The Andrew Plan - Success Stories

Pastor Ron Freier	September 29, 2005
Hi Jim, I read your brochure entitled "The Andrew Plan" with interest. Thanks for sending it to me. Here is a true example that the plan works. In 1960 when I came to Grace located at that time in a changing neighborhood in Benton Harbor, I was told by the district officials and neighboring pastors that Grace's doors would be closed within the next three years and that I would receive a call elsewhere. In other words I was to prepare to preach Grace's funeral sermon. We were loosing members at a rate of 30-50 per month. Instead of crying, the congregation accpepted my challenge of asking all the communicant members left to attend one of my BIC (or AIC) classes and to bring an unchurched FRAN with them. The end result was as follows: Members no longer left the congregation; within 4 years 85% of the members attended one of the AIC classes and brought FRAN with them. Sometimes I had 40-50 members and prospects in a class; I had two classes per week. Five years later we relocated to south St. Joseph. The church became the largest WELS church in the Michigan District. The people were so on fire by the Holy Spirit that a multi-million dollar church, school and gym were constructed on a fifteen acre piece of land. Today it is paid for. And two thirds of the membership is made up of adult converts. THE ANDREW PLAN WORKS! Since I retired from the fulltime ministry in 1997 I have been working partime at St Paul's in Stevensville and am priviledged to minister to your son Jeff and his family. Push "The Andrew Plan"! I have been and will continue to do so. We didn't call it that, but that's how we did it. Thanks for your work and our Lord's richest blessings to your and your family!
Pastor Carl Voss (P.em.)	April 11, 2005
Dear Jim, Re: Andrew Plan. The essence of the plan I had followed during the 45 years of my active ministry and--praise the Lord-- it did meet with what I consider rich blessings. I recommend it to anyone.