Eye has noticed that some churches are using the unannounced inspection method to check up on their services (Ofgod?) The Baptist Times reports on a pilot scheme using non-churchgoing inspectors to evaluate performance, rather in the manner of commercial enterprises. The method could be rolled out more extensively to give churches some feedback on their sermons and music, and the impact on visitors to the pews.
We like this idea but hesitate to recommend it for Quaker meetings. We recall the observation of a roofer mending slates on a Meeting house, who looked down at the assembled, silent Friends. 'They’re all dead!' he was heard to exclaim.

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