Back when I was still wet behind the ears in my 1st ministry, our church had a joint VBS with one of the denominational churches in town. I liked their preacher, but I made the mistake of letting him give the invitation. His church sprinkled babies and ours only baptized adults… so he was a little unsure of what to do.

He could have simply asked the kids to come forward to make a decision after which he could have counseled the kids that were with his church… and I from the kids in ours. But this guy had an ecumenical twist to his thinking. He got up front and gave the invitation… and I swear he gave those kids 5 different ways to become Christians.

Mark Twain: you can tie 2

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