10: IF THOSE DEACONS WHO ARE STILL GIVING WOULD INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTION, WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD IT TAKE TO GET US BACK UP TO SPEED, BACK UP TO BUDGET?
(IT WOULD REQUIRE AN [..........] PERCENT INCREASE.)
(THE ELDERSHIP DOES NOT FEEL THAT PAST WORSHIP AT THIS CHURCH "HAS BEEN VAIN OR SINFUL".)
HAVE THESE NEW WORSHIP CHANGES SPAWNED PEACE AND UNITY OR HAS IT CAUSED DIVISION?
(WE ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING THIS MATTER).
SINCE CLAPPING IS USED IN THE BIBLE MAINLY FOR DERISION, SHOULD WE USE THAT IN SERVICE?
(WE ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING THIS MATTER).
SHOULD WE LOOK TO DO ALL THINGS IN WORSHIP OR WHAT IS EXPEDIENT?
(THE ELDERSHIP FEELS THAT WE NEED TO BE SCRIPTURAL IN ALL MATTERS.)
IS IT RIGHT FOR AN ELDER TO TELL PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT WE'RE ARE DOING, THEN YOU CAN LEAVE?
(NO, IT WOULD NOT BE PROPER FOR AN ELDER TO MAKE THE ABOVE STATEMENT.)
HAVE THE CHANGES IN WORSHIP BROUGHT A REPROACH OR A BLESSING ON THE CHURCH?
(WE ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING THIS MATTER).
HAVE THESE THINGS (TV NEWSCAST, JUBILEES, SUMMER SPECTACULARS, AND PLAYS) BROUGHT DISSENT FORM OTHER BROTHERS IN OTHER CONGREGATION?
(PERHAPS.)
HAS THE CHURCH BEGUN TO BE IN COMPETITION WITH ENTERTAINMENT?
(IT IS NOT OUR GOAL TO ENTERTAIN.)
HAS THE GOSPEL CHANGED, WHY SHOULD WE CHANGE THE WAY (WE) WORSHIPED IN THE PAST UNLESS WE BE CONVICTED BY SCRIPTURE THAT THE PAST HAS BEEN SINFUL IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE WORSHIPED?
(THE BIBLICAL PRINCIPALS OF THE GOSPEL HAVE NOT CHANGED, HOWEVER, THE METHODS BY WHICH THEY ARE TAUGHT AND APPLIED TO OUR LIVES DOES CHANGE.)
11: IF MAJOR CHANGES ARE REQUIRED IN THE WORSHIP, DOES THIS MEAN THAT ALL OUR PAST WORSHIP HAS BEEN IN VAIN OR SINFUL? HAVE WE BEEN DOING THINGS WRONG ALL THESE PAST TIMES?