A quick thought on the modern altar call in today's modern Christian church...

The modern church does not get it just as Israel did not in Jeremiah's time: "The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation." Lamentations 1:10.

So really, in a true "church" fellowship meeting, service or whatever you want to call it there should be no need for an Altar call.

We are to...have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. (Ephesians 6:11). This is not an altar call but a calling out. Remember what Jeremiah said, there should not be anyone in the congregation or sanctuary that is not a believer. Church is for the building up of the Saints to out and make disciples of all creatures.

The altar calls should be on the streets not in the assembling of ourselves.

These are not my words or original thoughts but they are God's. Look it up for yourself.

Also, if there was a true conversion going on during these altar calls there would be no shame in the repentant heart. Odd that they sometimes, well a lot of times, say, "if your ashamed of Him then He will be ashamed of you..." and yet they feel the need to say, "Now with everyone's head bowed, eyes closed, and with no one looking, is there anybody here..." They should know better...God's word says this about someone who has been touched by God: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ... hope maketh not ashamed...whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed...."...Etc, etc...

Altar calls are yet another example of a modern tradition that did not exist in the first century, New Testament church.