In this weekend's Kansas City snow storm, I noted a long list of churches scrolling across my TV screen showing all the churches who would not be holding services due to the heavy snow. The only religion I didn't see was Jehovah's Witnesses.
I know that the JWs has a system in place whereby in the event of a cancellation, or a disaster, elders make sure every member can be notified within an hour. In the event of a disaster, like Katrina, they have to report to the Overseer, who has to report to the Circuit Servant, who reports to the District Servant, that everyone has been accounted for.
Why can't all churches do this? It is simple to do, just have the church elders call the members they are assigned to shepard. Why rely on such an unreliable system as posting the names of the churches on the TV News? What would they do in the event of a disaster?
2007-01-15
16:42:29
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