It's here. We need to work together to make the appeal successful. One million people are counting on us.
1 Corinthians 16:2 (MSG)
2 Every Sunday each of you make an offering and put it in safekeeping. Be as generous as you can. When I get there you'll have it ready, and I won't have to make a special appeal.
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As a person involved with the Red Shield Appeal for over 25 years. I believe the doorknock is tired. Our corps people are tired and had enough of door knocking. Perhaps it's time to put our collective heads together and come up with new, inventive ways to raise monies and forget this ideal of knocking on every door in Australia - which never happens and puts so much pressure on so many people. Our goal as the Salvation Army is to win souls - not spend our time on unprofitable ways of raising money. The groups I had out doorknocking all reported that most people were not home, or didn't answer the door.
This may sound critical and negative, however, there are a number of people associated with TSA who have had enough of trying to pull a door knock together every year. Let's move with the times with this as we have in nearly every other facet of TSA ministries.
I recently heard that NZ stopped doing the door knock a couple of years ago. They now regret doing so. We have a great opportunity in being able to knock on peoples doors. The money is important but being seen out and about is possibly even more important. I have heard of souls being saved through the door knock. If we are intentional and take the opportunities when they present I believe the door knock has great potentional.
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Most of our door knock in my area is done by non salvos as the salvos are tired of doing it, How does that display the Army out and about?
How can souls be saved when most of our collectors are non christian?
I have been hearing these same tired arguements for 25 years. I'm not against the RSA as such. Simply the wated time in organising and doorknocking for little result - either financial or spiritual.
Anonymous,
I highly doubt we are going to agree on this. You mention the high number of non salvos doing the collecting. I don't think this is a bad thing. In fact us who are Salvos can see this as a great opportunity to reach them. You mention the tired Salvos? When it comes to attempting to reach others tiredness is not a good excuse. Door knocking should be just as important as sitting in church for 2 hours on a Sunday.
A.
"Our goal as the Salvation Army is to win souls - not spend our time on unprofitable ways of raising money." - first anonymous.
i did a little double take after reading this sentence...because as the Salvation Army we don't exist just to win souls. We also exist to serve suffering humanity which, unfortunately, costs quite a bit of money. As for the RSA being unprofitable - it is very clearly not this way. We knock on doors, we ask for money and we receive it... we make money and we use that money to help God's children.
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