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--- en:operating_principles:dtm:publishing_church_growth_model:phase1_scatter_literature [2026/07/20 05:29] – [How should literature be scattered?] jpauldietrich
+++ en:operating_principles:dtm:publishing_church_growth_model:phase1_scatter_literature [2026/08/02 06:48] (current) – [Where should it be scattered?] jpauldietrich
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 > Residence work, in which the colporteur **goes over the same territory time and again**, was recommended by several speakers, and interesting experiences were related, emphasizing the fact that this class of work is not only the best follow-up system so far as soul saving is concerned, but is equally satisfactory from a book selling standpoint. (GCB 318.15).
-> "These small tracts of four, eight, or sixteen pages, can be furnished for a trifle, from a fund raised by the donations of those who have the cause at heart. When you write to a friend you can enclose one or more without increasing postage. When in conversation with persons in the cars, on the boat, or in the stage, who seem to have an ear to hear, you can hand them out. They should not be promiscuously scattered at present like the autumn leaves, but judiciously and freely handed to those who would be likely to prize them. This will be advertising our publications, and the Publishing Association, in a manner that will result in much good." (T12 75.1).
+> "These small tracts of four, eight, or sixteen pages, can be furnished for a trifle, from a fund raised by the donations of those who have the cause at heart. **When you write to a friend** you can enclose one or more without increasing postage. When in conversation with persons in the **cars**, on the **boat**, or in the stage, who seem to have an ear to hear, you can hand them out. They should not be promiscuously scattered at present like the autumn leaves, but **judiciously and freely handed** to those who would be likely to prize them. This will be advertising our publications, and the Publishing Association, in a manner that will result in much good." (T12 75.1).
 ===== Why scatter literature? =====