Emphasis Preaching Journal

Bishop L. Bevel Jones III of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church says this of television preachers. They limit audience participation and relieve the minister of accountability for financial and doctrinal standards. "I'm afraid many people do not realize that what they see and experience on the screen is far from being the church in its fullness, and often in its trueness." He further calls our attention to thousands of local churches, comprised of dedicated pastors and laity, who rarely make the headlines.