Hello Everyone,
Charles Horton, Pastor, College Park Baptist Church, Orlando, FL. once told of a study that was conducted by a lady that attended 18 different churches on successive Sundays to rate their friendliness. She sat near the front of the sanctuary each time and walked slowly to the rear, then returned to the front using another aisle. On each occasion she was dressed neatly, and with a smile asked at least one person to direct her to the fellowship hall or church office.
She used the following scale to rate her reception:
10 -- for a smile from a worshiper
10 -- for a greeting from someone nearby
100 -- for an exchange of names
200 -- for an invitation to the fellowship hour
1000 -- for an introduction to another worshiper
2000 -- for an invitation to meet the pastor ---- Each of the eighteen churches earned less than 100 points.
The preaching may be biblical, the singing inspirational and the sermon uplifting, but when a visitor finds no one who cares whether or not he/she is there, he/she is not likely to come back. Allow me to ask, "How would your church rate?"
"But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another." 1 Thessalonians 4:9
Remember Always, "God does all things well."
Until Jesus Comes
Bro. Gary Proverbs 3:5,6
http://www.beulahlandbiblebaptistchurch.com/
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