<Derick> Answers below preceeded by <Derick>
> Gentlemen,
>
> 1)  Do you give invitations in your services?  Why or why not?

<Derick>If I don't have to, I do not give them.  They are a late invention
in Christianity and often are bent on emotionalism (not all the time, but
they are).  I do call people to repent at Peter did in Acts, but I try to
avoid the invitation system as found in most modern churches.  Also, what
I am often afraid of in invitation systems is that the congregation
believes that walking an aisle is now your "proof you were saved", there
are only certain people who should respond to the preaching of the word
when I believe everyone should respond, and that people equate this
non-Biblical practice with being Biblical.
>
> 2)  Do you always give an invitation after a sermon, in every service?

<Derick> No!  I always give a call to change, repent, etc... but not to
come forward.
>
> 3)  Do you vary your invitations as to content and type of appeal?  Do you
> give a different invitation for those needing salvation, re-dedication,
> healing, special needs, etc?

<Derick> My application section in my sermons are what I expect out of the
congregation to examine and respond.  That should not just hit a few but
everyone in the congregation.
>
> 4)  Do you always base your invitation on a particular Scripture?
<Derick>Yes, what I do is found done by Peter in Acts 2.  He did not call
people to come forward but to repent.
>
> 5)  Share briefly, your favorite or most used invitation.

Acts 2, Peter's invitation :)