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EVANGELISTIC INCHES, PART V

October 25, 2018

Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment of David Evans’ Evangelistic Inches series.

By David Evans
Evangelism Team Leader, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board

Jesus’ mandate to make disciples is clear in Matthew 28. The ongoing teaching and learning of the disciple is necessary.

The fourth evangelistic inch is “the disciple.” The messenger is never worthy or deserving of such grace and honor but is mandated to be the ambassador.

First, the disciple must strive for personal holiness. The Bible does not call us to be perfect but has expectations of us to be holy (Leviticus 19). Despite our best efforts and imperfections, we are called to be ambassadors of a great king. [Read more…]

EVANGELISTIC INCHES, PART IV

October 18, 2018

By David Evans
Evangelism Team Leader, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board

Editors note: This is the fourth installment of David Evans’ Evangelistic Inches series. The previous three columns can be found at baptistandreflector.org and on the The Reaching App.

Thus far, we have discussed the first two Evangelistic Inches — “the desire” and the “the tool.”

Today, we will look at the third Evangelistic Inch, which is “the opportunity.” [Read more…]

EVANGELISTIC INCHES, PART III

October 3, 2018

By David Evans
TBMB evangelism team

Ask someone a question and they shoot to a Google search. We have knowledge but are not necessarily knowledgeable. We live in a time where Christian music, books, seminaries, podcasts, community groups are everywhere. We live in a time of resource like no other time. We have resources at our disposal and yet baptism trends and church attendance seem to spiral downward. There is a difference in having access to tools and using the tool. [Read more…]

EVANGELISM AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE

October 1, 2018

By David Leavell
President Of The Tennessee Baptist Convention / Senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Millington

The devil doesn’t want you to share Jesus! You can take that to the bank! The devil is opposed to anything that represents the Kingdom of God, and that includes you! The Bible says in John 10:10, “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy.” Sometimes, Baptists don’t understand or sense the spiritual opposition we face in our families, churches and even at work. When we begin to understand our enemies’ tactics, we can “put up the good fight of the faith.” This certainly includes, but is not limited to, sharing the John 3:16 Challenge. The 3:16 Challenge is to share John 3:16, once a week with a lost person with the intention of leading the individual to personal faith in Jesus Christ. [Read more…]

OFFICIALLY SPEAKING

September 27, 2018

Pastor of West End Baptist Church uses his hobby — officiating football — as an extension of his ministry

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

Rick Elsey, pastor of West End Baptist Church in Columbia, has been a football official with the TSSAA for more than a dozen years.

COLUMBIA — Like so many others in Tennessee, Rick Elsey spends his Friday nights in the fall going to high school football games.

But Elsey, pastor at West End Baptist Church in Columbia, doesn’t go to the games just to observe. He’s actually a part of the action.

One of Elsey’s favorite hobbies is being a football official, and he has worked with the TSSAA (Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association) for more than a dozen years.

“It’s something that I really enjoy doing,” he said, “and I look forward to it every week.”

Elsey has, somewhat literally, earned his stripes. He has worked his way up to the position of referee — a term designated for the “head official” on each crew — with his years of experience with the TSSAA. [Read more…]

EVANGELISTIC INCHES – PART II

September 14, 2018

David Evans
TBMB Evangelism Team

The crowds had gathered to hear Jesus and He spoke about such things like beatitudes, being disciples, personal relationships, giving to the poor, prayer, fasting and true treasure. In one of His most popular sermons (Sermon on the Mount), He stated: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21 NAS). Jesus describes a way to focus, care and invest in eternal matters. For disciples, Jesus lays out how we can create a desire to follow Him. [Read more…]

PUTTING AN EMPHASIS ON MEMPHIS

August 30, 2018

Determined church reaches out to share gospel in community

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

Robert Blake, deacon at One Faith Christian Center Church, talks to a group of young men from the West Frayser community before they take the court for pick-up basketball games.

MEMPHIS — It would have been easy for Barron Martin to take the safe route. He could have moved from the Memphis area, found a comfortable job, and simply “tuned out” the violence and poverty that plagues the neighborhood where he was raised.

Instead, he chose the opposite approach. He elected to be on the frontline. [Read more…]

BELLEVUE MEMBERS CANVAS COMMUNITY FOR JESUS

August 28, 2018

Bellevue Communications Office

Steve Gaines, the senior pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church and former president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, is currently leading his church through a month-long emphasis on “Building Relationships and Sharing Jesus.”
— Photo by Morris Abernathy

CORDOVA — On Sunday, Aug. 12, more than 1,300 members of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, left the church building and went door-to-door in a five-mile radius around their church.

Offering a simple gift bag and prayer, Bellevue members were able to invite the community to church, but more importantly they were able to invite them to Jesus. [Read more…]

BOAT CAPTAIN FISHES FOR MEN, CATCHES 43

August 27, 2018

By David Roach
Baptist Press

James Shepherd, or Pastor Shep as he is known throughout Clarksville, stands beside his fishing boat which proclaims, ‘Get In The Boat Bible study.’

CLARKSVILLE — Like many retirees, you can find James Shepherd, 84, fishing in his boat several days each week. But he’s set apart from many other retirees by what he’s fishing for.

When he and a friend bought a pontoon boat four years ago, he sensed the Lord saying, “Why don’t you fish for men off this?” So Shepherd made signs that said, “Get in the boat — Bible study” and “Worship on the water.” Then he launched a ministry of taking people for rides on the Cumberland River and sharing the gospel with them. [Read more…]

FISHING — AND THE JOHN 3:16 CHALLENGE

August 27, 2018

By David Leavell
President, Tennessee Baptist Convention

I have to admit, I’m not much of a fisherman. I’m a wannabe at best. Generally, I’m unwilling to take the time to become a fisherman — enough time to break away from the daily grind, enough time to purchase the equipment, enough time to know where the good fishing holes are found and enough time to even know what kind of fish I like to catch, clean, and consume (although, I usually don’t discriminate when it comes to eating!). You may feel that way about golf or hunting, football or baseball. You just don’t think it is worthy of your time and pursuit as a hobby. [Read more…]

Pastor of West End Baptist Church uses his hobby — officiating football — as an extension of his ministry

Determined church reaches out to share gospel in community

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