ST. LOUIS – God is on the move in North America and every follower of Jesus –regardless of age, talent or personality –can play a vital part in what He is doing to push back lostness on the continent. That’s the life-altering message behind the free Send North America Experience (SNA EXP) Tour coming to St. Louis on Oct. 6 from 7-9 p.m. at First Baptist Church Arnold (2012 Missouri State Rd.). “The Send North America Experience Tour is a series of events in cities across North America … [Read more...]
David Platt: Send North America
The Send North America Experience Tour is a gathering for the church that challenges you to leverage your life in a way that counts for the kingdom. The tour carries the God-sized vision for pushing back lostness in North America and awakens and empowers you to know that your life on mission matters. The tour is coming to Missouri on Oct. 6-7, and you can register by clicking here. … [Read more...]
In first year, Send produces fruit
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – The deaf residents of Manchester, Conn., now have a church of their own, as do the students at the University of Hartford – and it’s right on campus. This is because God is using church planters to reach into the hard-to-reach areas of North America with the gospel. These are just two success stories among hundreds from last year of God using church planters, pastors, Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) chaplains, Disaster Relief volunteers and a host of other … [Read more...]
Laclede Association partners with NAMB in East St. Louis
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – It’s easy to forget about the “other” St. Louis on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, but the churches of Laclede Baptist Association have seen Kingdom results in East St. Louis as part of the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) Send initiative. Seventeen volunteers from seven churches in the association partnered with Light of Christ Church in East St. Louis in late July. The weeklong ministry project focused on Vacation Bible School, electrical repairs … [Read more...]
Missouri children meet KC planter their VBS funds support
RICHMOND, Mo. - Children have been carrying bags full of pennies, nickels and dimes into Vacation Bible School in order to donate to Southern Baptist missionaries for years. Many never see what happens through their gifts or who benefits from them. But that changed this year at First Baptist Church of Richmond, Mo. July's VBS at the church concluded a week of learning about Send North America: Kansas City church planter Kevin Barnes-along with other missionaries-by meeting his family on … [Read more...]
Tennessee church planting network develops tomorrow’s leaders
When Steve Tiebout planted a church in northern California in the late 1990s, he would have relished the help of a worship leader like 23-year-old Curtis Looper. Young, talented, full of energy and with a passionate love of Jesus, Looper already shows the God-given ability to prepare a congregation for corporate worship. And at age 23, he'll likely only get better. "Man, if someone would have sent me a 20-year-old who loved Jesus, could play the guitar and wanted to lead worship, I would … [Read more...]
Teams find a world of lostness in St. Louis, Kansas City
KANSAS CITY – A dozen interns sent out by the Missouri Baptist Convention are discovering a world of lostness in Kansas City and St. Louis. Last month, these interns began a 10-week canvassing initiative, a joint project of the Missouri Baptist Convention, the North American Mission Board (NAMB), the International Mission Board (IMB), the Blue-River Kansas City Association and the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association. Through this project, which is funded by the Cooperative Program, these … [Read more...]
KC-area church turning neglected kids into disciples
TOBIN PERRY/North American Mission Board LENEXA, Kan. – Westside Family Church feeds 3,000 kids daily in four countries. Families from the church have adopted more than 100 children in the United States and internationally. The Southern Baptist church helps fill backpacks with food for hungry children and teenagers. It is a regional support and training center for foster care and adoption in the Kansas City area. Yet, according to the Lenexa, Kan., church’s executive pastor Dan Chaverin, … [Read more...]
‘Home-field’ helps St. Louis church planters
TOBIN PERRY/North American Mission Board ST. LOUIS - When Steven Helfrich first sensed God leading him into church planting while still a student, he figured it would be in some far-off land where customs would be different and language would be a barrier. Since his wife came from Poland, the idea of church planting in Europe made a lot of sense. Matt Bartig served as a youth pastor in churches throughout the United States – and never dreamed he’d return to the St. Louis area to start … [Read more...]
Collegiate ministry leaders learn from multiplying Northwest church
By Tobin Perry PULLMAN, Wash.—When most of your members learned to drive during the Obama administration, a large portion of tithes come from part-time earners and your church turns over most of its membership every four to five years, you have a unique set of ministry challenges. And it’s easy to think you’re struggling through these issues by yourself. That’s what it’s like to lead a collegiate church plant. “Sometimes you just feel alone—like ‘are we the only ones doing collegiate … [Read more...]
Evangelism Networks/Resources
By Sara Shelton SALISBURY, Md. - In the early days of his church plant, pastor Ryan Weaver and his team at Remedy Church scoured the newspapers looking for ways to serve the people of Salisbury, Md. It was a small ad asking for landscaping help that eventually caught their eye. "We saw the landscaping ad and when we realized the need was on Booth Street we knew it was the right place for us," Weaver explains. Few others in the area might consider Booth Street to be "right place" … [Read more...]
How NAMB is assisting Southern Baptists churches in evangelism
By H. Al Gilbert ALPHARETTA, Ga. - God works through His people, the Church. The Bible makes it very clear. The local church is central in God's plan to move the gospel throughout the world. That's why the evangelism teams at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) are geared to encourage and extend the ministries of the local church. We believe in the continuum of church-every evangelism effort should be rooted in and flow back into the local church. NAMB's role becomes clear in the … [Read more...]
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