LEBANON – Since January, 80-year-old Samuel Price has led 104 inmates in Laclede County Jail to profess faith in Jesus Christ, and a car wreck south of Camdenton, has not dampened his evangelistic fervor. Price, who serves as pastor of Wood Street Baptist Church, Lebanon, has practiced jail ministry for nearly four years. Since that time, sex offenders and murderers have been among the inmates who have surrendered their lives to Christ. One inmate, who was raised in Buddhism, was charged … [Read more...]
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Forming small groups: “Deeper than a nametag”
After giving someone a nametag, a cup of joe and a donut, what more could they want from your small group? But, then they turn to face a sea of unknown faces. Introductions are made: Glad to see you Mike Mary Earl Tammy John Sienna Sean Amy… There is no relationship, no recognizable network here. Individuals have come together and are trying desperately to make friends: Are you … Married? Looking? With kids? Employed? Having fun, how? Married? Working? Living where? Interested in anything, … [Read more...]
International Orality Network meets in St. Charles
ST. CHARLES – The International Orality Network’s (ION) annual meeting was conducted in St. Charles Sept. 16-19. More than 270 Bible Storying veterans, as well as many who were expressing interest, attended. The conference emphasized networking, learning new skills, and worship. The main theme of the workshop was “The Seven Disciplines of Orality.” These include the biblically-faithful ways orality impacts a community’s culture, language, literacy, memory, networks, arts, and the … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists catch NAMB’s Send Kansas City vision
Eva Wilson/Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists KANSAS CITY – As the hot August sun beat down outside, a group in the basement of the stately stone church building here enjoyed Cuban food for lunch and heard testimonies of how God is at work. The Multiethnic Church Planting Center, housed in the former Presbyterian church building at 217 Benton Blvd., was one of the stops on the first “Catch the Vision” tour held Aug. 27-28. The tour was part of Send Kansas City, an effort to … [Read more...]
“CORE” to feature evangelism, urban ministry leaders
KANSAS CITY – Robert E. Coleman, the author of The Master Plan of Evangelism, and Atlanta pastor Dhati Lewis will headline the “CORE” sessions of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, Oct. 29. Matt Kearns, leadership development team leader at the convention, hopes that the “CORE” conference will “inspire, challenge and encourage” Missouri Southern Baptists for “the glory of God and the growth of the Kingdom.” Robert Coleman, he said, is a “leading voice and role model” for … [Read more...]
Send connects churches to vast mission field
PLANO, Texas (BP) – More than 4,200 church planters, pastors and church leaders flooded the hallways of Prestonwood Baptist Church, here, for the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) second Send North America Conference July 29-30. The gathering was marked by masses of participants praying in response to speakers, hundreds of connections between churches and church planters, and individuals seizing their moments to penetrate lostness in North America. Many attendees expressed the belief … [Read more...]
Ethnic ministry tracks popular at Send gathering
PLANO, Texas – More than 35 percent of the registrants at the 2013 Send North America Conference signed up for one of five ethnic ministry tracks. The final tally of registrants included 1,526 participants for the ethnic tracks, which included Hispanic Leadership and Mission, Black Church Discipleship and Development, Reaching People from a Muslim Background, Korean Leadership and Development and Leadership Development for Kingdom Development in Chinese Churches. Registrants from other … [Read more...]
Missourians glowing about Send excitement, crowds
PLANO, Texas – Missourians were among the record crowds at Prestonwood Baptist Church here, and they say the excitement and passion seen there is encouraging. “It was extraordinary,” said Rick Hedger, Missions/Evangelism/Discipleship team leader for the Missouri Baptist Convention said. “I think the Send momentum is really buildilng.” John Mark Clifton, lead pastor of Wornal Road Baptist Church in Kansas City, said the event was different from previous North American Mission Board … [Read more...]
Macedonia Project speeds missionaries to field
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — You’ve recently finished college — or maybe you’re a mid-career professional -- and you sense an urgent call to follow Christ into long-term mission service. You have the practical skills to make an impact. You have the motivation. You’re ready to respond to the Lord’s call in obedience -- right now, as the Apostle Paul responded when he dreamed of the man pleading, “Come over to Macedonia and help us” (Acts 16:9). But you need the theological training required for … [Read more...]
A vision of Christ – evangelism’s motivation
Why do we have to be guilt-tripped into evangelism? I have been to countless conferences and conventions throughout the course of my ministry and the prevailing theme in all these venues is the fulfillment of the Great Commission, and rightly so. Making disciples is the mission and reason for the church’s existence. We exist to glorify God and the chief way we do this is through the making of disciples. So, if this is our chief strategy for fulfilling the purpose of our existence, why is it … [Read more...]
Towards a more powerful testimony
In my ministry, I often hear well-intentioned men and women give their testimony. Is there a better way? How is it possible to improve upon one’s personal experience with Jesus? We live in a time when people are complimented for even sharing their faith! But what happens when we spend too much time on the “before Christ” part and the moment of salvation is unfortunately muted, stunted, and offers no handles that a lost person can grab? Helping others have a clear path to Christ is the … [Read more...]
Opening the front door, closing the back door
In a consultation with a church as they were developing their evangelism strategy, it dawned on me that if their church had been in a community that had not grown numerically, they easily could have closed their doors. At least two counties in Missouri have grown incredibly in the past ten years. If they lost two families out the back door, there are many others walking in the front door. However, there are churches in Missouri that would be in trouble if two families walked out the back … [Read more...]
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