Eighty boys learned how to rope cattle and ride a mechanical bull while hearing the gospel message at Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center in Woodworth, Louisiana, during the recent Royal Ambassador Congress.
Leaders used the example of taming an unbroken wild horse to help present the gospel.
By the closing session, nine boys had made salvation decisions, the Baptist Message reported.
Participants also learned how cowboy churches are helping to further the gospel.
TruLife Church of Ocala’s BlackJack campus is not your typical Florida church.
Nobody likes being rejected. Most people fear rejection. Most of us have been rejected: by other kids at school, by a friend, parent, spouse, coworker, by life. Southern Baptist Evangelist Sammy Tippit tackles that subject in his newest book, “The Smile of God In a Hostile World.”
“The network exists to strengthen churches within our associations by equipping church leaders to support and serve one another.”
When facing identity questions, teens are turning to their parents for answers. Even better, teens who are active in the Christian faith are turning first to Jesus and the Bible nearly as often as turning to their parents, the Barna Group reports.
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