Leslie Mansell

Leslie Mansell, Pastor, Takoma Park Church

Articles by Leslie Mansell

Song Leader and Altar Calls

August 1941

No phase of the evangelistic service can be of more importance, or weighted with more responsibility, than the appeal or altar call for decisions made by the evangelist. The sermon having been preached, the minds of the listeners are focused…

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Music of the Message

March 1942

Songbook Ownership an Aid

Selling our own songbook has proved one of the best methods of promoting a success­ful singing service during an evangelistic cam­paign. We use "Gospel in Song," finding it to be one of the best…

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Effective Patriotic Tableau

June 1944

In our evangelistic campaigns we have effec­tively used the song "How Betsy Ross Made the Flag" (Missionary Volunteer Songs, p. 175). This song, used in tableau, is fitting with any patriotic program, as a seasonal feature, or with…

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Our Favorite Carols

December 1958

God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them back to heaven again.--HENRY LONGFELLOW

When God Himself came down to earth He sent a choir…

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Song Leader in City Evangelism

September 1940

The field of evangelistic music is doubt­less one of the least-developed powers of this denomination. Today when the loud cry of the message is to be proclaimed with power by ministers of God, how vital it is that we have consecrated, efficient…

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