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A Church With a Mighty Congregation
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these concerts a simple matter. Recitals on the four-manuel organ of the church, together with choir and congregational singing, will be features of the programme. A daily news service is being arranged for.
The pastor states that the performance of marriage ceremonies will be one of the tasks of his radio station. A marriage performed by radio is just as legal, and the ceremony can be as impressive as if the minister were present in person, he says. This, it is pointed out, will permit a couple to have their wedding solemnized by the minister of their choice who may be hundreds of miles away. The only thing in the way of a ceremony of this kind seen by Doctor Dodd is the tendency of the bridal couple to arrive late, but he thinks a way can be found to get around this.
The pastor expects to reach many of his flock who are addicted to Sunday morning automobile trips through his radio outfit. He will insist that when they go out Sunday morning they carry receiving sets in their cars.
There is only one fly in the ointment for the pastor. He is much concerned over the fact that a bed spring makes a splendid aerial. Much of his work, he says, is to get members of his flock out of bed in time for Sunday school or even the morning preaching service. When the people learn that they can listen to the services by attaching the receiving set to their bed springs, he fears there will be a growing tendency to lie abed Sunday mornings.
The matter of collections isn't worrying him, he says. While it is impossible to pass the collection plate around with his congregation scattered over forty-eight states, he says that just as effective means will be devised for financing the activities of the church.
The broadcasting station is but one of the unusual features found in this church, which is declared to be one of the most remarkable church plants in the world.
A lo-story tower, which furnishes quarters for a Sunday School of 3,000 and many young people's societies, has attracted much attention.
The upper portion of the lo-story tower of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport, La., is shown in the foreground; the dome over the main auditorium in the background, and the roof garden to the right of the tower