor, much less, reprimand, and even much less, pull licenses over disobedience.

but we wanted the location also. lol

You are right, but you know what the UPCI is not ruller over all and they should not stick there noses in there. But the truth is they could. Their ball play by their rules.

Uhhhhm, excuse me? Stick their noses where? In a church called by the organizational name, that claims to abide by the organizations rules?

How lame!

deltaG,

would you provide your church link please i'd like to see it

There are a lot of complications. If you have a church that has been UPC for 50 years and the only UPC church for almost 100 miles it is very hard to just leave over something like advertising.

There are traditions that we as a church body aren't ready to give up. And the men in our district have no desire to see our church out of the organization.

:2cents

He's hiding it until after Sept. Thad.:thad

Did you not even read the post? I do not think they should have to, but they do. their ball their rules. Did you miss that part? Oh you must be back to reading part of what is written.

I was just illustrating a point I made to JTULLOCK on another thread about how little "policing" of policy adherence the UPCI does. He indicated that the UPCI would go in a church who advertised on TV and wasn't preaching truth and yank their membership...or reprimand them or whatever. I was like :nah .

why

There is nothing there. Our site is being updated.

If you want a link I can give you one but this is not my church.

http://www.turlockclc.org/app/ :lol

There you go again. If the church is preaching false doctrine they would likely ask them to leave. You are amazing

It's funny what you'll close your eyes to in the UPCI. Is false doctrine any worse than disobedience?

As acting director of the media department in DG's church, we disavow all knowledge of anything DG is saying. He's the guitar player for crying out loud.

Mr. Judge I would like to plea my case by saying WHO IS BEING DISODEDIENT?

Thank you Mr. Judge. Oh and to you too Mr. Jury

Well, our pastor has not preached on TV. We have only done advertising. However, we are moving in the direction of services on TV.

If the resolution passes this year we will probably still not be ready by that time.

If the resolution doesn't pass then I still see us going on TV. It would be local TV only and I doubt it would cause many problems because our viewing area is outside the range any other UPC churches.

You know the truth is that there is not any such verse to not watch tv. But you got to be honest with yourself and God and not watch things that would hurt the spirit. Some people say that "set no evil thing before thine eyes" as the only verse to support such nonsense.

Opps, I am in trouble now. :blush

Last I looked, advertising on TV was what all the hubbub was about. It's against the AOF of the UPCI.

I'm not criticizing the act, just the disobedience and the lack of action by the organization. Turning heads..........once again.