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...object of the game is to shepherd two balls twice around a wicketed turf. Rather than hit opponents' balls into the woods, as in backyard croquet, players hit them to get an extra turn...
...aware of any real harrass- ment of outsiders by our members. We simplybelieve very strongly that people need God, thatpeople need to come to God. In order to bring thisabout, we will talk to people as long as they willlisten," says Boston Church of Christ HarvardMinistry leader Preston Shepherd...
...means that we use to try and persuadepeople aren't any different from the ones thatanybody might use to talk a friend into doing theright thing, or even into going out to dinner or amovie," Shepherd says "Persuasion is a normal partof everyday life...
They freely admit, however, that members arerigorously expected to "fellowship," or spread theword, outside the Church community. Indeed, somesenior members such as Shepherd left ministerialposts in other denominations because they weredissatisfied with the slow conversion rates...
...frustrated by the non-growth of otherchurches, the sense that they were all preachingthe same tired, mellowed out Christianity and thatthey had departed from the Scriptures," Shepherdsays. Shepherd went on to stress that evangelizingwas "a direct command of Christ," and that memberswho did not evangelize were by definition badChristian in the Church's view...