By Ira North
With a consistent visitation
program your Sunday morning Bible school
cannot fail to grow; without it you cannot succeed!
It is just that simple. To grow
in Sunday school attendance you should:
1. Visit
every absentee—every week.
2. Visit
all new comers that enroll the week they enroll.
3. Visit
every week the visitor that comes to class.
A church in a new community had
100 in Sunday school. They made a vow to visit every
visitor, every new comer and every absentee. They met on
Monday evening at 7:00 and had a short meeting in which they
prayed, passed out the cards of the visitors, new comers
and
absentees of the day before (Sunday) and then went out to
visit. Result—they went from 100 to 700
in Sunday school in three years.
You may not achieve this
phenomenal percentage, but brother you’ll be
surprised at the result if you keep it up consistently,
completely, and thoroughly for three years. WHEN
WE GO—THEY COME!
It is the responsibility of
every Christian to visit. Another can no more do
your visiting than he can do your praying, your Bible
reading or your giving. Those on the
left hand at the judgment bar of God shall receive the
ringing condemnation— “ . . . Ye visited me not.”
The great commission still says
GO (Mark 16:15,16). We can never obey this
divine command by staying. We need to go across the sea,
and we also
need to go across the street. Every Christian must be a
going
Christian.
- Ira North;
via The Encourager,
the weekly bulletin for the Calvert City Church of Christ,
Calvert City, KY. Lance Cordle preaches for the
congregation. He may be contacted through the
congregation's website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
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