How to Get Your Entire Congregation Committed to the Course

  1. Make plans for a general assembly when all members are present – teenagers through adults.
  2. Advertise two weeks. Stir their interest. You are going to present a program to help them grow spiritually. Assure them you have a new, easy, proven method of memorizing that works. Anyone who can count to 10 can complete the course.
  3. Emphasize you have a course that takes about 10 minutes a day in the home that will equip them with the equivalent to almost a year in Bible college in one year; important principles broken into key thoughts and scripture verses to memorize.
  4. Preach the outline message on “Why Memorize Scriptures” and do some reference work with good illustrations to drive home your points.
  5. When you conclude the message, get raised hands from those who will make a commitment to take the course. Please do not have them bow heads; all are to be looking. Those who raise their hands encourage others to do likewise.
  6. Names should go on charts and on bulletin boards one week after commitment is made.
  7. Supervisors are selected to oversee a 12-person discipleship group. In the groups, they oversee; four instructors over two pupils each. They will not continue unless this procedure is followed.
  8. Hold a celebration for those who complete the course.