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...Pastor Otterbein credits this success largely to making the church "a place of worship, not a club with religion for an excuse." More than 72% of the congregation use the Lutherans' often-neglected Family Altar Service in their homes every day. The same personal and spiritual touch is preserved in the services in church, where the sermon is always a message from the Bible, never a topical discussion...
...good-neighbor policy Dr. Otterbein has fostered from the beginning. As neat brick bungalows mushroomed up in North Austin, he and his flock kept up steady personal evangelism on their own blocks. Their slogan was, "When you see a moving van, spend a nickel," referring to their pastor's request that any member who saw a moving van in his neighborhood call Dr. Otterbein so that he could go right over...
...them to make sure their neighbors are welcome. "We simply started them thinking," he says. "They did the rest." That he has lost none of this power to get his friends to bring their friends he proved again at Tucson last fall when the local pastor doubted whether anyone would come to a Thanksgiving service. Dr. Otterbein telephoned a few key people, and the church was filled to overflowing...
...member of North Austin Lutheran Church who could not attend the Easter services was Pastor Otterbein himself. He had a stroke in February 1940, is still unable to resume his work. His one object in life is to return, and doctors say some day he can. Only parish activity they now allow him is two pastoral visits a week. A sick man, he makes these to the sick because he can share their suffering. But though he has not conducted a service there for over a year, North Austin Lutheran's attendance has continued to grow under a succession...
...Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Washington and Houston, almost everyone agreed that the Mission was a real success. In Houston, for example, overflow meetings "reached all classes, especially important business executives," and one Methodist pastor "has had to add an extra Sunday service to take care of the crowds" since the Mission left. In Washington the drive was particularly valuable in rounding up churchgoers recently arrived from other cities...