Reaching the Churches

[Matt Bynum]

I've started doing some Ron Paul sign-waving at some local churches. I look at their website to see when the church service ends, and then I stand at a nearby access road waving two signs. Currently I am concentrating on the larger churches.

The state of Texas has 4 of the top 10 fastest growing churches:

1. Lakewood Church (Houston, TX) +12,000
2. Park Cities Presbyterian (Dallas, TX) +5,108
3. New Birth Missionary Baptist (Lithonia, GA) +3,500
4. Salem Baptist (Chicago, IL) +3,366
5. Without Walls International Church (Tampa, FL) +3,330
6. Asbury United Methodist (Tulsa, OK) +3,240
7. St. Luke Community UMC (Dallas, TX) +3,037
8. Willow Creek Community (Chicago, IL) +2,900
9. Grove City Church of the Nazarene (Grove City, OH) +2,861
10. Community Bible Church (San Antonio, TX) +2,858

The entire list of the 100 Fastest Growing Churches is here: http://www.outreachmagazine.com/docs/top100_2006.pdf

[Corydoras]

Another bunch of churches that needs to be mined is very small but likely to respond extremely well: Middle Eastern Christians-- the Maronite, Melkite, Antiochian, and Assyrian churches. They actually are all over the United States, so you can find one without much trouble. They are in great pain because of war in the Middle East, and many of them have emigrated from Palestine and Lebanon and even Iraq. Hamadeh's flyer should work very well with them.

[rmolly1]

We've been printing a ton of Statements of Faith and placing them on the windshields of cars during church services.

[jb4ronpaul]

we are doing after mass sign waves at large churches and putting info on windshields too. One member is also going to write all local pastors.

[steph3n]

It would be good to actually get church members into your local group as well.