At St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville, the 14,000-member congregation billed itself as a “seven-day-a-week” hub of activity, with choir practices, ministry meetings or small groups scheduled every night.Then Pastor Kevin Cosby noticed a drop-off ”” people simply couldn’t afford the gas to drive to several activities on several different evenings.
So Cosby shuffled the schedule to combine all activities on Wednesday night to give parishioners a “one-stop-shop for your soul.” The church also bought a third 14-passenger bus to shuttle people to and from church.
“We thought it would be a better practice of stewardship,” Cosby said. “The good use and stewardship of resources is how we demonstrate our love for God.”
There was an article posted either here or on another forum where a Church ‘raffled off’ a $50 gas card at each service to someone in the congregation, regular or visitor. I guess that’s one way to keep ’em coming?