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I purposefuly sit in the back at our church so I can talk to newcomers and seekers

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We sit in the back, because we learned early on that the kids are not distracted by what's going on behind them and therefore are looking towards the front of the church.

We continue doing this with our great grandson and it works really well.

Amazing how people can decide the reasons why people sit in the back without knowing the real purpose. Leave the content of the heart to God.


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JCISGD, maybe you should make a full list as to the reasons why people sit int the back and why they sit in the front. ;)


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I purposefuly sit in the back at our church so I can talk to newcomers and seekers

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I was struck by a comment on a blog about a group of Christians who went to a 10K strong JW convention to evangelise, but mostly got booted out. Anyway one guy headed for the back row as he stated that in every religion the undecided and less dedicated sat there.

This surprised me as i also had sat often in the back of church, esp if in a church i had little previous knowledge of. I also thought back to those i knew who always sat at the back, and saw that i did not know of their boldness in Christ.

This is not a critism of those who sit at the back, but an obsevation and wake up call to myself to check my heart at the door maybe. :emot-pray:

there have been times I sat in the back... one was to assist the pastor in knowing if he was speaking loud enough... another is if I was not feeling well and might have to depart to the head.... another is when the kids were young.....

another time I sat in back is when we were in charge of the operation of the nursary, so that if there was need, we could slip out with out being disruptive to the service.

if I knew I had to be at work before the service might end, again, I would sit close to the door, other wise, we were up front

anyways, I tend to, for the most part, agree that some sitting in the back are there so they can be almost out of sight and out of mind....

yet some of them are the first to complain that no one notices when they are not there....


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Sit on right side eight pews back- except when we are late then we sit in back!


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:thumbsup: this post is very old.

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Ok JCISGD I'll try not to comment!! :thumbsup::)


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Ok JCISGD I'll try not to comment!! :):taped:

Who can resist ? :thumbsup: Actually i deleted the last part of my reply as i was sulking and lacking grace. But its weird this topic resurfaced.


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Ok JCISGD I'll try not to comment!! :):taped:

Who can resist ? :thumbsup: Actually i deleted the last part of my reply as i was sulking and lacking grace. But its weird this topic resurfaced.

Yeh I saw the rest of your comment before you deleted it ;)

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