Another group stuffs letters to mail to interest names or prepares new mailings. Right now we have 40 churches in the Los Angeles region on this program. And it's not just nice but unfocused ministry. The prayer warriors get the names of those who are going out to give studies that evening, as well as the names of the interests they're visiting. Mark, I've heard that ACTS 2000 Los Angeles is going to be your ninth satellite evangelistic campaign.
All successful evangelism is rooted in relationships.
If a local church knows that it can have the asset of top-quality preaching and talented musicians when the series begins, members can concentrate now on developing meaningful relationships, because they don't have to get involved with all the details of the meeting and the organizational structure. Pastors can focus on equipping and training members, encouraging members to visit former members, to follow up media ministry interests. But you also mentioned liabilities. Here's the downside. Satellite evangelism can often replace the ministry of members who sometimes feel, Let's let the professionals, the experts, like Dwight Nelson, Doug Batchelor, Ken Cox, or Mark Finley, do our evangelism.