Churches of Christ -- Sermons; Sermons, American -- 20th century
I went to a place one time to hold a meeting where they had made very
elaborate preparations. They had appointed many committees. They had an
advertising committee, a publicity committee, a parking committee, a
flower committee, and an ushering committee, and everything else you can
think of except one little item. They had failed to consider who might
be saved during the meeting, and when I asked one of the elders whom he
expected to be baptized, he hesitated, thought for a while, and finally
named one of the boys who had been coming to the services. They expected
to have forty or fifty additions, but they had never thought about who
these additions would be.
What would you think of an automobile salesman with no prospects in
mind, who went in on Monday morning and told the sales manager that he
was going to sell five automobiles during the week? The sales manager
would probably ask, “Well, to whom?” The agent would reply, “Oh, I don’t
know; I just believe there must be five people in town who’ll buy from
me this week.” Do you think the sales manager would be encouraged? Why
he would realize that the salesman didn’t know what he was talking
about. Every congregation ought to have a prospect list, and every
individual worker in the Lord’s kingdom ought to have a prospect list.
Whom will you try to save during the next twelve months? Every Christian
should be a soul winner for Jesus, and you can lead someone to Christ if
you are willing to be used by him in so doing. There is much more that
could be said along this line if time permitted.
One congregation has used very effectively the method of community Bible
classes. When the members could not get people to come to their
meeting-house, they carried Bible classes to the communities where the
people lived. Some good Christian who had the respect of his neighbors
invited those neighbors to his home for Bible study and had the preacher
there to help with the teaching. At Richmond, Virginia, most of the
additions which they have had during the last six months have come from
just such a source. If this little method were put in effect in the city
of Nashville by all the congregations, it would revolutionize this town
in just a few months.
VII
The Case of Mary Doe
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