Preaching work - What other religion preaches??

by Black Man 25 Replies latest jw friends

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  R.Crusoe

  You obviously consider the Bible lands as those of original life. Maybe the peoples of distant continents etc were given the short straw in Gods favor for reasons which completely make no sense. As if the preservation of historical records defines who God held in high esteem for that fact alone. As if the beliefs of other peoples is insignificant in Gods eyes.

  Preaching directly is a useful way of educating other humans. Any communication is a useful way of educating humans as was noted by those who wanted Bibles published for reasons of their own personal conviction with the advent of the printing press. I wonder with Gods powers why the printing press were not invented in Isreal whilst Jesus were alive if he wanted the good news spread worldwide? Knowing he would not be returning for thousands of years must have made him wonder about those natives in N.America, S.America Australasia, Africa, & Asia as well as Europe. As it was millions lived for generations without ever hearing of him. So it must be OK to live differently, otherwise what was God doing allowing it?
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  tula

  According to this scripture, it would seem unnecessary that anyone would need to preach.....not door to door nor any other way...

  Hebrews 8:10-11

  This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel
  after that time, declares the Lord.
  I will put my laws in their minds
  and write them on their hearts.
  I will be their God,
  and they will be my people.

  No longer will a man teach his neighbor,
  or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,'
  because they will all know me,
  from the least of them to the greatest.
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  jwfacts

  All religions - otherwise they would not exist.

  I think you mean what other religion door knocks? Why care, it is not a Bible command. See http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/preach.htm
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  Gary1914

  I would hesitate to call it organized though. After attending some of the services and talking with some folks its more like people do what the spirit moves them to do.

  Annd isn't that they way it should be? We should be moved to preach, not legislated to preach.
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  blondie

  I have had Baptists, Pentacostals, Lutherans, Methodists call on me, looking to encourage people to come to church, attend bible study groups, etc. jws diminish the work of the LDS saying they only do it for 2 years. But consider that they do it full time. 40 hours x 104 weeks = 4,160 hours. If jws only go 10 hours a month 10 x 12 = 120 hours a year. 4160/120 = 35 years for a jw to equal. jws are distributors of tracts, magazines, books, and occasional a bible (too expensive to give to just anyone). The LDS gives away free bibles all the time, advertising on television as well.

  http://www.internationalministries.org/

  http://www.namb.net.

  All conference attendees are invited on Saturday afternoon to accompany members of First Baptist Church in street preaching and door-to-door visitation. True doctrine never results in cold intellectualism.

  http://timmybrister.com/2007/04/11/true-church-conference-and-the-miracle-of-conversion/

  For years, First Baptist has seen people come forward to accept Christ after being reached by door-to-door evangelism, but last fall they started seeing an unusual move of God, Hallmark said.
  
  “We’re seeing people just get up out of the pew on Sunday morning, walk to the front and say, ‘I’m lost and going to hell and I need to receive Jesus.’ We’re seeing a good number of people doing that now,” he said.

  http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=22477
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  BurnTheShips

  Most of the other popular Christian religions preach in one form or another. They have ministries and outreach programs of different kinds. Helping the sick and the poor and those that are having other kinds of difficulties in life is a much more powerful message than knocking on someone's door with magazines.

  Burn
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  hillbilly

  Baptist are known to invite folks to church in the house to house fashion. Usuall a local effort and sporadic in my area.

  ~Hill
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  Seeker4

  A few points.
  
  First, I totally agree that house to house preaching is incredibly ineffective as a means to teach people about the Kingdom, something I realized while still an active JW. I've pioneered and not talked to a person at the door for weeks and weeks! And when you do meet someone, how many of them actually hear a message about the Kingdom? Maybe one in a thousand! Most are simply offered a piece of literature.
  
  Ask any group of non-Witnesses what the JWs are preaching when they go house to house, and I guarantee that NO ONE will say that they are "preaching the Good News of God's Kingdom!"
  
  So, you're first argument ought to include those ideas.
  
  Second, I totally disagree with Prophecor's idea that the JWs are fulfilling Matt. 24:14, which says NOTHING about preaching door to door the way the JWs do. Many, many other churches are doing a much more effective ministry work via television, radio and the computer, reaching more people in one broadcast than the JWs talk to in a year.
  
  And finally, all religions preach in various ways. The JWs lay claim to the door to door work because it supposedly sets them aside as different. Lots of other religions do it, it's just that the Witnesses have made it sort of a "badge of honor" when the reality is that it is super ineffective and just odd and downright rude in the 21st Century.
  
  S4
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  NewYork44M

  If you walk around the streets of Manhattan you will always find someone from some religion passing out tracts. Most have more zeal than the witnesses who are usually paying no attention to the passing people.

  If the Wt focused on the goal instead of the method, they would do away with the d2d preaching in a heartbeat.
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  M.J.

  Check out the house church phenomenon in China. Here's a place where the JW "organized" approach breaks down, in favor of a spontaneous "grass roots" movement.