Interesting article on the need for Apostolic TV..

[OP_Carl]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Sounds like you are more worried about your reputation than exhausting all means to communicate the Gospel.

If it lead ONE person to Jesus wouldn't it be worth it? If it lead or compelled someone to tell someone else or lead them to the Lord, wouldn't it be worth it?

What is the worth of one soul? Can you be so sure it won't be effective to reach that ONE soul?

I think your post characterizes the entire mentality of reputation above all things, including souls.

Well, I really wasn't thinking about reputation. But you may have a point.

What I am giving here is an estimation that it won't be effective. All we're going to get, when we're on the air, are a bunch of baptists and charismatics yelling at the TV about grace, trinity, and pharisees. The lost aren't going to tune in. The ones that do are going to assume we're just like all the rest.

The money and effort is better spent on other venues of outreach.

It's also going to introduce some funny quirks, such as pastors admonishing their saints to not believe everything they see on TV, except on channel 9 between 10 and noon. Don't let television influence your life, unless it's my program. I think it's funny already!

Originally Posted by OP_Carl

Well, I really wasn't thinking about reputation. But you may have a point.

What I am giving here is an estimation that it won't be effective. All we're going to get, when we're on the air, are a bunch of baptists and charismatics yelling at the TV about grace, trinity, and pharisees. The lost aren't going to tune in. The ones that do are going to assume we're just like all the rest.

The money and effort is better spent on other venues of outreach.

It's also going to introduce some funny quirks, such as pastors admonishing their saints to not believe everything they see on TV, except on channel 9 between 10 and noon. Don't let television influence your life, unless it's my program. I think it's funny already!

Ask David about reputation.

Originally Posted by OP_Carl

Well, I really wasn't thinking about reputation. But you may have a point.

What I am giving here is an estimation that it won't be effective. All we're going to get, when we're on the air, are a bunch of baptists and charismatics yelling at the TV about grace, trinity, and pharisees. The lost aren't going to tune in. The ones that do are going to assume we're just like all the rest.

The money and effort is better spent on other venues of outreach.

It's also going to introduce some funny quirks, such as pastors admonishing their saints to not believe everything they see on TV, except on channel 9 between 10 and noon. Don't let television influence your life, unless it's my program. I think it's funny already!

Wow, some of you are looking at this in a worldly sense. You think that TV will relieve the church of its duties to tell people about the Lord. Since when do we operate with the mindset of "IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME!"??

TV ministry, Church, and custom websites all have the exact same thing in common. People will not go if they are not invited, people will not listen if they are not invited, people will not tune in if they are not told.

How effective would TV be if we went to the nursing homes and hospitals, and with our testimony offer to sit and watch the broadcast with them, answer questions, and follow up?

I guess some are willing to let TV alone do all the work, but c'mon man.