What ever happened to Max Rappaport, John Ingells?

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Most evangelical churches nowadays have smaller home meetings where there is an opportunity to speak. Most reserve the main Sunday worship service time for corporate worship and the ministry of the Word by the teaching elders/pastors. This format seems to work best to keep the services within a reasonable timeframe of 90 minutes or less. Any longer and you are trying the patients and capacity of the average person, especially someone who is unsaved or maybe new to the Faith. Also there is a concern for the time of the children's workers.

That has been my experience and I have no problem with it. In the home meeting atmosphere, it is more conducive for everyone having an opportunity to speak. I have heard the pros and cons of opening the floor in the Sunday Worship/Lord's Day meeting atmosphere. Do you let the trained pastor speak an entire message without anyone else an opportunity to speak? Or do you have an open floor to the congregation where there is more of an opportunity to use it as a platform than to build and edify?