Insights into reaching the ‘revival generation’
“If we don’t reach them by age 18 or in their college years, we completely lose an entire generation,” Shane Pruitt said.
“If we don’t reach them by age 18 or in their college years, we completely lose an entire generation,” Shane Pruitt said.
“Evangelism is a conversation between two people who are nervous,” acknowledged pastor and former seminary professor Matt Queen to a room of quiet laughter. Queen recently spent an hour helping a roomful of Baptists explore the topic.
More than 1,500 students and leaders from across the state and beyond attended the three-day conference organized by the BGCT evangelism team and held at Waco’s Extraco Events Center.
“It’s important to be willing to walk with people and be present when it’s uncomfortable” said Melissa Pryer, a registered dietician and member of Ten Mile Baptist Church, McLeansboro, Illinois.
The goal of the conference is to give Southern Baptists access to IMB resources and to each other. The event includes learning tracks that allow participants to dig deep into topics like foundations of missions, cross-cultural evangelism…
Associational mission strategists (also called directors of missions) from across several western states met for training and networking with the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders.
Featured speaker Johnny Tonika, a member of First Baptist Church Durant, Oklahoma, emphasized God’s love and the importance of understanding and accepting His love.
Formerly a training event for Vacation Bible School leaders, KidMin Toolbin gathered more than 40 children’s ministry leaders for a new retreat expanded to include all aspects of children’s ministry.
A total of 198 students recently gathered from 16 college campuses across Arizona for Surge, Christian Challenge’s annual discipleship retreat, at Granite Hills Retreat and Conference Center in Prescott.
At the REACH Evangelism and Missions Conference in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, on March 11, dynamic speakers delivered powerful messages emphasizing the essence of gospel proclamation and the imperative of divine anointing.