The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1963

(Continued from page 5) 12. Within the first six months to ten months the nucleus should send out at lea t one prayer letter giving a report of the blessing of God on their new venture of faith. 13. It may sometime seem wise to stand till and count all of the cost involved until we notice to our eternal shame that some other group ha claimed the land before us, moti– vated by vision and burden that we somehow lacked at the opportune moment for the plunge. 14. To be totally indigenous churche we must dwell more upon the third facet of the indigenou at– tributes - SELF PROPAGATING. 15. Simplicity on the grass-roots level bas been our genui s ! CANVASS POINTERS DESCRIPTION OF THE CANVASS BROCHURE: Page 1. - Pictures of the meeting place, address and order of service. Page 2. - Picture of ,pa tor and family and brief b iographical sketch . Page 3 - Wha t the church offers and a simple gospel tract spelled out. P age 4 - Map bowing the church's location in respect to prom– inent places. CANVASSING SETUP I. PRE-CA VASS A. Secure large map ( at lea t two) from courthou e or Chamber of ommerce. B. Up-date and draw in any new ec tions th at do not show on the maps. . Divide area into at lea t four ma in sec·ti<Jn ( u e r ed fe'lt marking pen ) *New area of ci ty may have to be laid out by dr iving through and number ing homes. D . Di vide v loc·k .\ within the \·el– tt <Jtt ( use blue or green felt marker ). . umber the bloc ks con ·e- secu tivc)y left to rigl1t t ron1 top to bottor11 of each sec - ti<,11, thus. wi tl1 each new .\ectio ,1 begin nL1111bcri ng ~c– qL1ence with /, /,, ck o. I ( A- 1, A-2, A-3; B- J • • • etc. ) . I:;- . si11g ··,\11r,1e) ' tl1\'Sig 11111e,1t slip" 111ak e ass ign 111e 11 ts for eacl1 canvasses: 1. Prent1111l)er all of tl1c slips f >f ectillrl a11d tl1en, cction H, et . 2. \~/rite i11 11a1,1e f treet i cl tl1c treet 1, , 4,; c 11 a - The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTISI signment slip and note any unusual feature to the street layout such as in a new housing development where may be no square city blocks. G. Count out exast number of ''family survey'' slips to cor– respond with each assign– ment slip. H. Count out exact number of "canvass brochures" for each assignment and then rubber band each as ignment ( three items: 1) As ignment lip, 2) Correct number of urvey Ii p and 3) Correct number of canvass brochures) . I. Stack the packet in con e– cutive order corresponding to the mapou t of the city or area. Thus, Section No. A - Block 1 2, 3 4 . . . . Section No. B - Block 1, 2, 3 , 4 . . . etc. J. Draw up a canvass check beet showing ection block and number of canvassers re– port back. II. CANVASS DAY A. Everyone regi ter by name and church upon arrival, then given a "cen u taker" badge (t1ipon which write name and pin on lapel). B. Di tribute copie of the can– vas material 1) A ign– ment lip, 2) Family urvey slip and 3) Canva s broch– ure) to all pre ent. Provide pencil and clipboard , if po. ible. . Explain that information i to be received at the door without entering. D. Sample " at the door 1 ' pre cnt– ation · 1. "Good morning. I am John Jenkin fron1 . I am here r eprc ·enting 30 Bapti t churchc. of thi area taking a rel1giot1 Ltr vcy today. Pcrhap yot1 have 11 c> t ic£' t l t l 1e <111- 11 0 1111c e 111e11t \ i 11 1/1e pt1pe1 ' th at we wot,l ll be her . I tlo 1101 11 ee<I to co111c tn , bt1t would ar>prccia lc 1t if ',,Ott cotJl tl tak. e a 11i11L1 tc to l1clp ti \ " HI N'] ' : H tt , e c\ crvo11c rc11cat tl1is ,-vi tl1 ) ' Ott for 1 r,tctice. 2. "'Oka)' ( saitl chccrfttll\ ) . t l1cn , l1crc ,ve go. • . s k q tics t i o 11 s o 11 fa n 1 i I)' Stll'\' e , sli1) i11 sa111e t l l'll e r as aJ)()car . l~. 11 s,ver atl) 1 qLt esti >tls {l f tl1c , ,,,,a s r . F. PRAYER for victory toda)' ! G. Line u,p single file with can– vassing partner at the check– out tables with carload grouped together for conse– cutive assignments. H. Each canva ser r eceives as– signment packet and teps over to large wall map for correct directions to his a - signment. III . POST-CANVASS A. List the e fact : 1. Number of canva er . 2. Number of pastor present for canva s. 3. Number of churche rep– r esented in the canva . 4. Total number of home contacted in the canva (whether home or not ). 5. Total number of families found at home. B. Separ ate the e family urvey slip and give total of each : 1. No church affili ation. 2. H ot pro ,pect . 3. Pro pect or ' 'H ave the pa tor call,' . 4. "Vacant or not Home, ' . WHAT THE CA VASS DOES : 1. Eliminate much legwork for the new pa tor (i t i po ible to do two year of canva - ing in one day). 2. Encot1r age nucleu (the co– oper ative upport of other Bapti t of like fai th and practice mean n1L1ch to the new band of believer ) . 3. nl arge our Bapti t church– c ' vi ion for cht1rch e ten- . ion. 4. En1pha izc the Go ·pel in the re. pec tive ci t}' . FAMILY R "'Y LIP F an1ily an1c Add re ttend Wh at ( ' ht1rch? 1 , R gt1larl) LJ l rrcgtilarl)' hildren: 1. .., -· 3. 4. 5. 6. Rl 11\Rk ': ' l R\ t~) .1-\ ~It, \ ll I l lt> 1. 'all at h t>t ll .. ~ 0 l ) 111si lit.: OL1r assig11et l l)l t, k. - · t7i(l t ) l ll a ··sLlrVc.:) slir, f )l' ever ' l1l',tl s i11 ) l)tlr a~s ig11 t l lll k . - l r: lll) l )l )lll - •• I .J-1 ." anti lll llS i l , , - }l~ \ ' lll , Ill - ' ' 1 1 ." a11 i llOl l (Cont i nued on ne t page) Page 13, AUGUST 1963