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Post by Jesse Morrell on Oct 4, 2008 23:20:26 GMT -5
What do you guys think and why?
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Post by revomin on Oct 5, 2008 7:37:27 GMT -5
I vote for the Banners and the Sand. Boards.
Since I have seen Kerrigan and Jesse and some others flying the banners I said no thanks! I'll stick with the Tracts! But now I dont leave home without my banner, and Sand. Boards. When we attend a Festival They can spot us very quickly and know what we are there for, I know some will walk away and some come right up to you but they do that without signs as well. But the way I see it is if you have a banner or board they get the message regaurdless if they come up to you or not!
I was on the strip at the Beach a couple weeks ago and that area had alot of strip clubs and bars and I seen young ladies start to pass by me and see the name JESUS flying high and refused to go through with the nightly plans they had. Now I know they could have went somewhere else but they had the name JESUS stuck in their head and it was bothering them and you could tell that even though their parents didnt know where they were... JESUS DID! And hey That name JESUS carries a Powerful Punch!
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Post by Jesse Morrell on Oct 5, 2008 12:30:32 GMT -5
Signs, banners, and sandwich boards help very much. People, particularly young people, flock to you when they see you.
Joel (joeldad) told me that he was just at a fair with a sandwich board on and didn't even need to open air preach with his amplifier because so many people were already stopping to talk to him.
This is a common experience when using signs, banners, and sandwich boards.
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Post by Jesse Morrell on Oct 6, 2008 8:42:02 GMT -5
You can check out our latest radio show when we discussed the topic of signs, banners, and sandwich boards: www.blogtalkradio.com/RefiningFireRadioWe discussed the advantages of using them as well as what the critics of these methods are saying. I think we gave a pretty strong defense of using these methods for evangelism.
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Post by revomin on Oct 6, 2008 12:13:59 GMT -5
Great Show guys! At a festival this past weekend as soon as Ken Put on a Sand. Board others came all around and even you can see in the photo a young lady wanted to wear the Board while he spoke to the crowd and in the next picture the banner I was holding started doing the same thing!
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Post by josh on Oct 7, 2008 20:04:31 GMT -5
Depends where you are. So the poll can't be answered.
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Post by John McGlone on Oct 7, 2008 21:50:29 GMT -5
Yes, the poll can be answered for the place where you are currently ministering. In a culture like yours and ours where we have the freedom to do such things we should not ignore the obvious advantages of publishing the gospel this way.
Now in Saudi Arabia, we would get our heads chopped off. If the Lord is leading one to do that then so be it. If America suddenly changed it's constitution,then I would have to take the heat whatever that might be. This is where and how the Lord has led me to proclaim His righteousness and His gospel.
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Post by Jesse Morrell on Oct 7, 2008 21:54:04 GMT -5
I guess you never know until you try. So many people think that banners and signs are not good to use in America, but experience simply proves otherwise. And they even work in the Philippines! Businesses use signs no matter what country they are in. Because signs effective communicate a message to the public no matter what country you are in.
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Post by joechristopherson on Oct 8, 2008 0:08:18 GMT -5
Banners and signs are wonderful tools to get the gospel to the masses. I can't see how any Christian with a heart for the lost would have any problems with them, unless they are ashamed of the Word of God.
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Post by dale on Oct 8, 2008 6:47:53 GMT -5
No, signs and banners, especially your signs and banners, only get you laughed at. Trust me on this one.
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Post by John McGlone on Oct 8, 2008 8:08:11 GMT -5
Dale, your perspective is that of a lost and blind sinner. Of course, we can't trust you with anything, much less an opinion of signs and banners.
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Post by revomin on Oct 8, 2008 8:23:14 GMT -5
The Reason why most people laugh and make fun off banners and signs is because The gospel is foolishness to those perishing!
But I was one of those people who said that those guys that wear signs are idiots! But Let me tell you that when I truely started seeking God and his will in my life, I was blown away at the way he changed my life, And yes signs do look crazy sometimes but when you are doing Gods work everything looks foolish to the world.
But from my view.... I use banners and signs and whatever it takes to share JESUS with anyone anywhere, anytime! Look at it this way Stip Clubs have some of the wildest signs with flashing lights and they are very Large most of the time, only to catch your attention! and most men today Dive right in!
Look at Walmart signs! Very Large and Flying High! wanting everyone to see and come right in and get what they have!
But here is the thing! they have no truth! We have JESUS the only Way and Truth! So the question I ask is why should we not Fly the gospel High and in Dark places? We would be crazy not to since we know the way and the truth! WE would be foolish not to share that with everyone!
If you where in a burning buiding and you where screaming let me out and you saw me running through the Crowd with a key that was the size of a car and trying to get to you! Would you all of a sudden laugh and say never mind that key looks foolish its to big and everyone's laughing so leave me in hear. NO!
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Post by John McGlone on Oct 8, 2008 8:36:11 GMT -5
Great testimony brother. I had a dream before I started wearing sandwich boards five or six years ago. I did not understand it then but I do now. I was watching a preacher in a sandwich board, he got beat up and handed it to me, then I got beat up. Hmmmm. I was trying to remember, but I think even after I was accosted, I think I continued to endure. I pray that would be the case if I ever face a true physical pounding.
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Post by josh on Oct 8, 2008 8:54:41 GMT -5
In Australia signs and banners will not work. However, I saw them work really well in England.
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Post by dale on Oct 8, 2008 9:16:53 GMT -5
Unrelated to the topic maybe, but I may be a blind and lost sinner, but I am not nearly as blind as some of the streetpreachers thinking they are somehow doing Jesus a service by making fools of themsleves, nor especially as blind as our Sarah Palin loving friend Revoman or whatever, above who considers her a gift from God.
I try to be tolerant of the street preachers as they amuse me and I try to keep in mind everyone is entitled to have a fault or two, but the faults of you people on this board are really becoming obvious.
Now back to the signs. When other street preachers tell you these signs are wonderful, they are preaching to the chour (what a fitting phrase)/. The very peopel you SHOULD be listening to are people like me as we are the ones you are trying to reach, are we not? You would think you might listen to what some of the few nonbelievers who communicate with you try to tell you when asked if and why any of your antics have an effect on us?
You want to not be laughed at and be more effective, than lose the signs.
You want to keep guys like me in stitches laughing at you, by all means keep them. I need the comic relief.
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Post by Jesse Morrell on Oct 8, 2008 9:59:10 GMT -5
What makes you say that? Do you have further reasoning?
Do businesses use signs in Australia? Are there billboards and such in your country?
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Post by joemccowan on Oct 8, 2008 11:29:16 GMT -5
I use signs sometimes and at other times I don't. I do what I feel lead to do in any particular environment (not to be charismatic about it). Sometimes I OA, sometimes I just talk to people one-2-one, sometimes I use tracts, sometimes I use signs. What I try not to do is pretend that everyone will to listen to me regardless of the way I am communicating with them. The entire purpose of preaching OA is to reach people where they are at, and we should be willing to make adjustments to do just that. Sometimes that means using signs, sometimes it means laying them aside.
1Cr 9:14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.15 But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void. 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.18 What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel. 19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.
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Post by evilart on Oct 8, 2008 15:10:31 GMT -5
Signs are truly stupid.
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Post by josh on Oct 8, 2008 22:51:51 GMT -5
What makes you say that? Do you have further reasoning? Do businesses use signs in Australia? Are there billboards and such in your country? Been there and tried it. The Australian culture does not accept people holding signs as a form of advertisement. Even businesses don't use this methodology. In the UK people are walking around with signs everywhere, and thus it has become a cultural norm. Whereas in Australia it is unheard of.
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Post by Jesse Morrell on Oct 9, 2008 9:19:25 GMT -5
That is interesting.
Is it acceptable to use an easel and displays?
I started off by simply putting scripture displays on an easel.
I figured that if I could put "The Good Person Test" on an easel, then I could simply put some Bible verses on an easel and preach next to it.
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Post by dale on Oct 15, 2008 22:33:04 GMT -5
More signs, Jesse. Please, post more photos of your signs, especially the ones bigger than you are. The hilarity. Oh the hilarity. I am going to start floating in the air and die of laughter like the bank president in Mary Poppins.
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Post by davidvalley on Oct 16, 2008 10:11:50 GMT -5
Great testimony brother. I had a dream before I started wearing sandwich boards five or six years ago. I did not understand it then but I do now. I was watching a preacher in a sandwich board, he got beat up and handed it to me, then I got beat up. Hmmmm. I was trying to remember, but I think even after I was accosted, I think I continued to endure. I pray that would be the case if I ever face a true physical pounding. I'm sure Dale would rather just be blind rather than be in fear of blind faith such as you guys are.
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Post by Paul A. Kaiser on Oct 21, 2008 1:44:32 GMT -5
I am fully convinced of the effectiveness of Sandwich boards, Signs, and Banners being used in the open air! I too like Revomin said "you can keep em!" I thought there was no way you were going to get me to use a banner and a big guy like myself can't wear a sandwich board. HOW WRONG I WAS!!!! The first time I used a sign it was a simple "What If" sign when in Grants Pass for a weekend of outreach. Now this wasn't even a Scripture sign but people would walk right up and say... "What If What?" At that moment I was fully convinced of banner work and today like many others.... "I can't leave home without my sandwich board, briefcase and or a banner. I was even blessed this week to have my Pastor join us on campus and raise a banner! That's him in these photos from Yuba College. Now we use them all over the place... Campuses, Parades, Festivals, Street Meetings, You name it we'll have a banner or sandwich board and we can't forget our briefcases! There is no "Bait and Switch" the hearears know what we are there for long before they can hear our voices. The message is read by young and old, people in cars, those just passing by, and they all are impressed upon by the messages. We are even having a few signs made in place of banners when we can't raise them under covered sidewalks like in Old Town Sac. where we preach regularally. I don't care what anyone says... THEY WORK FOR ME!!! ;D
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