By Johnie Edwards Gospel meetings include keeping and feeding the visiting preacher. Where to keep the preacher and what to feed him often becomes a problem with lots of churches. Preachers are easier to keep and feed than most guests you will have in your home. Often the preacher stays with whoever happens to volunteer to …
Monthly Archives: August 2012
The Preacher for the Meeting
By Donnie V. Rader Gospel meetings are about preaching the gospel. There-fore, preachers are a vital part of the meeting. The wrong preacher can destroy a meeting while the right one can help make the meeting instructive and edifying. It is not only important that his sermons be true to the book, but his conduct must …
Preparing for the Meeting
By Raymond Harris Preparation of the Local Church There is an old saying, “Anything done well, must be prepared for.” That is certainly true of something as important as a series of meetings where the gospel of Christ is to be preached. Anything that involves the eternal souls of men and women should never be taken …
Priorities During a Meeting
By Paul J. Casebolt “Priority 1. Quality of being prior. 2. Superiority in rank, position, or privilege. 3.Order of preference based on urgency, importance, or merit” (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary). Others have addressed different aspects of a gospel meeting such as the purpose, the preaching, the preparation, and the advertising. But if we cannot understand or …