Total Involvement, a Simple Plan, and a Participation Form

Synopsis

When a congregation is nearly inactive, universal involvement can look impossible, but the booklet insists we work with 'the God of the impossibles.' Two stories illustrate this: a stranger drawn to Sabbath School by an unseen voice, and a man who dreamed of Bible study guides before ever meeting a worker, both happening only because the whole church was engaged in witness. Total involvement generates enthusiasm because people love being part of a shared, successful plan, and it multiplies workers rather than merely adding results. Leaders should cultivate in every participant a 'double vision' — working as hard to train others as to witness personally. Complexity kills participation, so the booklet urges the 'very simplest modes of work,' such as each member praying for and befriending ten people with the aim of winning two in five years. A participation form, handed out after an appeal, lets every member mark specific ways they will help, turning good intentions into concrete commitments collected before they can be forgotten. Christ's own commission was to 'all the world,' and the aim of every plan should be that no member remains outside the work of sharing Him.