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GAINES: USE EASTER TO EVANGELIZE

April 2, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

Calvary Baptist Church pastor Grant Gaines, seen here speaking at Union University, says Easter is a great time to invite friends and neighbors to church. — Photo by Anne Richoux, Union University

JACKSON — Easter is the perfect time to invite people to church to hear about Jesus and the resurrection story, said Grant Gaines, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Jackson.

Gaines, who led a breakout session during a recent evangelism conference at Union University, was featured recently on a Radio B&R podcast (Listen to episode 26 here).

“Easter is a natural time to focus on inviting people to church,” Gaines said. The concept fits hand in glove with the church’s evangelistic strategy. “We believe that inviting people to come to church is still a great way to do evangelism,” Gaines noted.

He explained that “a church invite” is not necessarily direct personal evangelism “because you’re not necessarily explaining the gospel to your neighbor, or coworker or your family member that you’re inviting. [Read more…]

REACHING THE NATIONS

April 2, 2019

(This headline, written in Korean, reads: Reaching the Nations)By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

ABOVE: Korean pastors from across Tennessee gathered at the Church Support Center in Franklin on March 25 and visited with Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff. From left are: Randy C. Davis, president and executive director, TBMB; Jin Wuk Ryu, One Heart Korean Baptist Church, Clarksville; Jae Hyun Lee, The Blessed Baptist Church, Nashville; Abraham Song, Germantown Korean Baptist Church, Memphis; Chuno Chi, Korean Baptist Church of Memphis; Gyeonghwan Kim, Bowling Green First Korean Baptist Church; Jae Ho Kim, Knoxville Korean Baptist Church; Kyoseoung Heo, New Heaven Baptist Church, Cookville; John Lee, First Korean Baptist Church of Clarksville; John Kwak, Bridge Community Church, Nashville; Ki Seob Kim, First Korean Baptist Church of Murfreesboro; Byong Hwan Choi, Korean Baptist Church of Jackson; Jeong Hwan Lee, Eternal Living Waters Fellowship, Clarksville; and William Burton, ethnic church planting specialist, TBMB.
— Photos by Lonnie Wilkey

FRANKLIN — Approximately 15 Korean Baptist pastors from across Tennessee gathered March 25 at the Church Support Center in Franklin to fellowship, share ministry ideas and to pray for leaders of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

The Korean Baptist Association, comprised of 15 churches, meets twice a year, according to John Kwak, pastor of Bridge Community Church, Nashville, and president of the Korean Pastors Fellowship in Tennessee.

Kwak said he is grateful for the support and commitment of the TBMB to the Korean churches.

Kwak noted the annual All Nations Worship, held during The Summit in November, has “brought the entire ethnic group together. We have been experiencing a small glimpse of heaven,” he said. [Read more…]

CREATING A CULTURE FOR SHARING JESUS — PART TWO

March 20, 2019

Editor’s Note: Part one of this two-part series was published in the March 6 issue of the B&R.

By Jay Barbier,
Evangelism Event Specialist, TBMB

Four simple factors that set a person or a church apart as one engaged in gospel driven evangelism are accountability, hospitality, missional living and praying for the lost. These four simple tasks are a given. It’s nothing we do not know already as believers. [Read more…]

PRAISE AND PROFESSIONS

March 19, 2019

Youth Evangelism Conference Leads to 780 Salvations

The 2019 Youth Evangelism Conference holds its opening session on the night of March 15 inside Municipal Auditorium in downtown Nashville. The event, which has been held for 51 years, drew roughly 6,000 attendees during the two-day conference.
— Photos by Royce DeGrie

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

NASHVILLE — When the lights dimmed, the excitement level spiked inside Municipal Auditorium in downtown Nashville. After weeks of anticipation, the big moment had arrived. [Read more…]

LOVE LOUD

March 12, 2019

By David Evans
TBMB Evangelism Director

On occasion, I have the opportunity to do office work in a public location (coffee house, library, etc.). I enjoy doing this because I get to bump into people who are not church people. On this particular day, I saw a couple walk in. The young man was mute and the lady with him was his translator. They shared sign language, laughs, smiles and together communicated to other people. They were amazing to watch.

Although the young man was mute, he had the ability to communicate to his interpreter. The need to communicate to other people is a great need, desire and joy for every human being. When sharing Jesus with people, they need to be able to communicate with you. [Read more…]

VBS: TRIED, PROVEN — AND STILL EFFECTIVE

March 11, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

FRANKLIN — Ever since the first Vacation Bible School was held in New York City in 1898, the program has reached thousands upon thousands of children with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Despite its record of success, some churches view VBS as an outdated tool of evangelism and are “abandoning one of the best conduits for sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with future generations,” observed Vicki Hulsey, childhood specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. [Read more…]

CREATING A CULTURE FOR SHARING JESUS — PART ONE

March 7, 2019

Jay Barbier
Evangelism Event Specialist, TBMB

Creating a culture of sharing faith, actually sharing the name and fame of Jesus, is the driving factor for Christianity.

How can we become a people and a church that live out the Great Commission? How can we get over the fears of what others will say or think? The questions can go on and on about purpose or evangelism. The heart of the issue is found in everyone asking themselves, “If I know Jesus and have a relationship with Jesus what do I do with that?” [Read more…]

SUMMIT CONCLUDES: ‘WE MUST RECAPTURE EVANGELISM’

March 5, 2019

About 100 people traveled from across the United States to gather in Oklahoma at the Falls Creek Conference Center to identify issues that have led to declines in evangelism as well as the use of evangelists in the Southern Baptist Convention. -Photo: Baptist Press

By Will Hall
Baptist Press

DAVIS, Okla. — About 100 evangelists, pastors, directors of evangelism and some wives traveled from across the United States to gather in Oklahoma at the Falls Creek Conference Center to identify issues that have led to declines in evangelism as well as the use of evangelists in the Southern Baptist Convention. They also met to develop recommendations about how to restore the denomination to its Great Commission roots.

The group included a diverse representation in age and geography, with a large number among the crowd identifying themselves as 45 years old or younger. Participants included attendees from Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana and other mainline state conventions such as North and South Carolina and Tennessee. [Read more…]

CAN EVANGELISM BE EASY?

March 5, 2019

Whether it’s one-on-one or event-driven, sharing good news should be simple

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

FRANKLIN — Jesus kept evangelism simple. Just read Matthew 28:19-20.

But apparently, a new generation is not getting the message of the Great Commission as found in Scripture.

A Barna survey, “Reviving Evangelism,” released in early February, reveals that Christian Millennials (those born between 1981 and 1996) are “conflicted” when it comes to evangelism with almost half of them believing it is wrong to share their faith. [Read more…]

EVANGELIZE, THEN DISCIPLE

January 15, 2019

By David Evans
TBMB Evangelism Director

Samantha Wilson being baptized at Faith Promise Church in Knoxville.

A decease in baptisms is symptomatic of a larger and looming issue.

In 2015, Tennessee Baptist churches baptized 22,613. In 2016, Tennessee Baptist churches baptized 20,267. In 2017, our Tennessee churches baptized 21,000.

The baptism number across the United States has been declining, but the baptism number is only symptomatic of a larger and looming issue.

Baptized believers are not reproducing their faith by being evangelistic. Baptism is not the problem in Tennessee. Thousands are being baptized. [Read more…]

Youth Evangelism Conference Leads to 780 Salvations

Whether it’s one-on-one or event-driven, sharing good news should be simple

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