Since launching in 2016, BibleStudyOffer.com (BSO) has grown both in the total number of Bible study interests (over 10,000!) as well as the number of participating churches (currently 348 in the United States and Canada). But wonderful as such growth is, the real aim of BSO is not measured quantitatively but qualitatively; in the personal, timely follow-up each Bible study interest receives. The last thing we’d ever want to do is rejoice over a great number of Bible study interests hungry for the Bread of Life—who we neglect to feed!
To help ensure that the vital work of timely follow-up is taking place, BSO now includes a delinquency protocol that automatically reminds church coordinators via email and pop-messages in their BSO account when a new interest has not been visited promptly. Here’s how it works.
After immediate notice is given when someone first signs up and is added to your BSO study interest list, you have 4 days to record an initial visit before you get your first reminder notice on day 5:
OOPS! You have at least one Bible study request that is due for a visit. We advertise follow-up service of 5-7 days, and one or more of your church’s requests has been waiting 5 days.
- Check your church’s study requests for any “new” (unvisited) interests. If you or someone on your BSO team has made an initial follow-up visit, record the visit as either attempted or completed. This will change their status from “new” to “active.”
- If someone has not yet followed up with these requests, be sure to do so soon! If no visit has been recorded in the next three days, this interest will be automatically removed from your list of Bible study requests and sent to the Discover Bible School for mail correspondence follow up.
Thank you for sharing God’s Word with seekers in your community. God bless!
If after that reminder still no visit is recorded, the next message is given on day 7:
WARNING! This is the last day to visit one or more of your Bible study interests!
- Check your church’s study requests for any “new” (unvisited) interests. If you or someone on your BSO team has made an initial follow-up visit, just record the visit as either attempted or completed. This will change their status from “new” to “active.”
- If someone has not yet followed up with this request, please to do so immediately! If no visit is recorded today, this interest will be automatically removed from your list of Bible study requests and sent to the Discover Bible School for correspondence follow up tomorrow.
Thank you for sharing God’s Word with seekers in your community. God bless!
If still another day goes by without a personal visit from a local BSO representative, the study interest will be re-assigned to the Voice of Prophecy’s Discover Bible School for correspondence follow-up. When that happens, the local BSO coordinator will receive this message:
UH-OH! One or more of your unvisited Bible study requests have now been sent to the Discover Bible School for mail correspondence follow up.
The uniqueness of BSO is the opportunity for local churches to personally and promptly follow-up with spiritually interested people in their own communities. We are confident that you and your church family share that goal and will make every effort to visit new interests promptly in the future.
Thank you for sharing God’s Word with seekers in your community. God bless!
The first time an interest is re-assigned for correspondence follow-up, the local BSO coordinator simply needs to click an acknowledgment button and their BSO work will continue seamlessly. If subsequent interests are re-assigned due to delinquency, the local coordinator will receive notice that their church’s BSO account has been paused. This means that they can continue to work with current study interests, but no new interests will be assigned to their church’s BSO account until their delinquency issues have been addressed.
The reason we’re going to these lengths is that in recent months literally hundreds of Bible study interests have gone unvisited and have been re-assigned for corresponded follow-up.
The uniqueness of BSO is the opportunity for church members to visit local Bible study interests personally and promptly. We trust you share this goal and will continue to use BSO to enhance your church’s Bible study ministry.
